All About janecatherineshaw
Jane Catherine Shaw
janecatherineshaw.lamama@gmail.com
MFA Directing, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Dean’s List 2009
BA Theater Arts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Curator, La MaMa Puppet Slam
Co-Founder/Curator, Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival, Theater for the New City, NYC
Member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab
Member, La MaMa Kids Committee
Founder/Director, Mime Troupe, Theatre Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Original Work - Writer/Designer/Director
2018 FRAMED: THE MOTHER GOOSE CHRONICLES Commissioned work for La MaMa Kids
2016 CALPURNIA COYOTE COMES TO THE BIG CITY Commissioned work for La MaMa Kids
2015 THE BLUE MARBLE Commissioned work for La MaMa Kids
2013 FOLLOWING THE WIND: TALES FROM THE NEW WORLD. Commissioned work for La MaMa Kids
2012 PELANDOK THE MOUSE DEER AND OTHER TALES FROM MALAYSA. Commissioned work for Stepping Stones Museum for Children, CT.
2010 FOLKTALES OF ASIA AND AFRICA. La MaMa International Puppet Series
2010 THIRST: MEMORY OF WATER. La MaMa
2010 FOLKTALES OF ASIA AND AFRICA. BAM, NY
2005 UNIVERSE EXPANDING. La MaMa, NY
2001 BED OF LIGHT. La MaMa, NY
1998 THE LONE RUNNER. La MaMa, and Theater For The New City NY, NY
1995 ANNA’S JOURNEY. Women On Fire, Atlanta GA
1994 BURNING. Women On Fire
1993 NOSTRADAMUS SPEAKS! 800 East Performance Gallery, Atlanta GA
1991 FOLKTALES OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. Center For Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA
1991 FAIRYTALES OF EUROPE. Center For Puppetry Arts
1991 FOLKTALES OF ASIA AND AFRICA. Center For Puppetry Arts
1990 BETWEEN A ROCK AND WHERE THE HEART LIES. Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1990 A SLEEPWALKER ON EARL. Center For Puppetry Arts XPT (Xperimental Puppetry Theatre)
1989 ON THE RED RIVER. Center For Puppetry Arts XPT
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Professional Experience – Collaborations
THERE’S BLOOD AT THE WEDDING: Songs For Lorca - Puppet technical design and rigging, performer-Theodora Skipitares – La MaMa
I ONCE FOUND MYSELF IN AN ISOLATION CHAMBER-collaborator and performer with Chris Ignacio, The Tank
MERMAID’S HOWL Costume design and construction – Marina Celander – La MaMa
SHAKESPEAR’S SISTER – Set, costume and projection design and construction – Marina Celander at Dixon Place
BLOOD WEDDING Puppet technical design and rigging-Theodora Skipitares
SIX CHARACTERS (A Family Album) Puppet technical design/construction and rigging/performer-Theodora Skipitares
2013-2014 THE CHAIRS Puppet technical design/construction and rigging-Theodora Skipitares
2013 SLEEPING RHYME Puppet design and construction-Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, South Korea
2012 PROMETHEUS WITHIN Puppet technical design/construction and rigging-Theodora Skipitares
2011
LYSISTRATA Puppet technical design/construction and rigging-Theodora Skipitares
ARJUNA’S DILEMMA Mask and Puppet design-Pioneers Go East, Opera America Competition
2010
SECRET LOVE IN PEACH BLOSSOM LAND Set Design-Terry OReilly/New School for Drama
I FIORETTI IN MUSICA Puppet and Mask Design and Construction-Gian Marco LoForte/ Pioneers Go East
2009
THE LITTLE BABY SNOOGLE - FLEEJAR Puppet Design and Construction-Weaver Academy
DOG SHOW Director, Play reading -The Gallery Players, NY
MAY-DECEMBER WITH THE NOSE AND CLAMMY Puppet/Costume Design/Construction - NY Fringe Festival/Mind the Art
MIKA Puppet Design/Construction -“tiyatro global” at the United Nations
2008
CLOWN CHICKEN GOES TO BROADWAY Puppet Design/Construction-Samuel French New Play Festival
PETER AND THE WOLF Co-Director/Puppetry Design/Construction - Matrix Music and Terry O’Reilly
THE CAT WHO WENT TO HEAVEN Puppet Design/Construction - Nancy Harrow
2006 THE MAGIC PITCHER Collaborator Direction/Design with Ilir Dragovoja- International Centre Of Culture, Tirana, Albania
2006/2007 THE LUDICROUS TRIAL OF MR. P Collaborator /Direction/Design/Construction with Susan Yankowitz – HERE Arts Center
2004 ISHARA PUPPET FESTIVAL, NEW DEHLI, INDIA Puppet Designer/Builder - La MaMa, Ellen Stewart, Theodora Skipitares
2003
DOLL HOUSE Puppet Designer/Director - Mabou Mines 6 Marionettes operated in tandem by 6 Puppeteers from behind and below.
