Black Box Theater Shanty Programming
Saturday Jan 26th
11-1:30 Tou Cha and Friends* Garage Band Music on Medicine Lake.
2-4 Captain Younder
Sunday Jan 27th
12, 1, and 1:30 Conan the Barbarian and the Frost Giant’s Daughter
created and performed by Tou Cha and Soozin Hirschmugl
2-4 Captain Younder
Saturday Feb 2
11 – 2 Kurt Hunter “Feathers and Strings”
Prepare to be amazed and amused as a cast of intricate marionettes show off their talents in this eclectic showcase of miniature dances and dramas. See the penguin on the flying trapeze, the chorus of line dancing eggs, and many more surprises.
2:30 and 3pm Puppet Performance by Laura Purcell Gates
Sunday Feb 3
12-2 Roe Family Singers
2-5:30 Conan the Barbarian
Saturday Feb 9th
2 -4 pm John Bueche and Friends. Ice Fishing as Performance Art
Plus House Band, “ Third Wind”
Sunday Feb 10th
12- 1 ING
1-2 Sean Connaghty and Jason Kessering
2-4 The Brass Messengers
Saturday Feb 16th
1 -3pm Molly VanAvery Dance Party
* Hey all you Minnesota Party People! Winter Blues got you down? Let’s heat up on the ICE and dance, dance, dance our way to a happier place. Join a wide array of your favorite performers as we get down and transform the Black Box Shanty into one big dance party. Watch our dance, it’s up to you. February has never been this HOT!
3:30 – 5 On Tour from Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin excerpts from the Boxcutter Cabarete.
R.P.M Puppet Conspiracy - The Story of the Tiny Mouse and the Tiny Cat -
A short puppet show about power who has it and who doesn't?
Modern Times Theater -Cranky Puppets Shows good for all occasions made
to tug on your tears and tickel you toes.
* for more info on the BOXCUTTER CABARET : PUPPET TOUR SPRING 2008
www.myspace.com/rpmpuppetconspiracy
Sunday Feb 17th
11 – 1pm Chastity Brown - Musician /Singer /Songwriter
" A Minneapolis-by-way of Knoxville roots-soul singer of the first order,
Chastity Brown possesses the sort of rare chilled-out star quality that goes beyond time and place."
-Jim Walsh, Star Tribune, March 18, 2007
*check out her music at www.chastitybrown.com
2:00 - 3:00 Tallisman Washington Political Hip-Hop,
An orignal member of the BlackGawds.... now a CEO of the group Kollizm.
*Check out his rhymes www.myspace.com/Kollizm
3:00 - 4:00 Conan the Barbarian and Frozen Puppet Shows by Soozin Hirschmugl and Tuo Cha
4:00 -5:00 Sliding Scale * featuring accapela singing traditions from Italy, The Republic of Georgia, and the U.S.
Wed Feb 20th Movie and Performance Piece/ Cello Incident??
Sat Feb 23 Closing day
12-1:15 "The Bite" an Ice Fishing Play by Ron Teissen
2-3 " UP" A short puppet performance by Laura Purcell Gates
3-5"Uncle Sergi" TigerLion Productions A Chekov Play featuring Red Noses, Physical Theater and many more suprizes!!!
