Please Ship This Wet Gift — a clown presentation about terrible feelings
Saturday, February 25 at 10:30am
Sunday, February 26 at 1:00pm
Cost: sliding scale $5-$15 for children and students, $10-$20 for adults
Tickets Available here!
Please Ship This Wet Gift is one clown's presentation about terrible feelings, and provides an opportunity for family audiences to laugh together about feeling bad. Everyone can go home when she thinks you're prepared. (Because it's better if you're prepared.) (And she'll be the guy who prepared you.) Performed by Marta Mozelle MacRostie of Brave Bucket Co. and directed by Hannah Simms, this original work uses audience suggestion, audience participation, drawing, made-up songs, puppetry, and cardboard sharks to bring some empathy, laughter, and lightness to the heavy stuff.
Recommended for ages 4+ and adults who like awesome things, younger siblings always welcome!
Marta Mozelle MacRostie (Performer/Designer) is a puppeteer, clown, designer, builder, teacher and vocalist based in NYC. She holds a degree in Puppetry & Music from UMass Amherst, studied clown at Movement Theater Studio, and is a many-time alum of the O'Neill National Puppetry Conference. Marta's previous show for family audiences Help Save the Monkey! (with collaborator Liz Hara) premiered in the 2014 New York Children's Theater Festival, and was awarded a 2014 Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant.
Hannah Simms (Director) is a director and teacher based in Hartford, CT, where she is an ensemble member at HartBeat Ensemble. She is a graduate of the Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre, the NTI Advanced Directing Semester at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and the Ada Comstock Program at Smith College.
Marta & Hannah met on their afterschool softball team in Amherst, MA. Their team never won a game, but they did do the bunny hop in the outfield. They're so pleased and excited to bring this work to their hometown. This weekend of performances is dedicated to the memory of Marta's mom, Robin MacRostie, who was an active and loved member of the Valley dance and arts community, and a longtime artist, student, teacher, and supporter of many programs at the Northampton Center for the Arts.