Come see Dragoncillo’s next live performance!
Photo by J B Bilbrey
Dragoncillo will be at the International Children’s Day event in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 1, 2024!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
June 1, 2024
Performances of Cafe Dynamite and Unlucky
International Children’s Day Event
Raleigh, NC
June 17, 2024
Presentation: Language and Shadows: One Model for Using Puppets in the K-12 Classroom
K-12 Education Office: Summer Conference in Classical Education
Hillsdale College.
Hillsdale, MI
Stay tuned for new events to be added soon!
PREVIOUS EVENTS
March 27-30, 2024
(27th) Scholarly presentation on Puppetry at Hanover College
Hanover, IN
(28th) Workshops and Performance of Quijóteres (English) at Ball State University
Muncie, IN
(29th) Workshops and Performance of Quijóteres (English) at Hanover College
Hanover, IN
(30th) Performance of Quijóteres (Spanish) at La Casa Amiga
Madison, IN
March 19, 2024
Performance of El Marión and Aplastamiento de las gotas
Medley, A Celebration of Arts and Languages
Modern Languages & Literatures
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
February 17, 2024
Presentation and Performance of Jinxed
USC- Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute
Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Pasadena, CA
October 2-3, 2023
Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT)
El Paso Country Day School
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
Performances of Dragoncillo shows and presentations on puppetry
September 21-23, 2023
Illinois State University
Western Avenue Community Center
Unity Community Center
Bloomington-Normal, IL
Performances of Dragoncillo shows and presentations on puppetry
May 3, 2023
Kate Furbish Elementary School
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Performances of Dragoncillo shows and presentations on puppetry
APRIL 20, 2023
Coldwater, MI
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School
Workshop on shadow puppetry
April 4-5, 2023
The Wayne Theatre
Waynesboro, VA
Performances of Dragoncillo shows
Premier of “MacGhost”
May 2-4, 2023
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Community performances and presentations
February 21, 2023
Hillsdale, MI
Mary Randall Preschool.
Workshop on shadow puppetry.
February 9, 2023
Hillsdale, MI
Hillsdale Academy.
Workshop on shadow puppetry.
November 18, 2022
Hillsdale, MI
Performance of “All You Can’t Eat,” a collection of shadow puppet plays.
November 5, 2022
Pokagon State Park, IN
Great Lakes Regional Puppeteers Potlatch.
Display of “Teatrino” and Shadow Puppets.
September 16-18, 2022
Los Angeles, CA
LA Escena Festival of Hispanic Classical Theatre.
Performance of “Foolitos,” a collections of Shadow Puppet Plays.
March 9-12, 2022
Los Angeles, CA.
California Polytechnic State University.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Presentations and Workshops on Puppetry and Pedagogy.
Variety Boys and Girls Club.
UCLA Lab School
Performances
March 4-5, 2022
Tallahassee, FL. Loco for Love Festival
Theater with a Mission
March 27, 2021
Tallahassee, FL. Loco for Love Festival
Theater with a Mission
Video Workshop: “How to Build and Use a Sock Puppet.”
Video Workshop: “How to Build and Use a Shadow Puppet.”
Q&A Session.
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Los Angeles, CA. LA ESCENA Festival
Second Annual Festival of Hispanic Classical Theater
Film screening of “¡Quijóteres!”
October 8, 2020
Raleigh, NC. Sixth Annual I am Quixote Festival.
Film screening of “¡Quijóteres!”
March 6, 2020
Oxford, OH. Kramer Elementary School.
Puppetry Workshops and Performances.
Oxford, Ohio. Ohio Wesleyan University.
Presentation: “Stunt Double Spanish: Using Puppets for Language Learning and Community Outreach”
DECEMBER 7, 2019
Houston, Texas. Rice University.
Performance of “Acts of Displacement,” ¡Ritmo! La Nueva América.
JANUARY 30-31, 2020
Salzburg, Austria. Conference: Puppet Theatre: In the Beginning were Puppets
November 13, 2019
Allendale, MI. Grand Valley State University.
Scholarly Presentation of “Holy Puppets,” by Esther Fernández.
October 4, 2019
Raleigh, NC. Douglas Elementary School.
Performance of “Second Hands and The Ladies’ Man”
Cary, NC. Kids R Kids Learning Academy.
Performance of “Second Hands and The Ladies’ Man”
October 3, 2019
Raleigh, NC. I am Quixote Festival. Jones Chapel, Meredith College.
Performance of “Second Hands and The Ladies’ Man”
Raleigh, NC. Meredith College.
Puppetry Workshop.
