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Lunar New Year: Shadow Play Workshop
February 9 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Lunar New Year: Shadow Play Workshop
ShadowLight Productions
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with an enchanting and interactive Shadow Play Workshop, hosted at the cozy and creative Red Poppy Art House. This free event invites children, families, and community members to dive into the magical world of shadow puppetry. Together, we will explore the art of storytelling and puppet-making, culminating in a collaborative shadow theater performance.
Featuring:
Jessica Nguyen – Puppeteer
Ya Wen Chien – Puppeteer
Sharon Shao- Puppeteer
Sunday, February 9th 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
THIS IS A FREE EVENT!
ABOUT:
ShadowLight Productions was founded in 1972 by filmmaker/theatre director/shadow artist Larry Reed. We have served San Francisco as a nonprofit theater company for nearly 30 years.
The mission of ShadowLight Productions is to expose the general public to the art of Shadow Theater. The means of providing such exposure includes but is not limited to live theater, film, and other media. We strive to preserve indigenous shadow theater traditions and to explore and expand the possibilities of the shadow theater medium by creating innovative interdisciplinary, multicultural works.
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Jessica Nguyen (shadow puppeteer/puppet fabricator/storyboard artist) is a science illustrator, educator, dancer, and circus artist turned to the dark side. Her favorite medium is mischief and punnery but she confesses that a bit of paper and ink will always lift the spirits. She currently works and lurks in Alameda, and loves waxing poetic about flora and fauna and bones and stones over a warm cup of tea.
Ya Wen Chien (co-lead designer-scenery and shadow performer) is an illustrator, painter- trained in Chinese painting and watercolor, a digital designer, puppet maker, and shadow-play artist born in Taiwan and currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sharon Shao (she/her) is a Bay Area native actor and teaching artist. She holds a double B.A. in Theatre Arts and Psychology from UC Santa Cruz. Recent local credits include Sleeping Beauty (Presidio Theatre), Man of God (Shotgun Players), The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin (SF Playhouse), The Winter’s Tale, Good Person of Szechwan (CalShakes), Vinegar Tom, Iron Shoes (Shotgun Players), and UTOPIA (CuttingBall Theater). Aside from acting, Sharon is passionate about teaching voice and drama to young students. www.sharonshao.biz
Sunday, February 9th 2025
Time: 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
THIS IS A FREE EVENT!
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