Puppetry and Kinetic Sculpture
With Their Very Bones
2024
Work in Progress Premiered at Halloween Communion: a Circus Open Stage, presented by Aloft Circus Arts in Chicago, IL, USA; October 2024.
Writer / Director / Puppet Fabricator / Solo Performer: Gretchen Hasse
With Their Very Bones is Chapter Two of The Dinosaur Opera. It is a vaudeville-inspired hand puppet performance that addresses humanity’s continued dependence on fossil fuels.
With Their Very Bones introduces The Huckster and his “act,” Suitcase the Dinosaur. The two of them discuss climate change, and short term goals versus long term havoc. This pair may eventually serve as an interstitial narrative guide to The Dinosaur Opera, taking the audience from chapter to chapter across vast stretches of time.
Photo Credit: Nancy Behall