"The use of not clear speech embitters the listener."
-Vladimir Lenin translated by babelfish

Jenny Campbell and Yelena Zhelezov have adapted Kornei Chukovski's russian nonsense poem about naptime disrupting telephone calls that explores complex communication in a post-industrial setting. The two translated Chukovski's story by machine and dressed Vladmir Lenin within it, presenting a scenario in which a menagerie of frustrating animals simply won't let their dear leader sleep.

This is Zhelezov and Campbell’s fourth new work with Bobbindoctrin and second children's oriented piece following The Travels of the Dung Beetle, which they performed in a tree house for the children of the Pink Ribbon Benefit 2003. Their other recent Bobbindoctrin performances include The Edge of Space! Living Room and The Perils of Ambition in 2003, and Why Do the Children Rust? in 2004. Campbell and Zhelezov also teach workshops on puppetry at area schools.

THE CREATORS

FIRST PERFORMANCE
8 May 2004 at
Buffalo Bayou Art Park
100 Sabine St, Houston TX

Houston Press write-up

SECOND PERFORMANCE
13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 May 2004 at
Commerce St Artist's Warehouse
2315 Commerce St, Houston TX

THIRD PERFORMANCE
20 June 2004 at
The Proletariat
903 Richmond, Houston TX