Coming Attractions
The Fox Folk Marionette Troupe is excited to have performed two shows at the new Apple Creek YMCA on December 5. Our featured show was an updated version of "The Search," one of the first shows ever performed by our team. It is adapted from the famous story "The Other Wiseman" by Henry Van Dyke. We also debuted our new stage at the YMCA show.
Click here for an article from the County Post East highlighting our show!
Also coming for Winterfest (January 31st) is a new fairy tale show entitled "Princess Gloriana & the Jewel Trees." Watch out for our new scary dragon!
Our "Senior Showcases" will also take our show on the road to the elementary schools of our senior puppeteers attended to introduce these youngsters to puppetry.
The photo below depicts the nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus -- a scene from many FFM performances.
2008-09 Highlights
This season marked the debut of the "Piccolo: The Stubborn Little Donkey," a tale adapted from the famous Charles Tazewell story. Our "Senior Showcases" took us on the road to Emanuel, New London and Martin Luther, Neenah. We were also privileged to perform at Martin Luther School in Oshkosh after attending a professional puppetry performance at Oshkosh's Grand Opera House - complete with a backstage tour.
Click here to view slides of "Piccolo" show
The directors of the troupe also partnered with the Fox Cities PAC to visit area elementary schools to share puppetry workshops tied to "Swimmy" show that was performed at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in early October.
2007-08 Highlights
The troupe debuted its new script "A Lamb's Tale" while tells the Christmas story from the perspective of the sheep in the fields of Bethlehem. The team also began its "Senior Showcase" program by visiting St. John School in East Bloomfield and St. Peter School in Appleton. The Senior Showcase program features the Russian folktale of "Baboushka." Directors Dave & Cassie Payne also worked with the Fox Cities PAC to visit area elementary schools and share a short introduction to puppetry program.
Click here to view slides of "Baboushka" show
2006-07 Highlights
2006-07 was an important year for the troupe. Many new, young puppeteers joined the team. Also, Cassie Payne, director of Hands 2 Grow Puppet Productions, volunteered as Assistant Director. The team reprised "Darko's Song" -- FFM's adaptation of an old Serbian folktale that tells the story of a blind shepherd boy who miraculously teaches the people of his village to see what is truly important in life.
FFM also presented two special performances at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in conjunction with the opening of Disney's Lion King in May 2007. The performances highlighted the different types of puppetry -- shadow, rod, mask, hand, and moving mouth puppets -- performed in The Lion King.
LION KING SHOW PPT - click here
In addition to our traditional performances at FVL Winterfest, the troupe also performed for the Christian Education Sunday of Bethany Lutheran Church of Appleton. Also for the first time in its FVL history, the puppets made a road trip to perform for FVL Schools Week at Trinity Lutheran School in Neenah. The Russian folktale "Baboushka" was the feature presentation that afternoon.
Photo of the presentation of "Baboushka" at Trinity School in Neenah in March 2007.
