Sandglass announces its inaugural Legacy Series, featuring all of our currently touring original works.

This series includes both legacy pieces and original works created by Sandglass’s next generation of Puppet Theater makers. Legacy pieces are named in honor of Sandglass Founders Eric Bass and Ines Zeller Bass, who, in part, originated some of the work that will be presented.

Each show will include a special post show community puppetry “taster,” offering a glimpse into Sandglass’ approach to creating theater with puppets. As a touring company that spends much of our year performing in other parts of the world, this series is a response to popular demand from our hometown audience to perform our work locally.

The final performance in this series is: Feral

At New England Youth Theater, 100 Flat Street, Brattleboro, VT.

Creator/Project Director: Shoshana Bass
Performance Ensemble: Shoshana Bass, Dey Hernández, Sarah Nolen
Devising Ensemble: includes Stoph Scheer
Technical Director, Designer, and Musician: Maria Pugnetti
Musician and Composer: Molly Steinmark
Stage Director: Sarah Nolen
Outside Eye: Eric Bass
Writing Collaborator: GennaRose Nethercott
Social Dramaturg and Research Collaborator: Paulina Mendez

Have you heard the joke about the she-wolf that is bitten by a werewolf and turns into a woman? No?

This production presents the punch line of this strange and dark farce of domestication. Feral invites audiences on a woman’s journey as she experiences the tension between her intuitive knowledge and learned societal behavior, captured by an allegorical transformation into a werewolf. As the woman tries to reintegrate this wild voice, she wrestles with her sanity while being diagnosed with a growing feral condition. Within the protection of her domelike dress, domestic acts are disrupted by ancestral visitations and dreams of wolves.

Thank you to the women that offered their voices and stories to our research and development period: Yuchen, Jelena, Anna, Shari, Mary Allen, Alice, Leyna, Claudia, and Mariam

***This performance includes a brief and humorous sexual encounter and a small moment of strobing light**

Come celebrate the living tradition of puppetry in Vermont!