Festival Schedule JAN 20-MARCH 22
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Lineup Announcement for the Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival 2025
Week 1
Mon, Jan 20 (on Martin Luther King’s Birthday)
4pm
- “In Black” Film by Jacqueline Wade
6pm-6:30pm
- Reception
6:30pm-8:30pm Opening of the festival Celebration in theatre
Hosted by Jacqueline Wad
- Meghna’s performance
- Sam’ Lewis Performance
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
- Jacqueline Wade Performance
- Steven Widerman Performance
8:30pm-10:30pm
- Dance Party for the opening of the festival
Tuesday, Jan 21
7:30pm-8:20pm
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
8::20pm-8:30pm
- Networking
8:30pm-10:30pm
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams Screening
Films from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
Colosse (Steven Widerman)
- Talk Back with Heather Henson and Alex Griffin
Thursday, Jan 23
7pm
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
8:30pm
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
Sunday, Jan 26
7:30pm
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
TICKETING INFORMATION
Week 2
Fri, Jan 31
Opening The Wonderland Puppet Theater Exhibition work by Alice Swann
6:30pm Opening of The Wonderland Puppet Theatre Exhibition
7pm- 8:30pm Film
- In Black
9pm-10:15pm
- Slam hosted by Steven Widerman
Sat, Feb 1st
2pm-3:30pm (Workshop)
- Vision Board with Lisa Marie
3:30pm-4:30pm (Workshop)
- Quick Masks Workshop - Steven Widerman
4:45pm-6:15pm (Films)
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Films from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Hitori | Dir. Raymond Carr
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
Colosse (Steven Widerman)
6:15pm 7pm
- Networking
7pm-8pm
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
Sun , Feb 2
2:30pm-3:30pm
- jo JB
- Ecdysiast by Dante Ingram
4pm-5:30pm (Film)
- In Black
6pm-7pm
Short Works
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
- Prairie Stories by Lisa Knasiak, storyteller
7pm-8pm (films)
- My Mother the Clown
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations
- The Gold Fish Casino
8:15pm -9:15pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE (staged reading)
Week 3
Fri, Feb 7
7pm -8pm Smaller Works
- My Flesh (Arkay)
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
8pm-8:30pm
- Networking
8:30pm Installation and Meet the Artist Holly
- Home Is Not where the Heart Is
- (Installation on what it feels like to have a house fire?)
Sat, Feb 8
10am-1:30pm (Workshop)
- Workshop: learn how to build backpacks with Holly for giant puppets for shows, parades and protest marches
10am-2pm (Workshop)
- Puppet Filmmaking at Home Basics with Alex U. Griffin
2:pm-3:pm film and questions with Jeghetto
- Just another lynching by Jeghetto with questions afterwards and showing the puppets with Jeghetto
3:10pm-4:30pm
- In Black (Film)
4:45pm-5:30pm
- Jim Crow the Puppet by Jeghetto
6pm-7pm
Smaller Works
- My Flesh (Arkay)
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry)
7:15pm-8:15pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE
8:30pm-9:20pm film and questions with Jeghetto
- Just Another Lynching by Jeghetto with questions afterwards and showing the puppets with Jeghetto
9:30pm-10:30pm
- Slam hosted by Steven
Sun, Feb 9
11am-12pm
- Rocket and Friends by the Puppet Company (Steven Widerman)
12:15pm-2:15pm
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Hitori | Dir. Raymond Carr
Colosse | Dir. Yves Geleyn
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
Being and Becoming | Dir. Charlotte Lily Gaspard
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
Hamlin | Dir. Jerrell Henderson
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
Film and discussion afterwards with Jeghetto and Alex Griffin
2:30pm- 4pm
- Puppet Filmmaking at Home Basics with Alex U. Griffin
4pm-5pm
- Ecdysiast by Dante Ingram
5:30pm-6:15pm
- Jim Crow the Puppet by Jeghetto
6:30pm-7:30pm
- jo JB
8pm-8:45pm
Smaller Works
- My Flesh (Arkay A)
- Mumia
9pm-10pm
Consuewella Triptych In MOVE
10pm (Film and Discussion)
- Just another lynching by Jeghetto with questions afterwards and showing the puppets with Jeghetto
10:40pm
- networking
Week 4
Fri, Feb 21
7pm-8pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- Ari on Aricama's Board Game by Maria Camia
8:30pm-9:30pm
- jo JB music
9:30pm-10pm
- Networking
Sat, Feb 22
12:30pm-1:30pm (Films)
- My Mother the Clown
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations
- The Gold Fish Casino
1:30pm-3pm (Workshop)
- Vision Board with Lisa Marie
4pm-5pm
- Andrew Kaplan Musician
- The Gold Fish Casino
6pm-7pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- Maria Reads a Book: Ari’s Anger Eating Dragon by Maria Camia
7:30pm-8:30pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE by Jacqueline Wade
9pm-10pm
- Andrew Kaplan Musician
- Mumia
Sun, Feb 23
12pm-1:30pm (film)
Film
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Films from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Hitori | Dir. Raymond Carr
Colosse | Dir. Yves Geleyn
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
Being and Becoming | Dir. Charlotte Lily Gaspard
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
Hamlin | Dir. Jerrell Henderson
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
