We are happy to announce that "Far From the Tree", conceived and directed by our own Retta Leaphart and fresh from its NYC debut at St. Ann's Labapalooza!, had been accepted to the Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival, to take place at Theatre for the New City in mid-December.  "Far From the Tree" is puppeteered by Maggie Robinson, Rachel Sacks, Emma Wiseman, and Emily Zemba, with projections by Ada Leaphart and music-ed by Jeremy Osborn and Kurt Crowley.  Stay tuned for updates as we work to expand the piece, and attempt to document a suspected secret romance within the cast!
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You Can Really Run
 
That's right, this machine is called the Fat Jiggler.  I'm almost positive that's what it said on the internet.  Since we at You Can Really Run make it our business to perform feats of all kinds, I've become interested in some older, perhaps in some cases obsolete forms of physical activity.  Which brings me to this photo.  Which brings me to the idea of old contraptions in general--I'm sure we will discuss this topic more as we continue our work on GHOSTS! (working title), but what I really wanted to say was that  earlier today I came in contact with a compelling little machine; it was simpler than the Fat Jiggler, and more honest than mediums' mirrors and such.  It was called the Elephant Ear Washer Bottle System by Dr. Easy, and it was used to wash out the gratuitous  amount of ear wax that had been preventing me from hearing correctly for the last week.
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Not me. But same bottle. Note the elephant.
 I will spare you the specifics of the uncomfortable and sort of ticklish ear wax removal procedure; suffice it to say that afterward I was given the option to look into the specially-shaped bowl I had been holding up to my face at what had been regurgitated by my ear canal ("Ooh!  A big chunk just came out!"--nurse)  I  declined.


I will just say this.  It worked.  After accidentally talking too quietly, being slow to pick up on subtle aural social cues, and generally feeling like a deaf asshole for days, I now feel like I have super powers.  It's like I have a microphone in my ear. I hear my clothes rustling as I walk.  I hear air conditioners.  My voice sounds quieter to me, but totally normal to other people.  I've never had such instant medical gratification.  Cured.  Thanks, Dr. Easy.

 
This shot was taken at a rehearsal back in March by SLC alum, Dan Bretl. 
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This puppet was recently spotted pushing ladders and climbing apple trees at St. Ann's Warehouse, as part of Labapalooza 2011!

Check back here for more updates on her whereabouts, and on the ongoing development of Far From The Tree, the new piece written and directed by Retta Leaphart, in which this puppet stars.

(photo by Dan Bretl)