The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, which runs through Jan. 29, will unquestionably change your conception on how puppets can be used in staged productions.
If you think of puppetry as simply an intimate form of theater in which several hand puppets or a group of marionettes manipulated by strings perform on a small, box-like stage, theFor not only does this grand-scale festival celebrate an ancient art form and pay homage to the past, but it also serves as a fascinating showcase of all that is new.
Also on board for that journey is Ishmael, a younger man who serves as narrator of the story, and who confesses that he has signed on to the whaling ship as a form of escape from his deep disillusionment with life. He is joined by Starbuck, the ship’s serious-minded first mate and a rather rag-tag crew.
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