The Pop-Up Puppet Truck Interviewed for Never at Rest
Interview conducted by Bailey Cahlander of MADE HERE, MN. Check it out!
Puppet Truck Visits Nashville!
The Pop-Up Puppet Truck made a trip down to Nashville on September 3rd, 2016, to put on a one-nighter of pop-up performances. A big thanks to Seed Space for putting everything together!
Pictured: Never at Rest by Ben Banach and Donny Gettinger.
Puppet Truck Spotlight: Ben Banach
Ben Banach is a Chicago based comedian, musician, and writer. He combines his talents in a one-man podcast series titled Beautiful Night, a whimsically heavy-hearted mindscape filled with music, characters, and dark tales. He is also a regular of the Midwestern stand-up comedy scene with recent performances at Public House Theatre (Chicago, IL), The Comedy Bar (Chicago, IL), The Accord (Champaign, IL), and The Jukebox Comedy Club (Peoria, IL).
He will be part of the collaborative mixed-medium piece Never at Rest which will take place in the The Pop-Up Puppet Truck this Fall 2016 in Nashville, TN.
More of his comedic endeavors can be found here.
He will be part of the collaborative mixed-medium piece Never at Rest which will take place in the The Pop-Up Puppet Truck this Fall 2016 in Nashville, TN.
More of his comedic endeavors can be found here.
Puppet Truck Spotlight: Myra Su
Myra Su is a narrative artist specializing in storytelling through puppetry and live theater. Currently based in Chicago, Myra has been an active member in the puppetry community since 2013. Her primary medium is shadow puppetry but her work also includes bunraku and scroll puppetry. On top of her independent work, she has worked with puppetry/spectacle companies such as Manual Cinema, Redmoon, and Blair Thomas & Co. Recently, her work has also expanded to collaborations outside of theater, with indie bands and musicians.
Growing up in-between the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, she is interested in using puppetry to convey stories that are culturally mobile and emotionally universal. Her work is usually driven by a simple concept or motif, which is then experimented through a self-reflexive application of puppetry.
Myra holds a BA with honors in Theater and Anthropology from the University of Chicago.
See more of her work here.
Growing up in-between the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, she is interested in using puppetry to convey stories that are culturally mobile and emotionally universal. Her work is usually driven by a simple concept or motif, which is then experimented through a self-reflexive application of puppetry.
Myra holds a BA with honors in Theater and Anthropology from the University of Chicago.
See more of her work here.
The Chicago Awesome Foundation
Check out an awesome animation promoting the Chicago Chapter of the Awesome Foundation. The Pop Up Puppet Truck looks extra awesome!