Chicago Puppet Fest presents:
Featuring the world-celebrated vocalist, actress, puppeteer, director: Yael Rasooly with incomparable accordionist, Iliya Magalnyk. Join us for a French cabaret scene and revel in the virtuosic talents of these exceptional, classically-trained artists who are also wildly entertaining. There may even be a surprise appearance by a very special, Edith Piaf. In addition to the drink tickets specified below, patrons are welcome to purchase food and additional beverages directly from the Rhapsody servers.
$35 Basic ticket (SOLD OUT)
Regular unreserved seating, includes 1 drink ticket
$50 Regular ticket (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
Regular seating, includes 2 drink tickets
$75 Booster ticket (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
Regular seating and donor listing $50 level, includes 2 drink tickets
$150 Donor ticket (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
Reserved seats & donor listing at $125 level, includes 2 drink tickets
$250 Benefactor ticket (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
Reserved seats, donor listing at $225 level, includes 2 drink tickets
$500 Superdonor ticket (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
Preferred, reserved seating, donor listing at $475 level, includes 2 drink tickets
$1,000 Superstar ticket (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
Optimal, reserved seating, donor listing at $975 level, includes 2 drink tickets
$2,000 Underwriter ticket (LIMITED AVAILABILITY)
Prime time, optimal reserved seating, t-shirt & tote bag, donor listing at $1,975 level, includes 2 drink tickets
Date/Time:
Sunday, January 28 at 6 pm
Location: The Rhapsody Theater, 1328 W. Morse Ave.
Cost: $35 – $2,000 (see levels below)
ADA Accessible? Yes
About Iliya
Accordion artist, composer, arranger, Ilya Magalnyk was born in Moldova, where he received his musical education and began his musical career. Learn more at magalnyk.com/bio
About Yael
Yael Rasooly is a visual theatre director, actress, singer, and puppeteer. She was born in Jerusalem in 1983, resides in Paris and first trained in classical piano and singing before studying theatre in London at Central Saint Martin.
Her unique theatrical language, which she began to develop during her time at the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem, is based on a multidisciplinary approach, where all the elements of the staging have equal importance in the narrative. The relationship between the objects/materials and the performer are at the heart of her work, as well as the choices of scenography, sound, and music. Her visual universe makes what is usually silent heard, inviting the audience to travel into what is unspoken in our society. Examples of her creations include Paper Cut, a solo performance that received numerous awards; The House by the Lake, a musical cabaret for actresses, dolls, and objects, describing the story of three sisters in hiding during the Second World War; Bon Voyage, a co-production with the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes of Charleville-Mézières. Her latest creation, Un silence parfait, was presented for the first time at the 2021 Charleville Festival – it is the second part of a trilogy on violence against women and children.
Her creations have been performed in hundreds of festivals and theatres in more than 30 countries, have received numerous international awards (Grand Prix at the International Festival of Solo puppeteers (Lodz), the Excellence award for solo performance at the NYC Fringe Festival, and the Diploma of Excellence from U.N.I.M.A) and have been received by an enthusiastic press (Télérama, The Guardian and the NY TIMES). Having developed a growing taste for passing her experience and creative approach on to others, Yael Rasooly has led workshops and masterclasses in many institutions around the world. Her teaching method, combining stage direction, object theatre, puppetry, and vocal technique, is based on encouraging the participant(s) and aims to empower them in their individual and personal creation.
She has been invited to teach at institutions such as Trinity College, University of Connecticut, The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre, New York University, Atlanta Centre for Puppetry Arts, UQAM University, Nuku Theatre Tallinn, UQAM Montreal (Canada), Aria en Corse -Association des Rencontres Internationales Artistiques- (France), and Théâtre Odradek (France), FIAMS Quebec (Canada), Academy of Theatre Arts in Wrocław (Poland) and many others.
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The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival advances the art of puppetry by presenting sophisticated programs vital to the cultural life of Chicago. Engaging and inspiring the largest and most diverse audiences for puppetry possible, the Festival is the biggest event dedicated to puppetry in North America and traditionally offers more than 100 activities annually including performances, workshops, artist instensives, free neighborhood events and symposia to audiences up to 14,000 over 11 days each January. The organization is also home to other key initiatives, including the Chicago Puppet Studio and Chicago Puppet Lab, that nurture the development of puppeteers and deepen the field locally, nationally and internationally with the ultimate goal of promoting peace, equality, mutual understanding, and justice locally and globally.
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