A Girl Without Wings

If Chaska, from A Girl without Wings, was invited to perform on...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:30:35 -0400

If Chaska, from A Girl without Wings, was invited to perform on a variety show — it would probably look like this.

What do you think?

It’s always magical to see a puppet come to life! Check...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:01:21 -0500

It’s always magical to see a puppet come to life! Check out this Jurassic Park Raptor puppet.

A Girl without Wings awarded a Jim Henson Foundation grant!

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:01:19 -0500

A Girl without Wings awarded a Jim Henson Foundation grant!:

We are thrilled to announce that Dramatic Adventure Theatre’s upcoming production of Jason Williamson’s A Girl without Wings has been awarded a Jim Henson Foundation grant. This is incredible news for the development of this beautiful play!

Two-Inch Feather Emerges From Baby's Neck

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:01:13 -0500

[The pediatrician] threw on gloves and she pulled out a 2-inch feather and she’s like, ‘It’s a feather.’ And we’re like, ‘What do you mean it’s a feather?’

Is this young girl trying to grow wings?

“Don’t worry Condorman has it all figured...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:08:48 -0500

“Don’t worry Condorman has it all figured out!” Haha, amazing.

Peruvian bull fiestas threaten future of the rare Andean Condor

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:01:17 -0500

Peruvian bull fiestas threaten future of the rare Andean Condor:

Dramatic Yawar festivals are designed to show the triumph of indigenous culture over colonial influence, but the number of condors injured and killed raises fears for the species’ survival

“We know there are up to 55 Yawar fiestas a year… and some condors are dying. Undoubtedly it is a threat to a species that is at a very much reduced population level,” says Rob Williams, Peru co-ordinator for the Frankfurt Zoological Society, who estimates there may be just 300-500 left in the wild in Peru. “We are on a threshold and if we push the condors much further over this threshold, it will be very difficult for them to recover.”

This festival marries colonial influences with the Andean worship of the condor – considered a messenger between earth and the heavens.

How much longer the condor and the Yawar can continue to grace the Andes looks likely to depend on whether the festival can undergo another evolution to add that most modern of ideas – conservation – to the blend of local traditions and foreign influences that already constitute the Yawar fiesta.

nprfreshair: These make me nostalgic for corded phones. -...

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:53:04 -0500

nprfreshair:

These make me nostalgic for corded phones. - Heidi

Telephone Sheep Sculptures by Jean Luc Recycled art

Love this recycled art, reminds me of our sheep in ‘A Girl without Wings’! ~ Jesse @ Dramatic Adventure Theatre

A Girl without Wings - Sat. @ 11am

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:17:00 -0500

Dramatic Adventure Theatre
&
Abingdon Theatre Company
present a Pop Up Playhouse performance of

A Girl without Wings
A new play by Jason Williamson
Directed by Kathleen Amshoff

ONE DAY ONLY!!!
This Saturday
November 17, 2012
@11am

Where:
Abingdon Theatre
312 West 36th Street
(between 8th and 9th, 2nd Floor)

Make a puppet!
Before and after the presentation we will be making shadow puppets in the lobby — so come early or stay after and make your very own Condor puppet!

FREE
Tickets are free, reservations recommended, donations appreciated.
Please e-mail info@dramaticadventure.com to reserve seats.

If you would like to make a donation online, go to dramaticadventure.com/support

SHOE DRIVE
At Saturday’s performance, we will also be collecting new and lightly used shoes (preferably in children’s sizes) for impoverished families in the Ecuadorian Andes. So, please take a look in your closet and under your bed to see if you have an extra pair of shoes to donate to the cause.

Cast
Elisha Lawson, Christen Madrazo, Katey Parker, Flor De Liz Perez,
Mary K. Redington, Liam Rhodes, and featuring Paul Helou on guitar!

About A Girl without Wings
Andean myth meets an indie love story in A Girl without Wings — set in a vibrant puppet world where wicked hummingbirds dart through the air, brightly colored threads of prayer reach for the gods, and a storm of shoes rain from the sky. This new play for family audiences brings to vivid life the story of a lonely Condor who falls in love with a spunky shepherd girl named Chaska.

Visit agirlwithoutwings.com to learn more.

Bring your family to experience this playful and poetic riff on a native Andean folktale!

Dramatic Adventure Theatre, The Puppet Kitchen, and a handful of...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:00:58 -0400

Dramatic Adventure Theatre, The Puppet Kitchen, and a handful of designers & actors recently came together for a 3 day workshop to investigate design ideas for ‘A Girl without Wings’. This is a little video that we put together from that event.

