Frankenocchio is back! & opens Thursday 8/12

Frankenocchio returns for its third run in Seattle at the Lee Center for the Arts, August 12th – September 4th

Prepare to be regaled, titillated, and made slightly squeamish by the earthbound stumblings of the mute boy, Frankenocchio, as he seeks to rejoin his nimble head with the rest of his body, wending his way through the dark bellows and performances of a third rate traveling circus.

This is a story of a stringed puppet made by God, who in a fit of boredom cuts his strings. The poor puppet plummets to earth, where his head and body pop apart. Searching for its body, Frankenocchio’s head arrives in a dark and rundown circus. While mad barkers and accident prone clowns attempt to use his headless body to fulfill their own dreams, Frankenocchio searches for a way to be made whole again and return to his former life as God’s favorite plaything.

Conceived and Created by Brian Kooser, with script by Stephanie Timm, and touted as a “nightmarish world that might have been dreamt by Tim Burton after listening to Tom Waits while dosed up on codeine cough syrup”, this bizarrely delightful story, set aglow with gaudily gorgeous bunraku puppets and scenery, will leave you strangely inspired.

Accompanied by the live, kaleidoscopic, musical barkings of God’s Favorite Beefcake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vLycseGX5k,

Kooser and his cadre of deft puppeteers bring this sweet, nightmarish saga to life for Seattle audiences.

8pm Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
August 12th – September 4th
Tickets $18 at the door or BrownPaperTickets.com
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/120745

Lee Center for the Arts, 901 12th Ave, on Seattle University campus:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/lee_center_for_the_arts/Location?oid=33949

For a sneak peak: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dERwHAQTZeQ

Please note: this puppet show is not suitable for children.

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