The Paper Operetta
On June 8 2024, an audience of three hundred sat down in the grass in the St. Croix Valley to watch a special work-in-progress presentation of the new show. Combining puppetry, traditional clown theater, and a live score influenced by everything from Medieval court music to Gilbert & Sullivan, "The Paper Operetta" explores humanity's absurd relationship to technology while asking the fundamental question: what drives us to perpetually open new doors that we know we won't be able to close?
Producer: The Fox and Beggar Theater led by Nat Allister
Director: Benjamin Domask-Ruh
Playright: The Ensemble (Devised)
Composers/Librettists: Lucy London, Lucas Warford, and Josh Conroy
Featuring
Emilia Björk-Perkins
Chase Perkins
Micael Bogar
Puppeteering by: Abby Palen
Art and Puppetry by
Abby Palen, Camellia Nieh, and Nat Allister