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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=6 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;letter-spacing:2.0pt'>BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER</span></font></b></strong><b><font
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</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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</span></font><b><i><font size=6 face=Arial><span style='font-size:21.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Man = Carrot Circus</span></font></i></b><b><i><font
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</span></font></i></b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:17.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>with an introduction by<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Scott Alarik</span></b><br>
[author of <br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Revival: <br>
A Folk Music Novel</span></i>] <b><i><font color=black><span style='color:black;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><br>
<br>
</span></font></i></b></span></font><strong><b><font size=5 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cambridge
Common</span></font></b></strong><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
Friday, September 2<sup>nd</sup>, 6 pm<br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
launches <br>
Harvard Square’s “Revival Month”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">02138</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>) <strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Bread and
Puppet Theater: <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Man =</span></i> Carrot</span></font></b></strong><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Circus</span></i></b><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>, with an introduction by </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Scott Alarik</span></font></b></strong>.
Held on the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cambridge Common</span></b>, near
the intersection of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Mass. Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street>
and <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Garden St.</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:City></st1:address>. Free performance
[pass-the-hat donations welcome], rain or shine. For further details,
call the Boston-area Bread and Puppet Theater information line 617-800-9539 or
log onto <a href="http://www.breadandpuppet.org/">www.breadandpuppet.org</a>.<br>
<br>
The award-winning <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bread and Puppet Theater</span></b>,
from <st1:State w:st="on">Vermont</st1:State>’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Northeast</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Kingdom</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
presents their <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Man =
Carrot Circus</span></i></b> on the Cambridge Common, a space they have not
inhabited since the mid-1980’s. <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>Bread and Puppet champions a visually rich slapstick style
of street-theater that is filled with huge puppets made of paper maché and
cardboard, along with masked characters, political commentary, and a lively
brass band for accompaniment.<br>
<br>
</span></font><b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Man =
Carrot Circus</span></i></b>, for children of all ages, is b<font
color="#333233"><span style='color:#333233'>ased on the revelation that upright
man rooted in dirt was created in the image of the upright carrot rooted in
dirt. Fifteen <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Vermont</st1:State></st1:place>
puppeteers and musicians will enact the issues of the day, not only in how they
affect carrots, but how they affect us all. S</span></font>ome of the
circus acts may be politically puzzling to adults, but usually an
accompanying kid can explain what’s going on. The audience is
welcome to examine all the masks and puppets after the performance, and cheap
art will be for sale. Some examples of Bread and Puppet’s work can
be found at <a href="http://www.breadandpuppet.org/">www.breadandpuppet.org</a>.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Scott Alarik </span></b>(<a
href="http://www.scottalarik.com/">www.scottalarik.com</a>), who will introduce
the show, is the author of the very recently published <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Revival: A Folk Music Novel</span></i></b>.
He is no stranger to the music, theater, and art scene that put <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Harvard Square</st1:address></st1:Street> on
the map many moons ago. His novel, along with Bread and Puppet’s
outdoor Circus on the Common, is serving as the impetus to reinvigorate <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Harvard Square</st1:address></st1:Street> with
an entire month of reincarnations, complete with the return of the <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>HONK! Parade: Share The Streets</span></b> on Oct. 2<sup>nd</sup>,
a Bread and Puppet-inspired procession on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Mass. Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street> leading into <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Harvard Square</st1:address></st1:Street>’s
Oktoberfest. For complete information on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Harvard Square</st1:address></st1:Street>’s <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>“Revival Month”</span></b> visit <a
href="http://www.harvardsquare.com/">www.harvardsquare.com</a>. For more
information on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>HONK!</span></b> and the
parade that runs from <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Davis Square</st1:address></st1:Street>
to Harvard Square, log onto <a href="http://www.honkfest.org/">www.honkfest.org</a>.<br>
<br>
Special thanks to the Cambridge Arts Council and the Harvard Square Business
Association for helping make this event possible.<br>
<br>
<u>A SHORT HISTORY OF BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER<br>
<br>
</u>The <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bread & Puppet Theater</span></b>
was founded in 1963 by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Peter Schumann</span></b>
on <st1:City w:st="on">New York City</st1:City>’s <st1:place w:st="on">Lower
East Side</st1:place>. Besides rod-puppet and hand-puppet shows for
children, the concerns of the first productions were rents, rats, police and
other problems of that neighborhood. More complex theater pieces, in
which sculpture, music, dance and language were equal partners, followed.
The puppets grew bigger and bigger. Annual presentations for Christmas,
Easter, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day often included children and adults from
the community as participants. Many performances were done in the
street. During the Vietnam War, Bread & Puppet staged block-long
precessions involving hundreds of people.<br>
<br>
In 1970 Bread & Puppet moved to <st1:State w:st="on">Vermont</st1:State> as
theater-in-residence at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Goddard</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, combining
puppetry with gardening and bread baking in a serious way, learning to live in
the countryside and letting itself be influenced by the experience.<br>
<br>
In 1974 the Theater moved to a farm in Glover in the Northeast Kingdom of
Vermont. The 140-year-old hay barn was transformed into a museum for
veteran puppets. Our Domestic Resurrection Circus, a two-day outdoor festival
of puppetry shows, was presented annually through 1998.<br>
<br>
The company makes its income from touring new and old productions on the
American continent and abroad and from the sales of Bread & Puppet
Press’s posters and publications. The traveling puppet shows range
from tightly composed theater pieces presented by members of the company, to
extensive outdoor pageants which require the participation of many volunteers.<br>
<br>
Bread & Puppet is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical
companies in this country. <a href="http://www.breadandpuppet.org/">www.breadandpuppet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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--submitted by marycurtinproductions [on behalf of Bread and Puppet Theater]<br>
c/o Mary Curtin<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box 290703</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Charlestown</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">02129</st1:PostalCode></st1:address><br>
617-241-9664, 617-470-5867 (cell), <a href="mailto:marycurtin@comcast.net"><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>marycurtin@comcast.net</span></font></a><br>
"dedicated to staging insightful entertainment, particularly in
non-traditional venues"<br>
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