Raleigh, NC. Jeffreys Grove Elementary School.
Performances of “Second Hands and The Ladies’ Man”
September 12-15, 2019
Crawfordville, FL. Wakulla County Public Library.
Performance of “Second Hands And the Ladies’ Man”
Tallahassee, FL. Loco for love festival, Railroad Square.
Presentation: “Holy Puppets”
Performances of “Second Hands And the Ladies’ Man”
Shadow Puppetry Workshop
Conley Elementary School.
Performance of “The Fabulous Johnny Frog.”
Monticello, FL. Monticello Opera House.
Performance of “The Fabulous Johnny Frog”
May 17, 2019
Grand Rapids, MI. Meadow Brook Elementary, Celebrate the Arts.
Shadow puppetry workshop
MAY 8-10, 2019
Storm Lake, IA. St. Mary’s School (K-5).
Performance of “Second Hands and the Ladies’ Man”
Storm Lake, IA. 6-8pm. Buena Vista University.
Puppetry workshop
Storm Lake Elementary School.
Performance of “Second Hands and the Ladies’ Man”
Alta-Aurelia Elementary School.
Performance of “Second Hands and the Ladies’ Man”
May 4, 2019
Saugatuck, MI. Kuklafest Puppeteers’ Conference and Retreat.
Presentation: “Shadow Puppets and Seventeenth-century Spanish Theatre”
April 13, 2019
El Paso, TX. 12:30-1:30pm. AHCT Symposium.
Performance of “Second Hands and the Ladies’ Man”
April 11, 2019
El Paso TX. 3:15-4:45pm. AHCT Symposium.
Presentation: “How to Train a Dragon: Reaching Young Audiences through Shadow Puppets”
APRIL 10, 2019
El Paso, TX. University of El Paso, Texas.
Puppetry workshop
April 9, 2019
El Paso, TX. Northeast Christian Academy (K-8).
Performance of “Second Hands and the Ladies’ Man”
El Paso, TX. Crosby Elementary School (Pre-K thru 5).
Performance of “Second Hands and the Ladies’ Man”
April 8, 2019
El Paso, TX. Paso del Norte School (K-8).
Performance of “Second Hands and the Ladies’ Man”
Dragoncillo gave performances of Quijóteres at Hanover College and Ball State University, March 28-30, 2024.
MacGhost, in Waynesboro, VA
Dragoncillo and Studio Wayne collaborated for an exciting new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, with shadow puppets! April 4-5, 2023.
The TEATRINO made a big impression while on display at the Great Lakes Regional Puppeteers Potlatch, November 5, 2022!
Dragoncillo performed at LA Escena, the Los Angeles Festival of Hispanic Classical Theatre, September 18, 2022!
Dragoncillo was at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI, on November 12, 2021.
Dragoncillo was part of Theater with a Mission’s virtual Loco for Love Festival, March 27, 2021!
Join this family-friendly event celebrating Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Florida through performance and music, including a pair of workshops from Dragoncillo showing you how to make and use puppets using materials you probably have around your house. Then submit your own puppet show for a chance to join the festival yourself! For more information, visit the Theatre with a Mission website: http://www.theaterwithamission.com/
¡QUIJÓTERES! gave a film screening at LA ESCENA FESTIVAL.
¡Quijóteres! was honored to join LA ESCENA for the Second Annual Festival of Hispanic Classical Theater, presenting Hispanic classics, from inventive productions of the original texts to translations and adaptations inspired by the Golden Age, in Los Angeles, California, November 14, 2020.
¡QUIJÓTERES! gave a film screening at the I Am Quixote Festival
¡Quijóteres! was honored to join the 6th Annual El Quijote Festival, produced in collaboration with the Artist Studio Project and the Orange County Public Library in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 8, 2020.
Esther Fernández was at Grand Valley State University to give a scholarly presentation on the use of puppets in Medieval European ceremonies. Allendale, MI, November 13, 2019.
Dragoncillo was at the fifth annual I AM QUIXOTE FESTIVAL, in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 3-4, 2019!
For more information visit:
Dragoncillo was at the LOCO FOR LOVE FESTIVAL in Tallahassee, Florida, September 13-15, 2019!
For more information visit: http://www.theaterwithamission.com
Dragoncillo was at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, May 8-10, 2019!
Dragoncillo was at the ASSOCIATION FOR HISPANIC CLASSICAL THEATER (AHCT) CONFERENCE in El Paso, Texas, April 11-13, 2019!
For more information visit: http://www.wordpress.comedias.org/2019-el-paso/
Photo by J B Bilbrey