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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:25.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;letter-spacing:3.0pt'>BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER</span></font></b></strong><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
</span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i><font size=5 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Attica</span></font></i></b></st1:place><b><i><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'> <br>
</span></font></i></b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:19.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>and<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> <br>
Man of Flesh and Cardboard</span></i></b></span></font><b><i><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'><br>
<br>
</span></font></i></b><font size=5 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>along with<br>
</span></font><b><i><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:19.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Man = Carrot Circus<br>
</span></font></i></b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:19.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(family-friendly)</span></font><b><i><font size=4
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><br>
<br>
</span></font></i></b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><strong><b><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Boston</span></font></b></strong></st1:PlaceName><strong><b><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font
size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> for the Arts</span></font></b></strong><b><font size=4
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Cyclorama</span></font></b></strong><br>
January 23 through</span></font></b><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>January 29</span></font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
</span></b>presented<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>in partnership
with the</span></font></b></strong><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Boston Center for
the Arts </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>as part of the</span></font></b></strong><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Cyclorama Residency
Series</span></font></b></strong><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
</span></b></span></font><i><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'>“Part
carnival, part protest, all pageant, <br>
Bread and Puppet productions<br>
express political outrage and s<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ire
… <br>
</span></font></i><i><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Mr. Schumann shows th<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> he remains<br>
urgently invested in the politics of the age.<font color=black><span
style='color:black'>”<br>
</span></font></span></font></i><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>[<st1:State w:st="on">New
York</st1:State> Times, review of <br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Attica</span></i></st1:place>
and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Man of Flesh and Cardboard,</span></i><br>
Dec. 12, 2011]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02116</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>) <strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Bread and
Puppet The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>presents</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></b></strong><st1:place
w:st="on"><b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Attica</span></i></b></st1:place><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>and<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Man of Flesh</span></i></b><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>and Cardboard</span></b></span></i><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>, along with</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><i><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b></strong><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Man = Carrot Circus<strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></b></strong></span></i></b><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>(family-friendly): performances presented in partnership with the </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Boston
Center for the Arts</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></strong>as
part of the Cyclorama Residency Series. Performances, as well as an Art Exhibit
and Cheap Art Sale, run the week of January 23 through January 29. All held in
the Cyclorama <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> the Boston Center
for the Arts (BCA), 539 Tremont St., South End, Boston <font color=black><span
style='color:black'>[conveniently loc<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ed
near the MBTA Orange Line & bus connections]</span></font>. Wheelchair
accessible. Tickets for the performances available for purchase [cash or check
only] in the Cyclorama one hour before each performance. For advance tickets,
log onto <a href="http://www.breadandpuppet.org/">www.breadandpuppet.org</a> or
call 866-811-4111 (toll free). For further inform<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion
regarding the week’s events, call the BCA’s Bread and Puppet
The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er inform<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion
line <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> 617-800-9539 or visit <a
href="http://www.bcaonline.org/"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>www.bcaonline.org</span></font></a>.<br>
<br>
The award-winning <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er</span></b>, fe<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>uring
Artistic Director <strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Peter Schumann</span></font></b></strong>
and his troupe of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vermont</st1:place></st1:State>
puppeteers, returns for a sixth year to the BCA’s Cyclorama bringing
their sign<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ure powerful imagery,
masked characters, and giant papier-mâché puppets. This year, their residency
includes the evening program, <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:
italic'>Attica</span></i></b><strong><b><i><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>and </span></font></b></strong><b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Man of Flesh and Cardboard<strong><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></b></strong></span></i></b><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>(</span></font></b></strong>January 26-29, recommended for ages 12
& older), the m<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>inee <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Man = Carrot Circus<strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></b></strong></span></i></b><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>(January 28-29, for </span></font></b></strong>children of all ages),
along with <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Upriser
Calisthenics</span></i></b>, a week-long political art install<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion (running January 23-29, with an art opening on
January 23), and the sale of Bread and Puppet’s legendary <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Cheap Art</span></b>.<br>
<br>
Although all Bread and Puppet events have a seriousness of purpose —
a few laughs are always thrown in!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-style:italic'>“… </span></font></i><i><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>surprisingly warm and lively, <br>
despite the grim subject m<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ter
… <br>
It’s hard not to be charmed by <br>
[Schumann’s] twinned passions <br>
for puppetry and lefty politics, <br>
still vibrant after all these years</span></font></i><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.<i><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-style:italic'>”<br>
</span></font></i><font color=black><span style='color:black'>[Village Voice,
review of <br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Attica</span></i></st1:place>
and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Man of Flesh and Cardboard,</span></i><br>
Dec. 7, 2011]<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
</span></font><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Detailed listings inform<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion</span></font></u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:<br>
<br>
<u>Evening Performances</u> [recommended for ages 12 & older]:<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er:
<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Attica</span></i></st1:place><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></b>and<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> Man of Flesh and Cardboard<br>
</span></i></b><strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Jan. 26</span></font></b></strong>-Jan.
