I Want All That (and a Bag of Chips)

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In Artword Theatre main theatre, March 12-14, 19-21
I Want all that . . .
and a Bag of Chips

Conceived and Directed by: Rachael Griffith and Ari Wormeli
Written by: Ari Wormeli
Dramaturgy by: Rachael Griffith
Puppets designed by: Dahlia Katz
Stage Managed by: Meredith Kenny
Featuring: Rachael Griffith, Meredith Kenny and Ari Wormeli
Dates: Tues-Thurs March 12-14 and Tues-Thurs March 19-21
Show Time: March 12-13 and 19-20, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8:00 PM
March 14 and 21, Thursdays at 2:00 PM
Price: $10 (tickets available at the door).
For additional information, please e-mail yu236104@yorku.ca
Or call, Rachael Griffith phone: 416-650-2121.

I Want All That (and a bag of chips) is a story about two high school students trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives, written by two graduating university students also trying to figure out how—and where—to carve out a niche for themselves. Claire and Trevor, the students, are aided on their quest by a wannabe film noir detective. The story is told with a mixture of shadow puppets, hand puppets, modified Bunraku puppets, a few sock puppets, and humans, using an eclectic array of styles. Both the eclectic nature of the piece and the puppet/human interaction are very important to us.
A puppet is not a real person, but rather a canvass which can be filled with the material stored in each individual's own imagination. Puppets almost ask an audience —and a performer—to give some part of themselves to the personality, to the body of the puppet itself. It can permit an almost instantaneous lead in the to the world of the play and can allow flights of fantasy. What we propose to do is to experiment with this form which is frequently regarded as a foreign "other" or deemed an inconsequential form of children's entertainment.
It’s also funny.

About the project leaders:

Rachael Griffith and Ari Wormeli are both graduating from the Theatre Studies programme at York University this year. They have both written shows for Playground (York’s student-run/student-created theatre festival) and both became involved in puppetry through taking the same course. They have further had the chance to develop their skills working with Brandy Leary in Maya, which was performed at the Fringe Festival this past summer.

		In Artword Theatre main theatre, March 12-14, 19-21 I Want all that . . . and a Bag of Chips

	Conceived and Directed by: Rachael Griffith and Ari Wormeli Written by: Ari Wormeli Dramaturgy by: Rachael Griffith Puppets designed by: Dahlia Katz Stage Managed by: Meredith Kenny Featuring: Rachael Griffith, Meredith Kenny and Ari Wormeli Dates: Tues-Thurs March 12-14 and Tues-Thurs March 19-21 Show Time: March 12-13 and 19-20, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8:00 PM March 14 and 21, Thursdays at 2:00 PM Price: $10 (tickets available at the door). For additional information, please e-mail yu236104@yorku.ca Or call, Rachael Griffith phone: 416-650-2121.

	I Want All That (and a bag of chips) is a story about two high school students trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives, written by two graduating university students also trying to figure out how—and where—to carve out a niche for themselves. Claire and Trevor, the students, are aided on their quest by a wannabe film noir detective. The story is told with a mixture of shadow puppets, hand puppets, modified Bunraku puppets, a few sock puppets, and humans, using an eclectic array of styles. Both the eclectic nature of the piece and the puppet/human interaction are very important to us. A puppet is not a real person, but rather a canvass which can be filled with the material stored in each individual's own imagination. Puppets almost ask an audience —and a performer—to give some part of themselves to the personality, to the body of the puppet itself. It can permit an almost instantaneous lead in the to the world of the play and can allow flights of fantasy. What we propose to do is to experiment with this form which is frequently regarded as a foreign "other" or deemed an inconsequential form of children's entertainment. It’s also funny. About the project leaders: Rachael Griffith and Ari Wormeli are both graduating from the Theatre Studies programme at York University this year. They have both written shows for Playground (York’s student-run/student-created theatre festival) and both became involved in puppetry through taking the same course. They have further had the chance to develop their skills working with Brandy Leary in Maya, which was performed at the Fringe Festival this past summer.