Rhymes with Evil
InFusion Theatre Company opens “Rhymes with Evil”
Posted by DCA Theater on October 9, 2009 in July-December 2009 Season, Rhymes with Evil
After the sold out opening night performance of InFusionTheatre’s “Rhymes with Evil” by Charles R. Trager, the audience joined the cast and crew for food, music and drinks on the Storefront Mezzanine.
Special thanks to ROTI Mediterranean Grill for catering and our generous beer sponsor Goose Island Brewing Co.
If you missed out on the InFusion reception, join us on Thursday, November 19 for the opening night performance and reception for Silent Theatre Company’s “Carnival Nocturne” created by Silent Theatre Company.
“Rhymes with Evil” drew quite a crowd for opening night.
The playwright, Charles R. Trager (at left) enjoys the reception with his wife and “Rhymes with Evil” actors Andy Luther and Victoria Gilbert (far right).
The Matilda ale donated by Goose Island was a big hit.
“Rhymes with Evil” director and InFusion Theatre’s Artistic Director Mitch Golob takes a moment for a picture with “Rhymes with Evil” actress Caroline Heffernan.
RHYMES WITH EVIL: Post Your Review
Posted by DCA Theater on October 6, 2009 in July-December 2009 Season, Rhymes with Evil
October 05 — November 08, 2009
Storefront Theater
For this Midwest premiere, InFusion Theatre Company brings creepy puppets and visual spectacle to a very human tale of an imaginative and inventive stay-at-home dad. In his Midwest farm house, he creates a beautiful yet bizarre world of puppets, costumed characters and fanciful stories for his young daughter. But all is not what it seems in this suspense-filled and disturbing tale of love, loss and danger appropriate for the Halloween season.
What did you think about the show? Share your comments here.
The set design is coming together
Posted by DCA Theater on August 12, 2009 in July-December 2009 Season, Rhymes with Evil
Submitted by InFusion Theater
Here is a rough ground plan of Rhymes with Evil from our Set Designer, Keith Pitts:
Prelimenary Puppets
Posted by DCA Theater on August 6, 2009 in July-December 2009 Season, Rhymes with Evil
Submitted by InFusion Theatre
Below are sketches and photos from Meredith Miller, Puppetry Designer, working on some of the characters in our fall production of Rhymes with Evil.
A sketch for the puppet “Mr. Pim”
The actual “Mr. Pim” in progress
Sketches for the initial ideas about “Nop” and “Nam”
Molds for the heads of “Nop” and “Nam”
A peak at the head cast for “Mrs. McGitzen”
Strings Attached? An Overview of Five Basic Puppet Types
Posted by DCA Theater on July 21, 2009 in July-December 2009 Season, Rhymes with Evil
Submitted by Jamie Bragg, Rhymes with Evil Dramaturg
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A puppet is not an actor and a puppet theatre is not human theatre in miniature, because when an actor ‘represents’, a puppet ‘is.’
- David Currell, An Introduction to Puppets and Puppetmaking
They all have their own personalities. They’re all very human, more so in some ways than people with blood in their veins.
- RHYMES WITH EVIL
Before tackling the thematic complexities of RHYMES WITH EVIL it might be helpful to explore the nuts and bolts (or strings and rods) of puppetry: the basic types of puppet. Conventions vary across history and cultures, but most puppets may be classified as one of the following five types: hand/glove, rod, marionette, flat figure, and shadow puppet. Many thanks to Encyclopedia Britannica for the information.
1) Hand or glove puppets
A hollow cloth body fits over the manipulator’s hand; his fingers fit into the head and the arms and give them motion. The figure is seen from the waist upward, and there are normally no legs. The head is usually of wood, papier-mâché, or rubber material, the hands of wood or felt. One of the most common ways to fit the puppet on the hand is for the first finger to go into the head, and the thumb and second finger to go into the arms.
Pros: agility and quickness
Cons: small size and limited arm gestures.
