Mother Dirt Mass: Every Sunday at 3:00pm in The Paper Mache Cathedral. No tickets necessary.
Author: Bread & Puppet Theater
ALL SHOWS will continue Rain or Shine but will Cancel for Flooding.
Friends, travelers and neighbors.
Bread and Puppet will continue to put on our performances Every Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM rain or shine. But, due to the unprecedented amount of rain that has been hitting Vermont will have to cancel for major Flooding. A major issue we face is that our parking lot, which is mainly a grassy field, keeps getting compromised from all of the consistent rain and flooding. We are currently working on improving our drainage infrastructure and coming up with creative ideas to tackle this issue.
Any tickets purchased for any Cancelled performance will be accepted for all future circuses and performances, no check-in or logistical work required.
If anyone is in need of a refund, please feel free to email [email protected]
We are sincerely sorry for any inconvenience and disappointment this might cause in the future . We hope that the weather will lighten up as the summer goes on and this doesn’t continue to be a problem.
Thank You
Bread and Puppet Theater
Kompass String Quartet: Every Saturday July 15th – August 26th at 2pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral
Come join us for an afternoon of chamber music and puppetry every Saturday of the summer! This event is free, no tickets required and is a prologue to our 3pm show!
Beginning at 2 PM, the KOMPASS String Quartet will be performing Charlie Morrow’s recomposition of Beethoven’s ‘Große Fuge’ – The Grand Fugue, one of the 6 late string quartets, which were composed when Beethoven suffered from complete hearing loss. Morrow emphasizes the temporal contradictions of the original piece by adding what he calls 7 lifts – parts of the Beethoven piece stretched in time.
The performance will happen in our Paper Mache Cathedral and will run for 40 minutes, followed by a short 20 minutes break before our 3 p.m. Idiots of the World Unite Against the Idiot System show and our 4:30 p.m. Mother Dirt Church Services, held in the same venue. We request that visitors stay for the entirety of the KOMPASS quartet’s piece, in order to respect the intensity of the work and craft of the performers. We will not be admitting late comers.
The members of the string quartet are Jessica Gehring and Jade Schoolcraft on violin, Matthew Ryan on viola and Victoria Lin on cello. We are so excited to have them!
Guest Performance Shadow Puppetry this Friday at B&P @7:30pm
Tholpavakoothu Ramayana Performance
This ancient, ritually rooted performance is based on verses from the Kamba Ramayana, the Tamil version of the Hindu epic the Ramayana. The performance includes 71 different characters, and over 160 different shadow figures. While traditional Tholpavakoothu shadow theater takes in temples as ritual performance, Ramachandra Pulavar and his family have popularized the form by performing a variety of stories of contemporary social relevance, about Mahatma Gandhi, Jesus Christ, and the empowerment of women, as well as performances based on traditional tales from the Mahabharata and the Panchatantra. Tholpavakoothu shadow figures follow four main design categories: sitting, standing, walking, and fighting puppets, as well as puppets depicting nature, battle scenes, and ceremonial processions.
About the Company: Krishnan Kutty Pulavar Memorial Tholpavakoothu & Puppet Centre
Krishnan Kutty Pulavar Memorial Tholpavakoothu & Puppet Centre was founded in memory of the legendary great guru K.L.Krishnan Kutty Pulavar who took the initiative with Shri.G.Venu to promote this temple ritualistic art form from the temple premises to secondary performance spaces. The Pulavar family has continued the age-old tradition of shadow puppetry for the past 12 generations with all the traditional ritualistic performances while simultaneously incorporating contemporary narratives. We perform yearly in around 85 temples in Kerala from January to May as part of our tradition in the permanent shadow puppet theatres erected in temples. The centre focuses on promoting the tholpavakoothu performances and offering traditional training sessions to the upcoming generation in which we focus on teaching all its traditional aspects of puppet making, manipulation, designing, and narration. We have a puppet theatre in which we have exhibited all our different puppets, books and manuscript styles. Now the centre aims to safeguard indigenous knowledge traditions of puppetry in Kerala.
THE CIRCUS AND PAGEANT will continue Rain or Shine but will Cancel for Flooding
Friends, travelers and neighbors.
