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Theatre Zarko has a Big Idea. And its name is HE WHO.
Help Theatre Zarko make this production a reality by donating to our Kickstarter campaign:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1131225429/he-who-a-darkly-comic-and-surreal-puppet-theater-p
Your gift, big or small, will allow us to bring this project to fruition–providing funding to build the puppet figures, the set, pay the performers, designers and technicians necessary to create a beautiful and powerfully poetic statement.
“Our society, local and large, is in desperate need of reminders of what it means to be a dignified human being, and to respect the dignity of others. As our world collapses around us, we need to remind ourselves of what is important. Somehow, even on the small scale of a puppet theater, we have to take our stand and create a healthy response to the chaos and confusion.” – Michael Montenegro, Director
Check out the Kickstarter link for a video and more information on HE WHO, and please share it with your friends and family BEFORE JANUARY 12! With your help we can meet our goal!
About Us
Theatre Zarko Puppet Symbolist Theatre is a dedicated ensemble of artists led by the innovative vision of Michael Montenegro. Each show organically develops from an original image, a conceptual movement, a scrap of poetry, spontaneous music. The artists are called together and the laboratory begins with puppets, masks, and strange machinery. Soon dynamic theatrical experiments begin, accompanied by live musical improvisation, and gradually solidify into recognizable scenes, stunning spectacle, original compositions, and haunting soundscapes.
For 25 years, Midwestern audiences have enjoyed Montenegro’s solo performances, group projects, and puppetry design collaborations including Argonautica with Lookingglass Theatre, directed by Mary Zimmerman, The War With the Newts and The Long Christmas Ride Home with Next Theatre and The Puppetmaster of Lodz with Writer’s Theatre which garnered a Jeff Award for Puppet Design.
Zarko Ensemble
Theatre Zarko Puppet Symbolist Theatre Ensemble (past & present):
- Michael Montenegro – Artistic Director
- Jude Mathews- Music Director
- Nancy Andria
- Sarah Berliner
- Heidi Dakter
- Kate Sloan Fiffer
- Ben Goldberger
- Karen Hoyer
- Rick Kubes
- Stephen Lieto
- Noah Silver-Mathews
- Laura Montenegro
- Ellen O’Keefe
- Ben Silver
- Jill Summers
- Jason Tucker
- Colleen Werle
- Jennifer Willia
