PUTNEY-This summer, Sandglass Theater, 17 Kimball Hill, presents a series of appearances by artists working in interdisciplinary performance techniques, all of which are somehow related to puppet theater. This series celebrates the crossroads and the connection between puppetry and other art forms, such as clowning, magic, and music.
The first performance in the series is Ha Ha da Vinci: Illusion, Music, and Theater by Phina Pipia on Saturday, May 24, at 7 p.m.
"A tuba lights the way, beds make music, paintings come to life, and a radio delivers a message from the past in a whimsical production that combines illusion, music, and theater," organizers wrote in a news release.
"When a grad student discovers that Leonardo da Vinci and his collaborator, magician and mathematician Luca Pacioli, invented a time machine, she is zapped back to the Renaissance."
To return to the present, she must decode their notes and solve a 15th-century mystery.
Winner of the 2022 San Diego International Fringe Festival's Outstanding Solo Performance Award, and several others across the nation and Canada, Ha Ha Da Vinci invites audiences of all ages into a world where they can safely expect the delightfully unexpected.
For more information about the Summer Series, and to purchase tickets, visit sandglasstheater.org/special-events//summer-series.
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