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                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
                          align="center"><strong><b><font color="black"
                                face="Arial" size="6"><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
                              color="black" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                                color:black;font-weight:bold"><br>
                              </span></font></b><font color="black"
                            face="Arial" size="2"><span
                              style="font-size:
                              11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><br>
                            </span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><b><i><font
                                  face="Arial" size="5"><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
                                face="Arial" size="5"><span
                                  style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
                                  bold;font-style:italic"> <br>
                                </span></font></i></b><font face="Arial"
                            size="5"><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
                                face="Arial" size="4"><span
                                  style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
                                  font-style:italic"><br>
                                  <br>
                                </span></font></i></b><font
                            color="black" face="Arial" size="5"><span
                              style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">along
                              with<br>
                            </span></font><b><i><font face="Arial"
                                size="5"><span style="font-size:19.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">Man = Carrot
                                  Circus<br>
                                </span></font></i></b><font face="Arial"
                            size="5"><span style="font-size:19.0pt;
                              font-family:Arial">(family-friendly)</span></font><b><i><font
                                color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><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
                                    color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><span
                                      style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;

                                      color:black">Boston</span></font></b></strong></st1:placename><strong><b><font
                                  color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><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
                                color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><span
style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                                  color:black"> for the Arts</span></font></b></strong><b><font
                              color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><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
                            color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><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
                              color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><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 face="Arial"
                              size="4"><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
                            color="black" face="Arial" size="4"><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 color="black"
                            face="Arial" size="4"><span
                              style="font-size:
                              13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><br>
                              <br>
                            </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><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 moz-do-not-send="true"
                                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
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                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 face="Arial" size="2"><span
                              style="font-size:11.0pt;
                              font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"
                          align="center"><i><font color="black"
                              face="Arial" size="2"><span
                                style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
                                color:black;font-style:italic">“… </span></font></i><i><font
                              face="Arial" size="2"><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
                            face="Arial" size="2"><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 color="black"
                            face="Arial" size="4"><span
                              style="font-size:
                              13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><br>
                            </span></font><u><font face="Arial" size="2"><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
                            face="Arial" size="2"><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 moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    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 moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    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 face="Arial" size="2"><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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        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
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        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
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