Word: puppets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Puppet Theater...
...Onion Weavers Puppet The after was founded in 1992 and since then they have tackled Aristophanes' The Frogs, the Star Wars trilogy and Edgar Allen Poe's stories, all with wonderfully funny results. For their newest production, they chronicle Elvis Presley's music, life, and after life. He has never been quite so, er, honored...
...times their normal size and then trace the result in neon tubing satisfies some inner necessity for Nauman, but for anyone who isn't Nauman, it's meaningless. And you soon lose interest in the "animated" neon pieces, with their spasmodic one-two, on-off movements of violence or puppet sex. They are one-liner art, no matter what windy claims surround them...
Answer: The Onion Weavers, a puppet-theater group that makes all its own puppets, writes its own scripts, and functions on only the most egalitarian of principles. "We're founded on the idea that a lot of people should be able to get involved in theater...anybody can join; we try not to take ourselves too seriously," says founding member Tanya V. Bezreh '95. To achieve club status at Harvard, the group has an official president, but in reality, there are only two positions: the designated "phone-caller" and "e-mailer." The same members of the Onion Weavers who create...
Beside all the gratifying praise, the Onion Weavers get their share of fun and satisfaction from putting a show together. "Puppets are very therapeutic," said Jenty Wood '95, while working on a new wire frame for an "Elvis" puppet. "It's sort of like Odyssey of the Mind, like in high school," explains Martin. "Last time I got to set up an entire parallel circuit for the Ewok's little red eyes...it's a chance just to do something completely different with your mind...