The Counterfeit Marquise
Show Length: 30 minutes
Number of Performers: 3
Indoor only
Show synopsis:
A delightful and absurd show based on a seventeenth century French "wonder tale," attributed to Charles Perrault. "The Counterfeit Marquise" tells the story of a young boy who is raised as a girl by his loving and protective mother to escape the life of a soldier. Our heroine grows up to be a beautiful and sophisticated flirt, who travels to Paris to look for love and finds a strangely appropriate happy ending. The piece, which uses elaborate hand puppets, shadow puppets, actors, and many music boxes, has been performed in many cities, in theatres, bars, parks, skating rinks, cafes, warehouses and living rooms.
Directed by:
Kate Cayley
Performed by:
Narrator:
Simone Rosenberg, Christina Serra, Sarah Cormier, Dalal Badr
Marquise/Puppeteer:
Kyle Cameron, Noah Kenneally
Puppeteer:
Lea Ambros
Puppets and set designed and built by:
Lea Ambros, Kyle Cameron and Kate Cayley
The Counterfeit Marquise was first developed for the Rhubarb! Festival in Toronto, and then further developed for the SummerWorks Festival. The show then toured to the Atlantic Fringe Festival (Halifax, Nova Scotia), MadLab Theatre (Columbus, Ohio), The Flying Brick (Richmond, Virginia), Puppet Uprising (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), The Langdon Street Café (Montpelier, Vermont), Catcall and Le Pocket Palace (Montreal), and The Black Sheep Puppet Festival (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
If you are interested in booking The Counterfeit Marquise for your local venue please contact Stranger Theatre at strangertheatre@gmail.com.
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