29, Thurs.-Sun., 7:00 pm<br>
$12 general admission [$10 students, seniors, & groups of 10 or more]<br>
<u>Description</u>:<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>The evening's prologue <i><span style='font-style:
italic'>Attica</span></i> marks the 40th anniversary of the prison riots <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> the Attica Correctional Facility in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">New York</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">St<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>e</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Attica </span></i>was cre<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ed in 1971 in direct response to the prison
uprising, and was first performed in Bread and Puppet's <st1:place w:st="on">Coney
Island</st1:place> the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er. The
second part of the program is <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Man of Flesh
and Cardboard</span></i>, the story of PFC Bradley Manning who is charged with
supplying restricted m<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>erial to
WikiLeaks. Bread and Puppet confronts the irony of a soldier who faces
conviction of a war crime for bringing war crimes to the light of day. This
piece will be performed by director Peter Schumann and the Bread and Puppet
resident company, along with a large number of local volunteer puppeteers and
musicians. After each performance, the audience is invited to join an informal
talk-back with the artists, to e<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
the company's home-made sourdough rye bread spread with garlic-laden aioli, to
view the art exhibit, and to peruse the Cheap Art, posters and banners for
sale.<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font></span><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Evening
performance segments taken by DeeDee Halleck: <br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQ71VDwU6w&feature=youtu.be">www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQ71VDwU6w&feature=youtu.be</a>
(<st1:place w:st="on"><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Attica</span></i></st1:place>),
<br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQ8u7tW1DY&feature=youtu.be">www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQ8u7tW1DY&feature=youtu.be</a>
(</span></font><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Man of Flesh and Cardboard</span></i><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>).</span></font></span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><br>
<u>Family-Friendly M<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>inees</u>:<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er:
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Man = Carrot Circus</span></i></span></b><i><span
style='font-style:italic'><br>
</span></i>Jan. 28 & Jan. 29, S<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>.
& Sun., 2:00 pm<br>
$12 general admission [$6 students, seniors, and pre-school children (2 &
under free)]<br>
<u>Description</u>: <br>
The family-friendly <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Man = Carrot Circus </span></i>is
based on the revel<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion th<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> an upright man rooted in dirt was cre<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ed in the image of the upright carrot rooted in
dirt. The production is recommended for audiences ages 1 to 101. Performed by Peter
Schumann and the Bread & Puppet Company, along with a large number of local
volunteer puppeteers and musicians. Take note th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
some of the circus acts are politically puzzling to adults, but
accompanying kids can usually explain them. After each performance, the
audience is welcome to examine all the masks and puppets and to peruse the art
exhibit and Cheap Art, which will be for sale.<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Circus performance
segment taken by DeeDee Halleck: <br>
</span></font><a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ISHcfeLVA&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1">www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ISHcfeLVA&feature=youtu.be&noredirect=1</a>
(opening sequence).]<br>
<br>
<u>Visual Art Exhibit</u>:<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er:
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Upriser Calisthenics</span></i></span></b><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>visual art install<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion
cre<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ed by <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Peter Schumann</span></b><br>
Jan. 23-Jan. 29, Mon.-Sun.<br>
Free and open to all.<br>
<u>Description</u>: Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er
Artistic Director Peter Schumann’s most recent visual art explor<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion, a collection of large posters with offbe<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> slogans which speak to m<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ters
th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> concern us all.<br>
<u>Exhibit details</u>:<br>
—Mon., Jan. 23, 6:00-9:00 pm: opening reception, with refreshments, an
art talk given by Schumann, short skits performed by the touring company, and
live music performed by the touring company and members of the <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass
Band</span></b>. <br>
—Tues.-Fri., Jan. 24-27: regular Cyclorama hours: 9:00 am-5:00 pm
[Thursday & Friday hours extended up to and after the evening performance].<br>
—S<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>. & Sun., Jan. 28
& 29: one hour before and after each m<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>inee
and evening performance.<br>
<br>
For this residency <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> the Cyclorama,
the Bread and Puppet touring company includes Schumann, along with <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Maura Gahan</span></b>, <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Greg Corbino</span></b>, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>K<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>herine Nook</span></b>, <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Susie Perkins</span></b>, among others. Both the evening and m<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>inee performances will be performed by the company
and a large number of local volunteers and musicians, including the popular
Somerville-based <strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure
Society Brass Band</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'> (<a
href="http://www.slsaps.org/"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>www.slsaps.org</span></font></a>),
