Concrete Temple Theatre Presents: Packrat. (English)

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Concrete Temple Theatre Presents

Packrat.

FRI, May 23 7pm (English)

Produced in partnership with The Paseo Project. 

About the show

Set deep in the Sagebrush Desert, Packrat is a visually stunning puppet-forward play for all ages that contemplates humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Puppetry, projections, and an original score elegantly come together to shape what The New York Times called, “a journey of rescue and redemption…Thoroughly mesmerizing … amazingly expressive.”

Inspired by the classic adventure novel, “Watership Down,” Packrat follows Bud, a peculiar rodent with a penchant for hoarding humankind’s goods. When a discarded cigar sparks a wildfire, the animals in Bud’s valley flee for their lives. Already an outcast among the desert animals for his hoarding instincts, he gets blamed for the human-made disasters infiltrating their lives. When they ban him from the community, Bud must set out alone amidst a raging fire, to confront human-made dangers and a few natural ones. Packrat is a poignant account of Bud’s journey to find his place in the world, and his ultimate realization that the interconnectedness of life rules the day.

About Concrete Temple Theatre

Concrete Temple Theatre (CTT) is an internationally acclaimed devised visual-theatre company. Known for defying conventional boundaries between design and text, CTT creates visually striking works that bring myth and ritual back to the center of dialogue in order to confront the prevailing social issues of our times. Since 2004 Concrete Temple Theatre has presented their work for NYC audiences at such venerable Off-Broadway and avant garde venues as SoHo Playhouse, Barrow Street Theatre, HERE, Dixon Place and La MaMa. CTT’s national tours include The Yard, Bard Summerscape, Detroit Institute of Arts, PS21-Chatham, Amphibian Stage. The company has toured internationally to London, Sri Lanka, India, Bulgaria, Turkey, Italy, Scotland, South Korea, Mexico and Costa Rica.

“A journey of rescue and redemption…Thoroughly mesmerizing … amazingly expressive.”

“Has the solemn austerity of an ancient fable.”

-The New York Times

“Dazzling puppets depicting animals on an odyssey for a new home after a forest fire wow in this enthralling performance piece for children and adults. Its technical artistry, emotional resonance and engaging plot all cohere into a ravishing experience.”

-TheatreScene

This programming is supported in part by the Creative West and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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