THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME by Paula Vogel (2006)
ABOUT              
UPCOMING              
COMPANY                
HISTORY 
PUNCHFACE TRILOGY 
GARAGE YEARS 
IVAN THE FOOL
ACIS & GALATEA
CORRUPTION OF
                    THE SPECIES
THE DANUBE
STRANGE DEVICES
THE MAUIST
THE CRIME OF
                THE ASSISTANT
                MASTER BUTLER
THE NOBLEST
                           OF DRUGS
THE EDGE OF SPACE!!
WHY DO THE
               CHILDREN RUST?
OH, LENIN!
DANSE MACABRE
                        PART ONE
THE PUPPET
        LIBERATION FRONT
ANNUAL PUPPET FEST          2004
DANSE MACABRE
                        PART TWO
ANNUAL PUPPET FEST          2005
DANSE MACABRE
                        PART THREE
THE LONG CHRISTMAS
                        RIDE HOME
ANNUAL PUPPET FEST
         2006
ROT
MULTIMEDIA                
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The Long Christmas Ride Home

By Paula Vogel
Directed by Randy Symank and Joel Orr

Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre and Unhinged Productions teamed up to produce the regional premiere of The Long Christmas Ride Home by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel. The Long Christmas Ride Home is a fusion of traditional theatre and Bunraku puppet theatre techniques. Actors and puppets blend seamlessly in this story that weaves the past, present and future on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family of five...

Humorous and heart-wrenching, this beautifully written play, by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning How I Learned to Drive, proves that magic can be found in the simplest breaths of life.

Unhinged Artistic Director Randy Symank directed the production, and Bobbindoctrin's Artistic Director Joel Orr provided the puppet direction. The production featured Bunraku-style tabletop puppets and new shadow puppet techniques by Bobbindoctrin company members.

The Long Christmas Ride Home premiered in 2003 in a co-production between Long Wharf Theatre and Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island, and is described by Vogel as "an adult puppet play, certainly not Avenue Q."

DATES:
 Opening: Friday, April 28th, 2006
Closing: Sunday, May 14th, 2006
at Stages Repertory Theatre
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