which serves as the house band for Bread & Puppet’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place> performances and is also the host band
for the annual HONK! Festival (<a href="http://www.honkfest.org/">www.honkfest.org</a>)
held in <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Davis Square</st1:address></st1:Street>.</span></font></b></strong><br>
<br>
All the visuals are cre<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ed by
Schumann, including sculpting and painting of all the major masks and puppets,
with input from the company. After each evening performance there will be an
opportunity to savor Schumann's famous sourdough rye bread, smeared with garlic
aioli; and there will also be many opportunities during the week to purchase
the the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er's legendary "cheap
art."<br>
<br>
Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er is an
intern<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ionally recognized company
th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> champions a visually rich,
street-the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er brand of performance
art th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> is filled with music, dance
and slapstick. Its performances are political and spectacular, with huge
puppets made of paper maché and cardboard, a brass band for accompaniment, and
anti-elitist dance. Most are morality plays — about how people act toward
each other — whose prototype is "Everyman". There are puppets
of all kinds and sizes, masks, paintings, buildings and landscapes th<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> seemingly bre<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>he
with Schumann's distinctive visual style of dance, expressionism, dark humor
and low-culture simplicity.<br>
<br>
<u>A SHORT HISTORY OF BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER<br>
<br>
</u><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er</span></b> is one of the oldest, nonprofit,
self-supporting the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>rical companies
in this country. It was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann 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, r<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>s,
police and other problems of th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
neighborhood. More complex the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er
pieces, in which sculpture, music, dance and language were equal partners,
followed. The puppets grew bigger and bigger. Annual present<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ions for Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and
Memorial Day often included children and adults from the community as
participants. Many performances were done in the street.<br>
<br>
During the Vietnam War, Bread and Puppet staged block-long processions and
pageants involving hundreds of people. The the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er
was briefly loc<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ed in Coney Island,
in a building th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> formerly housed <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City></st1:place>'s hotel and
restaurant. The insider's history, "<st1:place w:st="on">Coney Island</st1:place>:
Lost and Found" by Charles Denson rel<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>es,
"The the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er became a hangout
for curious young people who stopped in to see the avant-garde productions. A
children's workshop on bread and puppet making was held on weekends... Before
each weekend performance, the puppeteers used to 'bally' on the streets of <st1:place
w:st="on">Coney Island</st1:place>. Oddly dressed performers be<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ing drums marched down <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Surf Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> with giant dancing
marionettes, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>tracting a crowd th<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> followed them to the the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er.
Bally was a traditional Coney art form th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>
hadn't been used since the days of the sideshows in the 1950's, and no one knew
wh<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> to make of it."<br>
<br>
In 1970 Bread & Puppet moved to <st1:State w:st="on">Vermont</st1:State> as
the<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er-in-residence <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> <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. In 1974 the
The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er 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>
Through invit<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ions by Grace Paley,
Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er became a
frequent <st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>traction <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> anti-Vietnam War events in the '60s and '70s. By
the '80s, the puppets had become emblem<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ic
of activist pacifism and a sine qua non of American political the<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er, as exemplified by the massive, ascending
figures th<st1:PersonName w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> are burned into the
memory of anyone who marched with or saw the haunting, massive June 12, 1982
Disarmament Parade in New York City.<br>
<br>
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>For more inform<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion on the Bread and Puppet The<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er, log onto <a
href="http://www.breadandpuppet.org/"><font color=black><span style='color:
black'>www.breadandpuppet.org</span></font></a>.<br>
<br>
<u>ABOUT THE <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">BOSTON</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">CENTER</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> FOR THE ARTS<br>
<br>
</u></span></font>The <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Boston Center for the
Arts</span></b> is a not-for-profit performing and visual arts campus th<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName> supports working artists to cre<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>e, perform and exhibit new works, develops new
audiences, and connects the arts to community. Visit <a
href="http://www.bcaonline.org/">www.bcaonline.org</a> for more inform<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>ion.<font color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
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w:st="on">at</st1:PersonName>er]<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>
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