The project started with one of those proverbial lightbulbs going off over someone’s head. “Three years ago, I was working on a painting that involved puppets, and I was listening to opera,” Erin ...

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is taking on a new form this week at the University of Chicago, thanks to an alumni-led performance collective that turns shadow puppetry into a cinematic experience.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lying next to a giant Frankenstein monster’s head one night in 1996, under the stage at Steppenwolf Theatre, I was told by a man ...

Photo: Mary Shelley Electric Company Creature: A Puppet Frankenstein Adaptation Created by Deva North & Zach Bramel Puppets by Deva North Written & Conceived by Zach Bramel Directed by Jon Becraft ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

The Modern Prometheus has gone postmodern. Or maybe post-postmodern. It's hard to tell these days, what with all the various versions of the Frankenstein story terrorizing the countryside. In Austin ...

Puppeteer Connor Hopkins has carved out a singular niche within the Austin theater landscape, artfully blending traditional puppet theater with a contemporary sensibility. Founder and artistic ...

Lying next to a giant Frankenstein monster’s head one night in 1996, under the stage at Steppenwolf Theatre, I was told by a man named Blair Thomas, “We are aware that we are making things that people ...