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    Puppets: The Original Avatars

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    Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania - Houston Hall

    April 13, 2011


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    The 2010-2011 Penn Humanities Forum on Virtuality presents leading puppetry artists and scholars as they explore the role of the puppet on stage and screen. Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. Robert Smythe, Founder of Mum Puppettheatre and the director of Stravinsky’s L'Histoire du Soldat with the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra as part of the 2011 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts at the Kimmel Center. Martin P. Robinson, Puppet performer and designer, and Director of International Puppet Training for Sesame Street. Eileen Blumenthal, Author, Puppetry and Puppets: An Illustrated World Survey, critic for the Village Voice, and Professor of Theater Arts, Rutgers University.


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        University of Pennsylvania - Houston Hall

        3417 Spruce Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        April 13, 2011

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        5–6:30 pm

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