12pm-1:30pm (workshop)
- BIPOC Bodies in White Spaces in Puppetry and Beyond (All are welcome to attend)
2pm-3pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- Maria Reads a Book: Ari’s Anger Eating Dragon by Maria Camia
3:30pm -4:30pm
- Andrew Kaplan Musician
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
5pm
- In Black
7pm-8pm
- Gathering
Week 5
Fri, Feb. 28
6pm-7:30pm
Film
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Films from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Hitori | Dir. Raymond Carr
Colosse | Dir. Yves Geleyn
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
Being and Becoming | Dir. Charlotte Lily Gaspard
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
Hamlin | Dir. Jerrell Henderson
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
8:19pm-9:10pm
- Black Episcopalian by Samuel J. Lewis II (puppetry)
9:30pm-10:30pm
- Una Judge - The One That Got Away by Sheila “Strawberry” Gaskins
- Mumia
Sat, March 1
1pm-2:30pm (Workshop)
- BIPOC Bodies in White Spaces in Puppetry and Beyond (All are welcome to attend) with Jacqueline Wade
4pm-5pm
- Black Episcopalian by Samuel J. Lewis II (puppetry)
- Prairie Stories by Lisa Knasiak, storyteller
6pm-7pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- The Gold Fish Casino
8pm-9pm
- Una Judge - The One That Got Away by Sheila “Strawberry” Gaskins
- Mumia
9:pm-9:30pm
- Networking
Sun , MARCH 2
11am-12pm
- Rocket and Friends by the Puppet Company (Steven Widerman)
12:30pm-2:pm (Films)
- In Black by Jacqueline Wade
- Brad Brewer’s Film
2pm (Workshop)
- Quick Masks Workshop - Steven Widerman
3pm-4:30pm (Workshop)
- Vision Board with Lisa Marie
5pm-6pm
- Una Judge - The One That Got Away by Sheila “Strawberry” Gaskins
- My Mother the Clown
6pm-7pm
(Films)
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations
- The Gold Fish Casino
Week 6
Saturday, March 8
2pm-5:30pm (Workshop)
- Start to Finish Devise a piece and Make some puppets with Jacqueline
5:30pm-7pm
Film
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Films from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Hitori | Dir. Raymond Carr
Colosse | Dir. Yves Geleyn
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
Being and Becoming | Dir. Charlotte Lily Gaspard
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
Hamlin | Dir. Jerrell Henderson
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
Week 7
Saturday, March 15
12:15pm-1:45pm (Film)
- In Black by Jacqueline Wade
2pm-2:45pm
- Agape Love Train by Yolanda Sampson from GO Y.O. Worldwide, LLC (puppetry)
3:30pm-4:30pm
- Black Episcopalian by Samuel J. Lewis II (work-in-progress puppetry)
5pm-5:45pm
- Agape Love Train by Yolanda Sampson from GO Y.O. Worldwide, LLC (puppetry)
6:15pm-7:15pm
- My Mother the Clown by Nia Hampton
- The Gold Fish Casino Sarolta Vay
- Bawba Sheep's Black by Anthony Michael Stokes
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations by Maria Camia
7:30pm-8:30pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE (work-in-progress) puppetry by Jacqueline Wade
Sunday, March 16
1pm-2pm (workshop)
- Quick Masks Workshop - Steven Widerman
2:30pm-3:15pm
- Agape Love Train by Yolanda Sampson from GO Y.O. Worldwide, LLC (puppetry)
3:30pm-4:50pm (workshop)
- BIOIC Bodies in White Spaces in Puppetry and Beyond
5pm-6:45pm (films)
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Hitori | Dir. Raymond Carr
Colosse | Dir. Yves Geleyn
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
Being and Becoming | Dir. Charlotte Lily Gaspard
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
Hamlin | Dir. Jerrell Henderson
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
7pm -7:30pm
Networking
Week 8
Friday, March 21
7pm-830pm
- Holly's Fire Performance (Installation)
- Mumia
- The Gold Fish Casino Sarolta Vay
9pm -10:30pm
- Puppet Slam
Saturday, March 22
12:30pm-2:30pm
- My Mother the Clown by Nia Hampton
- Bawba Sheep's Black by Anthony Michael Stokes
- In Black by Jacqueline Wade
2:30pm-5:30pm
- From Start to Finish devise a piece and make some Puppets with Jacqueline
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5:30pm -7pm
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
Goodnight Shadow | Dir. Myra Su
Hitori | Dir. Raymond Carr
Colosse | Dir. Yves Geleyn
Above All | Dir. Sifiso Mabena
Being and Becoming | Dir. Charlotte Lily Gaspard
The Story Retriever | Dir. Chamindika Wanduragala
Ramkali | Dir. Adnan Hussain
The Whole World and You | Dir. Frankie Cordero
Hamlin | Dir. Jerrell Henderson
DakTokaTaino | Dir. Alba Garcia-Rivas
5P1N0K10 | Dir. Jeghetto
Ham | Dir. Rudy Martinez
7:30pm
- Consuwella Triptych in MOVE
8:30pm
- Networking and closing of the festival
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Festival Artists whose work is in the festival:
Jo Schaffer
Sheila Gaskins
Marcellus Burt
Steven Widerman
Nate Puppets
Jeghetto from JEGHETTOS ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams Screening
Andrew Kaplan
Maria Camia
Holly Lammert
Leah Lara
Brad Brewer
Samuel J. Lewis, II
Jacqueline Wade
Meghna Chandra
Lisa Knasiak
Sarolta Vay
Jadesola adu
Arkay A
Ron Parks
Desiree McCray
Wonderland Puppet Theatre Exhibition
Dante Ingram
Yolanda Sampson
Alex Griffin
Charlie Minors
Lisa Marie Thomas
Regina Hall
Mike Africa
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