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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Autumn Portraits by Sandglass Theater\nEvent Url: h
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 ass_Theater\nEvent Date Begin: 2013-02-08\nEvent Date End: 2013-02-10\n\n 
 Pontine Theatre Presents Autumn Portraits\nCreated & Performed by Sanglass
  Theater's Eric Bass.\n8-10 February\, Pontine Theatre presents Sandglass 
 Theater's\, Eric Bass\, in his solo production\, Autumn Portraits.  Perfor
 mances are Friday at 8pm\, Saturday at 4pm & at 8pm\, and Sunday at 2pm.  
 Tickets are $24 and may be purchased online at www.pontine.org.  Tickets m
 ay also be purchased at the door a half-hour prior to each show (cash & ch
 ecks only)\, based on availability.  Pontine's West End Studio Theatre is 
 located at 959 Islington Street in Portsmouth NH.  Pontine's 2012-13 seaso
 n is supported by the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the Nati
 onal Endowment for the Arts.  This production is funded in part the New En
 gland States Touring Program of the New England Foundation for the Arts\, 
 made possible with fundis from the National Endowment for the Arts' Region
 al Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.  Accommoda
 tions are provided by The Sise Inn.\nAutumn Portraits is a compelling solo
  puppet-and-mask performance\, a series of five interlocking vignettes\, e
 ach exploring one puppet character and its interplay with its manipulator\
 , who might appear as a masked figure\, or simply a voice from the sky.  E
 ric Bass' handcrafted rod puppets are characters in the 'autumn' of their 
 existence who act out their stories in precise and evocative gestures as t
 hey meet their pasts\, their selves\, their deaths.\nAutumn is a metaphor 
 for that time of life when our thoughts turn inward\, when we feel the los
 s of summer warmth.  Each of these puppet &ldquo\;portraits&rdquo\; presen
 ts a moment in one character's existence. Some are funny\, some touching\,
  some bizarre\, and all speak to the human experience\, as only puppets ca
 n.\nBass performs solo\, and for most of his performance he manipulates th
 e characters in full view of the audience. He combines his own craft with 
 the traditional Japanese Bunraku methods of puppetry. While the performanc
 e may be enjoyed by older children\, &ldquo\;Autumn Portraits&rdquo\; is i
 ntended for adult audiences.\nUtilizing only a small puppet stage\, Eric's
  masterful storytelling technique and stunning puppet manipulation leads h
 is audience on a fascinating journey that constantly asks the question of 
 who has control\, the puppets\, or their master? By intertwining the use o
 f masks\, table-top rod puppets and a combination of the two\, Autumn Port
 raits focuses on the relationship between the manipulator and his puppets\
 , told through a constant\, yet ever-changing dialogue between the two.\nT
 his celebrated solo performance has won awards in Australia\, Hungary and 
 a Citation of Excellence from the Union Internationale de la Marionette.  
 Eric Bass\, with his spouse\, Inez Zeller Bass\, is founder of Putney\, Ve
 rmont's Sandglass Theater.\nEric Bass has presented his work in theaters a
 nd festivals throughout Europe\, America\, Australia and Israel.  His awar
 ds include the Citation of Excellence from Pecs\, Hungary\, and the First 
 Prize Critics Award for Best Production at the International Festival of P
 uppetry in Adelaide\, Australia.
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