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Performing Arts: Puppetry
Horse Trade Theater Group presents Donnie and the Monsters
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Saturday Oct 2, 2010 (8pm)
Sunday Oct 3, 2010 (7pm)
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- Price
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$18
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“We don't know if Robert J. Gibbs was bullied, but his Donnie and the Monsters, or The Sock Puppet Play is a satisfying response to those of us who were. Adolescent Donnie (Richard Altmanschofer) speaks of his humiliations only to himself and imaginary friends Monster Under the Bed, Blackbeard the Pirate, and Sock Puppet. This trio is more helpful than the adults. That it's okay using fantasy to gain inner strength is a welcome alternative to the results of fictional and real-life bullying. Director Heidi Grumelot balances Donnie's two worlds with tenderness. Altmanschofer's Donnie is endearing, and Paul Herbig, Yury Lomakin, J.B. Rotė, and Matt Wise are all wonderful whether in the schoolyard or visible only to the hero.”
Patricia Contino, Flavorpill
Donnie isn't good at gym class, making friends, or avoiding bullies. To cope with pre-teen life changes and loneliness his imagination runs wild with monsters, pirates, and talking toilets. A sock puppet play for adults, Donnie and the Monsters deals with the issues we develop during childhood and then cling to or hide from when we grow up.
- Horse Trade
