The Thing with Wings
Created at the Chicago International Puppet Theater's 2022 - 2023 Puppet Lab cohort. Work in Progress premiered June 2023 at Chopin Theater, Chicago, USA
The Dinosaur Opera is a multi-chapter puppet saga that meditates on the deep past and deep future, and how we understand both in the present day. The story explores time, purpose, and meaning, through the eternally fascinating lens of dinosaurs.
In Chapter One, The Thing With Wings, an expectant dinosaur mother caresses her egg in the moments before the meteor hits; and after the cataclysm, the petrified remnants of this moment are discovered by an archaeologist millions of years later. They are joined by a bluebird, distant descendant of the unlucky mother, who has her offspring after all.
Writer / Director / Puppet, Set, Audio Designer / Fabricator: Gretchen Hasse
Performer / Puppet Designer and Fabricator: Alonso Galué
Performer / Puppet Fabricator: Wendy Madrigal
Documentation by Loren Toney / Chicago Puppet Lab
