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November 6th, 2019, 4:30-6:30pm Fine Arts Center, UMass Campus
Free and Open to the Public Sponsored by the
Social Thought and Political Economy Program
Bread and Puppet is a world renowned anti-capitalist theater company thathas peformed with their signature
puppets for over 50 years. It is one of the oldest street and protest theater companies
in the world. The troupe will perform: The Essential Furthermore.
The show draws on the peasant rebellions of the 1400 and 1500s to
address the need for insurrection against the status quo of planetary ecological collapse, and hostility to the refugees created by natural and human-made disasters. The show demonstrates the
power of mass political and social movements with massive dances in
Bread and Puppet’s pedestrian expressionist “Lubberland” style, building
momentum as the piece grows into a multivocal fugue on several themes of
the moment: totalitarianism, extinction and “the normalization of the
unthinkable”.
Bread+Puppet Theater
Presents
The Essential Furthermore
Volunteers Wanted: If you are interested in performing in the show please contact Eli Bondar: [email protected]. No theater skills needed (STPEC)