In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young Audiences
Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe was established in 2018 by Esther Fernández, Jonathan Wade, Jared White, and Jason Yancey. A staging of The Fabulous Johnny Frog at the 2018 Association for Hispanic and Classical Theater’s (AHCT) yearly symposium&a...
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| description | Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe was established in 2018 by Esther Fernández, Jonathan Wade, Jared White, and Jason Yancey. A staging of The Fabulous Johnny Frog at the 2018 Association for Hispanic and Classical Theater’s (AHCT) yearly symposium marked their beginning as a troupe. This work, adapted by Yancey, focuses on the controversial Juan Rana character and was designed as an outreach initiative to bring early modern Spanish theater to schools using shadow puppetry. In 2019, Dragoncillo created a new performance for the Siglo de Oro Drama Festival and their community partners based on two entremeses written by Francisco de Quevedo. This essay details the formation of Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe and its early efforts to introduce early modern Hispanic literature and culture to various audiences across the United States. Furthermore, the essay reflects the process by which shows are conceived and staged and how those performances evolve over time. Finally, it imagines an expanded repertoire for the troupe that extends beyond the longstanding tradition of puppet theater in Spain to include other texts and contexts from Iberia and Latin America. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-31672d935c2f4ffa9415b93b5efc1aff2023-08-02T10:50:54ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesOpen Library of Humanities2056-67002022-01-018110.16995/olh.4791In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young AudiencesEsther Fernández0Jared White1Jason Yancey2Jonathan Wade3Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures, Rice universityHillsdale CollegeGrand Valley State UniversityMeredith CollegeDragoncillo Puppet Troupe was established in 2018 by Esther Fernández, Jonathan Wade, Jared White, and Jason Yancey. A staging of The Fabulous Johnny Frog at the 2018 Association for Hispanic and Classical Theater’s (AHCT) yearly symposium marked their beginning as a troupe. This work, adapted by Yancey, focuses on the controversial Juan Rana character and was designed as an outreach initiative to bring early modern Spanish theater to schools using shadow puppetry. In 2019, Dragoncillo created a new performance for the Siglo de Oro Drama Festival and their community partners based on two entremeses written by Francisco de Quevedo. This essay details the formation of Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe and its early efforts to introduce early modern Hispanic literature and culture to various audiences across the United States. Furthermore, the essay reflects the process by which shows are conceived and staged and how those performances evolve over time. Finally, it imagines an expanded repertoire for the troupe that extends beyond the longstanding tradition of puppet theater in Spain to include other texts and contexts from Iberia and Latin America. https://olh.openlibhums.org/article/id/4791/Puppetryoutreachpublic engagementearly modern literatureShadow puppets |
| spellingShingle | Esther Fernández Jared White Jason Yancey Jonathan Wade In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young Audiences Open Library of Humanities Puppetry outreach public engagement early modern literature Shadow puppets |
| title | In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young Audiences |
| title_full | In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young Audiences |
| title_fullStr | In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young Audiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young Audiences |
| title_short | In the Beginning There Were Dragon(cillo)s: Using Shadow Puppetry to Engage Young Audiences |
| title_sort | in the beginning there were dragon cillo s using shadow puppetry to engage young audiences |
| topic | Puppetry outreach public engagement early modern literature Shadow puppets |
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