And as I type this, the designers are meeting again to discuss the discoveries made — very exciting!

Mutual of Omaha proudly presents Wild Kingdom: Land of the...

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 11:00:06 -0400

Mutual of Omaha proudly presents Wild Kingdom: Land of the Condor

This video is amazing on so many levels — grainy footage and saturated colors, vintage walkie talkies and awesome dirt bikes, featuring a man wrestling with Andean Condors (apparently for a good purpose), an unnecessary ape and hosted by an even more unnecessary guy that might be the Walt Disney of explorers. Wow.

Let’s make shadow puppets! Today (October 19th), from 12-2pm,...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:31:48 -0400

Let’s make shadow puppets!

Today (October 19th), from 12-2pm, Dramatic Adventure Theatre and our friends at Abingdon Theatre will be hosting a few tables at the Fashion District Arts Festival (Broadway & 40th).

We will be making Condor shadow puppets with kids and the young at heart! This is so much fun for the kids as they will get to cut out, color, and watch their Condors fly!

This is also a great opportunity to learn about DAT’s Nov. 17th Pop Up Playhouse reading of ‘A Girl without Wings’ — an interspecies love story between an Andean Condor and a spunky young girl, a play which was developed on location in the Ecuadorian Andes.

‘A Girl without Wings’ will be performed at the Abingdon Theatre as part of their Pop Up Playhouse series, for more information about the reading, visit dramaticadventure.com/tickets

PS - Abingdon Theatre will also have children’s theatre performances happening during the event, which will add to the fun for the young ones!

THIS ANDEAN CONDOR IS A MEMBER OF THE SPECIES SURVIVAL...

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:54:35 -0400

THIS ANDEAN CONDOR IS A MEMBER OF THE SPECIES SURVIVAL PROGRAM.

His job is to help educate the public about the conservation needs of the world’s largest flying bird!

PS - He has an 11 foot wingspan!!!!! WOW.

Abingdon Theatre and their theatre manager, John...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:30:38 -0400

Abingdon Theatre and their theatre manager, John Trevellini, have been huge supports during this developmental stage of A Girl without Wings.

In our most recent design workshop, it was discovered that John has a special relationship with hummingbirds as you can clearly see on his forearm — this might explain his interest in the wicked hummingbirds from our play!

Abingdon Theatre’s Pop Up Playhouse is hosting an exciting and free reading of A Girl without Wings on Nov. 17th at 11am.

For more details, go to www.dramaticadventure.com/tickets

QUESTION: WHAT DOES AN ANDEAN CONDOR LOOK LIKE WHEN IT IS...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:27:50 -0400

QUESTION: WHAT DOES AN ANDEAN CONDOR LOOK LIKE WHEN IT IS EATING?

A Girl without Wings director, Kathleen Amshoff, is curious how an Andean Condor chews its food.

Well, here you are Kathleen! With a special bonus “Eye of the Condor” moment at the end of the clip. Enjoy!

Oooh, I like this pretty Hummingbird pastel by Rosalyn M. King....

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:01:42 -0400

Oooh, I like this pretty Hummingbird pastel by Rosalyn M. King.

Happy World Animal Day! In honor of today, we would like to...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:18:32 -0400

Happy World Animal Day!

In honor of today, we would like to share with you this video of the critically endangered Andean Condor hatching and being reared at the Buenos Aires zoo — the zoo intends to release these incredible birds back into the wild.

The Andean Condor is the world’s largest flying bird and is an important symbol in much of Latin America.

We can’t wait to share A GIRL WITHOUT WINGS with NYC.

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 11:55:01 -0400

We can’t wait to share A GIRL WITHOUT WINGS with NYC.

I love the magic and simplicity of this! onepointperspective: I...

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:55:21 -0400

I love the magic and simplicity of this!

onepointperspective:

I tried this once. It didn’t turn out as well….

The Land of “A GIRL WITHOUT...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:00:02 -0400

The Land of “A GIRL WITHOUT WINGS”.

istanbulconstantinople:

Parque Nacional Cajas in Ecuador
By Rob Howard

Anyone else feeling like a snarky old ram this fine Monday?...

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:57:33 -0400

Anyone else feeling like a snarky old ram this fine Monday?

Grrr… worry about your own business.

Hehe, this guy sure looks like Chaska’s Ram!