BALLAD OF YACHIO Puppet Design/Construction/Director - Tooth and Nil Theatre Company/Theatre On Two
2002 USEFUL TABLES Director - Ed Woodham/St Ann’s Puppet Lab
1999 RED BEADS, Workshop, Walker Center, Minneapolis Collaborator/Skeletal Dog Puppet Design/Construction - Lee Breuer/Mabou Mines
1995 YOUTH WITHOUT AGE, LIFE WITHOUT DEATH Collaborator Direction/Design/Construction - Erica Bilder/La MaMa - Assos Theater Festival, Turkey
1993-1994
WE REMEMBER, WE DO NOT FORGET Collaborator/Human Shadow Director/Puppet Design/Construction/Director - Sandy Corley, Atlanta Georgia
PYRAMID OF LIGHTS Collaborator/Human Shadow Director/Puppet Design/Construction/Director - Sandy Corley, Atlanta Georgia
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Puppet Building
Theodora Skipitares
2010, LYSISTRATA,
2009 THE TRAVELING PLAYERS PRESENT THE WOMEN OF TROY
2008 MEDEA
2004 THE ODYSSEY
2003 HELEN QUEEN OF SPARTA
2001 OPTIC FEVER
1999 BODY OF CRIME
1996 UNDER THE KNIFE
Ellen Stewart’s Great Jones Repertory Company, La MaMa
2009 ASCLEPIUS
2004 MOTEL
Mabou Mines, Lee Breuer
2002 ECCO PORCO
2000 ANIMAL MAGNETISM
1996 PETER AND WENDY (also Co-Puppetry Director, original cast)
Julie Taymor
1999 THE GREEN BIRD
Millennium Celebrations, Times Square, Stephan Kaplin
1999-2000 UNDER THE SEA puppets for the Times Square Parade
Sundance Summer Children’s Theatre, Theodora Skipitares
1997 THE ENCHANTED PIG
Director/Puppet Builder/Costumer for Vagabond Marionettes
1995 ANANSI
1994 HANSEL AND GRETEL
1993 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
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Master Puppeteer
Inkfish Productions, NY, NY
2006 THE NOSE
Mabou Mines, Lee Breuer
2002 ECCO PORCO
1996 PETER AND WENDY
1995 EPIDOG
Theodora Skipitares
2013-2014 THE CHAIRS
2012 PROMETHEIUS WITHIN
1999 BODY OF CRIME
1998 HARLOT’S PROGRESS
1996 UNDER THE KNIFE
1991 THE RADIANT CITY
Lincoln Center Lab
1997 A VISIT TO THE FOOTBINDER
Janie Geiser
1994 EVIDENCE OF FLOODS
Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1994 DESOTO
Theatrical Outfit/Neil Bogan, Atlanta, GA
1992 THE DEAD COULD NOT AFFORD HEAVEN
1987-1992 Resident Artist at the Center For Puppetry Arts; CHARACTER VOICES AND PUPPET MANIPULATION:
SNOW WHITE, BRER RABBIT, ALICE IN WONDERLAND, PINNOCHIO, JUST SO STORIES, HANZEL AND GRETEL, GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, WINNIE THE POOH, DINOSAURS (ORIGINAL CO-AUTHOR), PUSS IN BOOTS, WIZARD OF OZ, CINDERELLA, PETER PAN, HEAVEN HELL TOUR (ALSO COSTUME DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION), DEFENDERS OF THE CODE, AGE OF INVENTION, THE BOX OF NIGHT, ALICE IN WONDERLAND(ADULT), THE COMET OPERA
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Media
1995 DINOTOPIA Interactive game- Turner Interactive
Master Puppeteer
1994 ZARRF’S WORLD- Children’s show pilot
Master Puppeteer
1993 MURDER BY NUMBER Overhead Projector Shadow Puppetry/Graphics –- CNN Special Reports
Design/Construction/Execution
1987-1992 PSA puppetry announcements filmed at Atlanta, GA area television studios
