Chicago Puppet Fest presents:
Laura Heit walks on stage with a glass of wine wearing a sequined tube top. She takes her place behind a table and begins to bring to life her miniature cabaret. Playing the part of Miniature raconteur, sequined pyromaniac, Laura Heit performs teeny tiny puppet shows inside matchboxes. A dead boyfriend, a sausage fairy, a tiger whisperer, a perfectionist, a bath-loving ghost, and many others play their parts in these uncanny micro plays. The miniature stages come to life with crankies, fire, and pop-up paper engineering. The puppet shows are simultaneously projected on a screen behind the table making the little tiny details of this portable variety show larger than life.
Dates/Times:
Thursday, January 22 at 8 p.m.
Thursday, January 22 at 10 p.m.
Friday, January 23 at 8 p.m.
Friday, January 23 at 10 p.m.
Saturday, January 24 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 24 at 10 p.m.
Sunday, January 25 at 8 p.m.
Location:
Constellation
3111 N. Western Ave.
Cost:
$25 Regular
$20 Students and Seniors
Ages: 13 and up
Running Time: 50 mins
ADA Accessible? Yes
Laura Heit is a puppet artist, animator, performer and experimental filmmaker whose work has been exhibited and screened in myriad U.S. cities and abroad. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from the Royal College of Art in London and her Bachelor of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). She lives and works in Portland, Oregon.
More at lauraheit.com/the-matchbox-shows
