Sunday, March 15, 2009

Introduction/History

History

Welcome Marionettes is heir to its parent show, "The Scott Marionettes" performed from 1929 to 1949 by Walter and Le Scott, the parents of Laura Scott-Carroll, our troupes' founder. The Scott Marionettes traveled throughout the western United States entertaining at schools and theaters. With a magical blend of engineering and artistry the Scotts brought the hand carved marionette puppets to life. Tragically the popular Scott Marionette show was destroyed by fire in 1949 and was never reconstructed. Working to reinstate the family puppetry tradition, Laura Scott-Carroll has been building marionettes for over 15 years.

Performances

Our aim is to reintroduce this miniature live theater art form.


Welcome Marionettes shows are appropriate for and loved by audiences of all ages. We work with fully strung marionette puppets. Each is hand crafted for its own part in the performance. We perform on our traditional marionette stage (pictured above) or our new mobile trailer stage, specially designed for out door events. (pictured below).



Many of our performances are accompanied by live music.
All performances come from familiar or classical lore.
Most of our shows run for 30 minutes with a 10 to 15 minute question and answer period following.

Puppets and puppeteers discuss the show with the audience


Teddy and Christopher in "Us Two" (above)
The King, Queen, Dairymaid, and Cow in "The King's Breakfast" (below)



Please follow this address to Lydia McCauley's review of last summer's Puppet Picnic at Canyon Creek:

http://lydiamccauley-quieting.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html


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