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Monday, October 28th, 2024

Space-Themed Puppetry/Theatre Comes to the Weis Center

The Weis Center for the Performing Arts will feature MAROONED! A Space Comedy on Saturday, November 16 at 4 p.m. at the Weis Center. The performance is sponsored, in part, by WBRE. This engagement is made possible through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The performance is 60 minutes without an intermission and is appropriate for all ages. The performance is an innovative new puppet show that features music from the Voyager Golden Record and takes place at the outer reaches of space. An astronaut traveling […]

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Posted by on October 28, 2024

Tuesday, October 15th, 2019

Multimedia Ensemble Brings Frankenstein to the Stage using Shadow Puppetry, Live Music and Cinematic Effects

Innovative theatre company Manual Cinema will bring the classic gothic tale, Frankenstein, to the Weis Center’s stage on Saturday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. Love, loss and creation merge in unexpected ways in the performance conceived by Manual Cinema. Stories of Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein and his Monster expose how the forces of family, community and education shape personhood—or destroy it by their absence. In a special world premiere presentation, internationally-renowned multimedia company Manual Cinema stitches together the classic story of Frankenstein with Mary Shelley’s own biography to create an unexpected story about the beauty and horror of creation. Manual Cinema’s […]

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Posted by on October 15, 2019

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

Silencio Blanco Brings Puppetry to the Weis Center

Silencio Blanco, a touring group of puppeteers who use their puppets to tell stories, will perform twice at Bucknell on Friday, Feb. 17 (2 p.m. and 7 p.m.). As part of the Weis Center’s ongoing series, Coal Collections: Local, National, and International Stories, the ensemble will perform with marionettes made from a newspaper base in order to share stories about the significance of coal mining in Chilean culture. In what is likely a first for the Weis Center, patrons will be seated on-stage with the puppeteers and puppets, gaining intimate access to this unique performance. As the group’s name suggests, […]

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Posted by on February 3, 2017

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