The folks at Glass Half Full Theatre have just premiered their latest work, Fup Duck, an original tabletop puppetry performance based on the novella Fup by Jim Dodge. The book has a bit of a cult following; director Caroline Reck says it's the sort of book that inspires fans to buy extra copies and pass them along to friends, and it was that impulse that made her decide to transform the story into a puppet show. True to the spirit of the book, it's a show that, despite its puppet cast, is full of salty dialogue (Glass Half Full describes it as a show "for adults and also children who already know the "F" word). The Sunday matinee shows will be a little more family-friendly, though, with the language toned down a bit (and with some of the dirtiest words replaces with...
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Local speaker, writer and author Spike Gillespie and journalist and political consultant Bob Mann opened up the August 1 StoryTime at the Cactus Cafe. Check out the videos below! ...
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