2013 Summer Program
You think you know them. but have you really seen one except in dreams? In England in the centuries between King Arthur and the modern age that began just after William Shakespeare wrote of their mischief, there was not even a word "fairytale." Fairies were real.
In his Midsummer Night's Dream, the fairies Oberon, Puck, Peasbottom and Moth dispense potions and spells that make the proud foolish and confuse young hearts. What else could explain the complexity of love?
How can you see fairies?
For his production in New Haven this week, the English director Tom Morris called on the imaginations of the Handspring Puppet Company
You need only surrender to the enchantment of Susan Clinard. She will free your imagination to sculpt clay and wood, sticks and vines into sprites you didn't know you knew. Learn the arts of ancient spells and woodland furniture and dance. You may meet fairies who have flown round the world on ragwort. Special thanks: CT Arts Commission, The International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Handspring Puppet Company, and Bill Fischer, dance caller.