Bread and Puppet will continue to put on our performances Every Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM rain or shine. But, due to the unprecedented amount of rain that has been hitting Vermont will have to cancel for Flooding. A major issue we face is that our parking lot, which is mainly a grassy field, keeps getting compromised from all of the consistent rain and flooding. We are currently working on improving our drainage infrastructure and coming up with creative ideas to tackle this issue.
Any tickets purchased for any Cancelled performance will be accepted for all future circuses and performances, no check-in or logistical work required.
If anyone is in need of a refund, please feel free to email [email protected]
We are sincerely sorry for any inconvenience and disappointment this might cause in the future . We hope that the weather will lighten up as the summer goes on and this doesn’t continue to be a problem.
Thank You
Bread and Puppet Theater
Art Auction/Fundraiser at B&P Friday July 28th at 7pm
Art Auction/Fundraiser
Join Bread & Puppet on Friday July 28th at 7:00pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral behind the Bread & Puppet museum, for an Auction of paintings, collages and other artwork. Longtime Bread & Puppet performer and business manager Linda Elbow amassed an incredible collection of art over the past 40 years. She recently has had to move, and is now offering some of the finest pieces in her collection for sale. Proceeds will go to support the costs of her longterm care in a skilled healthcare facility. The vast collection includes work by Vermont artists including Don Sunseri, Elizabeth Nelson, Peter Schumann, and numerous GRACE artists; as well as pieces made by many members of the international Bread & Puppet community of performers and participants. Auctioneer extraordinaire Justin Lander will head up the proceedings. There will be snacks and drinks for sale. Join us for a raucous evening and don’t miss this incredible opportunity to acquire some singularly beautiful pieces of art.
Catch Shows Every Saturday and Sunday all Summer Long!!!
JUNE PERFORMANCES
Mother Dirt Church Service:
Each Saturday June 10th through July 1st at 4:30pm in The Paper Mache Cathedral. No tickets necessary
Idiots of the World Unite Against the Idiot System:
Each Sunday June 11th- 25 at 3pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral
Click Here For Tickets
JULY PERFORMANCES
Idiots of the World Unite Against the Idiot System:
Each Saturday in July (Except July 8th) at 3pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral Click Here For Tickets
Mother Dirt Church Service:
Each Saturday in July (except July 8th) at 4:30pm in The Paper Mache Cathedral. No tickets necessary
The Great Fugue Circus Every Sunday at 3pm
Followed by a pageant around 4pm and Guest performances Around 5:15pm
At Bread and Puppet in Glover, VT
Come Volunteer at Bread and Puppet!!!
Volunteer in the Printshop:
Every Wednesday and Friday 3-5 pm in the Bread and Puppet Printshop
Want to give us a hand in the Printshop? Here is the form to select days you’d like to attend in May. Please note that Volunteer session times have officially changed to 3pm-5pm Wednesdays and Fridays. On Friday’s we paint posters and on Wednesday we do miscellaneous Printshop projects from sewing, ironing and painting banners to printing new prints on fabric and paper.
Community Puppet Building:
Each Wednesday June 7th through July 26th at 9:30am at the Bread and Puppet Museum. Come help make puppets with us that will be used in our summer Pageant this year. Please note that this activity is dependent on the Sun and will be cancelled due to rain. All welcome, to guarantee that the workshop is happening please check-in in advance by emailing [email protected] or call (802) 525-3031.
Community Rehearsals:
Each Wednesday, June through August, 7 – 8:30pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral. These rehearsals will be primarily in service of our Mother Dirt show, though may also be used for workshopping circus acts or other shows as well. If you’d like to rehearse/perform with us as a volunteer, please contact: [email protected]
Starting July 9 Each Sunday at 9:30-12pm in the Circus ring will be a community rehearsal at 9:30 for a 10:30am Run through. If you’d like to rehearse/perform with us as a volunteer, please contact: [email protected]
Summer 2023 Newsletter!
B&P SUMMER 2023 NEWSLETTER
Hello Fellow Comrades and Anti- Capitalist!
We are glad to announce our Summer 2023 Season!! Below you can find dates for all of the events happening this Summer at Bread and Puppet and more!
Museum Opening June 4th 2pm @ B&P
B&P will host our traditional Museum Open House Sunday, June 4th Featuring the premier of Mother Dirt, performed with students from Concordia). At The Bread and Puppet Museum. For Tickets Click Here.