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Acting
Atlanta, GA
1993 THE LAST FAIRY TALE- Actress/Puppeteer Alliance Theater
1985 ATLANTA MIME FESTIVAL Mime
1984 TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY MERCER Soloist
1983 CHAMBER MUSIC Amelia Earhart
1982 THE FLYING DOCTOR and CALLINDRINO’S ILLNESS- Commedia ensemble member
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
1980 CABARET Sally Bowles
1980 JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS- Soloist
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Technical Experience
2011 ANGELS OF SWEDENBORG, Ping Chong/La MaMa Great Jones Rep-Costumes and angel wing construction.
1997-2009
Ellen Stewart’s Great Jones Repertory Company, La MaMa Theater - Costume Construction and Repair -
2009 THE BRAIN Stage Management - Inkfish Art & Little Angel Theatre, Suspense Festival, London
2008 LOBBY HERO Stage Management - Brooklyn College
2006 - 2007
LES Festival Light/Sound Board OP/Light Tech
Light Board OP- Theater For The New City
2006 MAJOR KOVALEV’S VARIETY SHOW
1981 GODSPELL Spotlight Operator - Virginia Museum Theater
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Street Performance-Mime
Piedmont Arts Festival - Atlanta, GA - four festivals
MARTA Summer Festival - Atlanta, GA
Little Five Points Street Festival - Atlanta, GA
Street Performance-Puppetry
2007 Lincoln Center - SUMMER OF LOVE FESTIVAL
Underground Atlanta - Atlanta, GA
South Street Seaport – NY
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Curating/Producing
La MaMa Puppet Slam 2014-present
Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival-2001-2014
XPT experimental new works for puppetry for adult audiences - Center For Puppetry Arts
FTW new works for puppetry for family audiences - Center For Puppetry Arts
Cofounder/Curator Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival 2004-2007 & 2009 at Theater for The New City, NY
Founder/Director - Mime Troupe, Theatre Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Teaching -
2018 The New School - Professor Puppetry and the Digital Avatar
2017 Brooklyn College - Adjunct Professor Puppetry
2013 & 2014 Rutgers-Guest Workshop Instructor, Rod Puppet building and Manipulation Clinic
2013 Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, South Korea. Shadow Puppetry, Light and Manipulation Techniques.
2012 HB Studios, Alec Harrington, Director. Selected scenes King Henry VI: Puppet design, construction, and direction.
2010 Barnard College-Guest Workshop Instructor in Shadow Puppetry, Masks and Rod Puppetry
2010 NYU - Guest Speaker-Puppetry
2009 NYU - Shadow Puppetry; construction and techniques
2009 Manchester Community College Festival, CT - Shadow Puppetry; construction and techniques
2008 Children’s Museum, NY - Shadow Puppetry; construction and techniques
2008 NYU - Rod Puppets; construction and techniques
2007-2008 Rikers Island, NY - Shadow Puppets for literacy
2004-2006 Pratt Institute, NY - Light and Shadow techniques with emphasis on Overhead Projector
1995 TAL, Istanbul, Turkey- Light and Shadow techniques with emphasis on Overhead Projector
1994 Piccadilly Puppets - Callaway Gardens Hand/Glove Puppet Construction/ Vocal techniques for characterization for company members Atlanta, GA.
1992-1993 Vagabond Marionettes, Atlanta, GA - Marionette manipulation and vocal techniques for characterization for company members
1993 Cool Girls After School Club, Atlanta, GA - Found Object Puppetry Workshop
1992 Youth Summer Camp, Atlanta, GA - On Screen shadow puppet construction and manipulation improvisations
1991 Kennesaw State Park, Atlanta, GA - Hand and rod puppet manipulation workshop
1990 Atlanta Puppetry Guild - Found Object Puppetry Workshop and improvisation
1982-1985 Company Kaye Dance /Mime Company Atlanta, GA - Mime techniques—various workshops in Metro Atlanta area /Valdosta College - Mime techniques
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Teaching - Artist in Residence
2010-2018 Brooklyn Arts Council: After school Puppetry Workshops: Rod or Marionette puppet making and manipulation.
2012-2018 Shadow Box Theatre: In School Puppetry Residencies: Various Puppetry Styles
2012 Laura Adasko Lenzner Art Residency-Bank Street College/ School for Children: Shadow Puppet construction
2004 PS 220 Queens - Hand Puppets and Folktales for second graders.
2003 PS 220 Queens - Hand Puppets and Shakespeare for second graders.
2002 PS 220 Queens - Shadow Puppets and Fairy Tales for second graders.
2001 PS 99 Queens - Hand Puppets and Shakespeare for third graders.
1999 PS 99 Queens - Hand Puppets and Shakespeare for third graders.
1997 The Old Stone House in Byrne Park, Brooklyn - After School Program for high school students; puppet construction, script writing and performance.
1996-1998 Puppetry In Practice, NY - Taught in schools and After School Programs throughout Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx and Staten Island -
shadow puppetry, toy theatre, hand puppets, hand and rod puppets and pop up cards and books, from grades one through high school. Shadow puppetry techniques for teacher enhancement program at Brooklyn College.
1982-1985 Company Kaye Dance /Mime Company - Mime techniques for full time students at the studio.
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Publications and Panels
2014, Presenter, Objects, Environments, and Actants” Symposium at UConn
2011-2012 Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival Blogspot http://voice4visionpuppetfestival.blogspot.com/ Various articles and posts.
2008 Theater for the New City. Puppetry with a Social Conscience, Panelist
Rehearsing RC, Puppetry Journal. Spring 1992. Vol 43 # 3
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Awards/Grants
2009 - Dean’s List - Brooklyn College;
2009 - Who’s Who in American Colleges - Brooklyn College
2008 - Joel Zwick Directing Scholarship Award - Brooklyn College
2004 and 2005 - Mabou Mines RAP
2004 - Henson Foundation Production Grant - UNIVERSE EXPANDING
2001 and 2002 - Arts at St Ann’s Puppet Lab/Labapalooza
2000 - HERE Dream Music Grant – BED OF LIGHT;
2006 - Henson Foundation Seed Grant / HERE Dream Music - Susan Yankowitz’s THE LUDICROUS TRIAL OF MR P;
1987 - UNIMA USA and Institut International de la Marionette - Grant for studies of Bunraku sculpting and Kuruma Ningyo manipulation in Charleville-Mezierre, France;
1981 - Helen Hayes Award for Contributions to Theater - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.