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Understory Productions
Specializing in stage plays, puppetry, mask theatre and performance art, Understory has presented its work throughout the Americas, from Argentina to Mexico, as well as at regional venues and schools on the East and West Coasts of the USA. Featured works such as Pez/Pescado: An Eat Play, Agua Querida, and The Busted Levee Puppet Show have garnered the acclaim and affection of audiences of all ages.
Field Glossary
English-Spanish Dictionary for Sustainable Agriculture
Recent blog posts
- Perfection
- Rising Tide Conference, New Orleans
- Sergio & Willingham
- Chicken-Achiote Stew with a Volcano Elf
- 12th Annual Environmental Conference on Law, Science, and the Public Interest
- Nuevamente desde Minneapolis
- Welcome to the South: Making Landfall in New Orleans after the Storm
- Esperanza del sur: el blog infalible
- Black Friday
News and Upcoming Performances
NOT A KERNEL TO EAT
Understory Puppet Theatre takes on tradition, nutrition, and television.
"Understory Theatre produces smart, funny, informative, fast-paced
shows that entertain while pushing the audience to engage. Nowhere else
has a talking ear of corn given me so much insight!"
Not a Kernel to Eat is the story of Paco, a Mexican farmer, as he loves and loses his corn. Through battles with herbicide, water use, and temptations to buy a new HDTV with windfall GMO corn profits, our hero seeks for redemption and seeds he can trust.
Available for the Summer/Fall 2008. Contact us for details and booking information.
SEE WHAT OUR AUDIENCES ARE SAYING
"Understory Theatre produces smart, funny, informative, fast-paced
shows that entertain while pushing the audience to engage. Nowhere else
has a talking ear of corn given me so much insight!"
- Ken Meter, Director, Crossroads Resource Center
"Simple. Powerful. Effective. It was the first puppet show I liked."
- Brian Noy, Augsburg College
WHO IS THE DIESEL?
The Biodiesel Puppet Show
Puppets illustrate the process and agricultural production of biodiesel, with song, dance, slapstick humor, and witty dialogue.
The latest invention of Crazy German Scientist Rudolf Diesel - a new engine that can run on vegetables – is stolen by the Oily Meanies, who use it to make the biggest mess in history.
SELECTED PAST WORKS 2001-2007
Selected Past Works:
Pez/Pescado: An Eat Play Home Planet Theatre, Providence, RI: April 2002.