2 pm Shape Note Singing
2:30 pm Museum Opening
3-3:45 pm Guest Performance
4 pm Premier of New B&P Show:
Mother Dirt
JUNE PERFORMANCES:
Paper Mache Mass: Each Saturday June 1oth through July 1st at 4pm in The Paper Mache Cathedral. No tickets necessary
Mother Dirt followed by Paper Mache Mass: Each Saturday July 15th through August 26th at 3pm (Paper Mache Mass at 4pm) in the Paper Mache Cathedral. (There will be no performance Saturday, July 8th). If you’d like to perform with us as a volunteer, please contact: [email protected]
PARADES:
Saturday July 1st, Greensboro Parade
Saturday August 12th, Craftsbury Parade
If you’d like to parade with us as a volunteer, please contact:
CIRCUS & PAGEANT: Each Sunday July 9th – August 27th at 3pm
2pm Side Shows
3pm Circus
4 pm Pageant
5:15 pm Guest Performance
* If you’d like to perform with us as a volunteer, please contact: [email protected]
WEEKLY HAPPENING:
Shape Note Sings:
Each Tuesday at 7pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral. All welcome, no advance notice necessary.
Volunteer in the Printshop:
Every Wednesday and Friday 3-5 pm in the Bread and Puppet Printshop
Want to give us a hand in the Printshop? Here is the form to select days you’d like to attend in May. Please note that Volunteer session times have officially changed to 3pm-5pm Wednesdays and Fridays. On Friday’s we paint posters and on Wednesday we do miscellaneous Printshop projects from sewing, ironing and painting banners to printing new prints on fabric and paper.
Community Puppet Building:
Each Wednesday June 7th through July 26th at 9:30am at the Bread and Puppet Museum. Come help make puppets with us that will be used in our summer Pageant this year. All welcome, no advance notice necessary.
Community Rehearsals:
Each Wednesday, June through August, 7 – 8:30pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral. These rehearsals will be primarily in service of our Mother Dirt show, though may also be used for workshopping circus acts or other shows as well. If you’d like to rehearse/perform with us as a volunteer, please contact: [email protected]
FALL:
Wayzgoose:
September 2nd and 3rd. Join us for the second annual Wayzgoose and Print Fair! Printers and print enthusiasts are invited to come for a weekend of skillshares and shop talk which will culminate in a printfair and performance at 3 p.m. on Sunday, September 3rd.
Political Leaf Peeping & Radical Cheese:
Sunday October 1st 3pm at the Paper Mache Cathedral.
“Cheese is classical fermentation from the animal kingdom. Radical cheese is human fermentation and the need for human fermentation…Only by the spread of such corruptions caused by fermentation can uprisings occur…” -Peter Schumann, “Radical Cheese Against the Asphaltization of Small Planets” Manifesto
Honk:
Friday October 6th through Sunday October 8th
Honk a annual 3-day free festival bringing brass bands from all over the United States and the world to Somerville for a celebration of music, community and activism. Organized entirely by volunteers and now in its 18th year, the festival kicks off on Friday night with a lantern parade in Davis Square neighborhoods and a band showcase. On Saturday more than 25 bands take over Davis Square for a giant music and dance party. On Sunday, local community groups, artists, and activists working for a variety of progressive causes — economic justice, protecting the environment, world peace, an end to racism — join the brass bands to make a spectacular parade from Davis Square to Harvard Square along Mass Avenue.
If you’d like to join us for Honk as a volunteer, please contact: [email protected]
Join Us Every Saturday at 3pm in the B&P Ballroom for our “Bed Sheet Interpretations” Show
Bread and Puppet will be performing a weekly evolving “Bed Sheet Interpretations” Puppet Show, every Saturday at 3 PM through the end of April in the Bread and Puppet Ballroom! Free bread, aioli and cheap art will available after the show.
We will also be hosting a weekly rehearsal each Saturday at 1 pm in the Ballroom prior to the performance for volunteers to learn and jump into the show. The uniform will be all white for anyone performing, masks recommended. Send an email to [email protected] to be kept in the loop!
Whether as a fellow puppeteer or an esteemed spectator, we look forward to seeing you there!
