https://www.dragoncillo.com/contact-us daily 0.75 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1542119748341-2Y3S5K1BECO4PPMDZLKJ/Contact.jpg Contact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/9993a0f7-9c9e-4c48-8127-114e539d6bd2/Brochure+Icon.png Contact - Interested in bringing Dragoncillo to your community CLICK HERE to read our informational brochure and get the conversation started. https://www.dragoncillo.com/about daily 0.75 2024-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1542119515578-ZF4P7AV0KRYCQ7KIM39X/About+us.jpg People https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598039266409-TUN90SZT0K70F9WIV59H/People.jpg People - Meet the people behind the puppets! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/c796a8c7-fbc2-4887-accc-e96cb5645b02/dragoncillo-el-paso-country-day-school-2321.jpg People - Make it stand out Left to Right: Jason Yancey, Esther Fernández, Jonathan Wade, Alejandra Juno Rodríguez Villar, and Jared White. (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1559065819709-3W7BAF8DQTUIZ0EEEDBG/D55_0427%252B1.jpg People - Jason Yancey Artistic Director JASON YANCEY, is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Grand Valley State University, specializing in Theater and Early Modern Spain. His teaching regularly blends language, literature, culture, performance, and outreach. Since 2010 he has taught a puppetry course where advanced students in Spanish learn to read and analyze children’s literature while they write and produce original puppet shows in Spanish, culminating in several weeks of performances for local Spanish immersion elementary schools. He is a recipient of GVSU’s Pew Excellence in Teaching Award (2015), with nearly 20 years of experience building and performing with puppets for diverse audiences in the United States and Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1559065974607-EVEQ9Q141VECQK0OBM25/D55_0297%2B1-2.jpg People - Esther Fernández ESTHER FERNÁNDEZ is an Associate Professor at Rice University. She is the author of Eros en escena: erotismo en el teatro del Siglo de Oro (Juan de la Cuesta, 2009) and co-editor of Diálogos en las tablas: Últimas tendencias de la puesta en escena del teatro clásico español (Reichenberger, 2014) and El teatro clásico en su(s) cultura(s): De los Siglos de Oro al siglo XXI (Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 2017). Dr. Fernández’s research interests have principally attended to eroticism and the Spanish comedia; visual and material culture; and performance analysis of classical theater’s most contemporary adaptations. Her most current research deals with animated props in ceremonial and theatrical contexts, where material representations of religious and ‘non-religious’ worlds took place in pre-modern Iberia and their contemporary legacies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1559066232139-TXOLNOCW1CLSNZ7AFA02/_DSC6042.jpg People - Jared White JARED WHITE is an Assistant Professor of Spanish at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan. His research interests consistently focus on Spanish theater, although he considers dramatic texts from multiple temporal periods--spanning the medieval era through contemporary forms. He performed as an actor in BYU's 2005 productions of El caballero de Olmedo and Las cortes de la muerte, as well as BYU's 2007 full-length play, El narciso en su opinión. Jared has years of experience teaching and sharing Spanish theater to diverse audiences, from elementary-age children to university students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1559579258153-ASW11CK9HZ766UVXN2JR/_DSC6026.jpg People - Jonathan Wade JONATHAN WADE is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Meredith College where he teaches a variety of courses on language, literature, and culture. His scholarly work focuses on early modern Spanish and Portuguese literature, with particular emphasis on the comedia, Don Quixote and Cervantes, and Iberian Studies (1580-1640) . Since the early 2000s, when he participated in a series of Spanish Golden Age theater performance classes at Brigham Young University, theater has been a constant part of his learning and teaching. He is the author of Being Portuguese in Spanish: Re-imagining Early Modern Iberian Literature (1580-1640) (Purdue University Press, 2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/f7ac6c22-5d50-4534-ad01-e057b5c32ab0/WhatsApp+Image+2024-03-09+at+20.24.32.jpeg People - ALEJANDRA JUNO RODRÍGUEZ VILLAR ALEJANDRA JUNO RODRÍGUEZ VILLAR started playing theater in her native Galicia when she was seven. At the age of 12, she won her first acting award, and since then, she has not stopped stepping on all kinds of stages. Her theatrical career is very similar to that of the old traveling actors, from large theaters to improvised boards in small towns. Convinced of the immense value of the cultural legacy, her love for outreach and pedagogy made her focus on the classical repertoire. From Gil Vicente to the performance of autos sacramentales in churches, through Carlos Arniches' interludes in the open air on summer nights, her life in the theater has been marked by reviving the magnificent creations of Spanish theatre. Today, as an Associate Professor of Spanish at Hanover College, she transmits that same love to her students, who, under her direction, create tv-movies about great Spanish Golden Age texts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/85552139-d30c-4b38-9f1a-fe6b3369ba49/dragoncillo-rehersal-02-0228-Enhanced-NR.jpg People - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1610653876238-54ONMJZPHJIYAJ04EQHR/Partners.jpg People - Meet our creative and talented collaborators and friends! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/620dbe58-9409-44ba-90a1-f812d3a8ae9d/Imagen_Marta%5B36%5D.jpg People - Marta Albalá Pelegrín MARTA ALBALÁ PELEGRÍN is an Associate Professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in the Department of English and Modern Languages. She coordinates Radio Comedia, a project of Diversifying the Classics that consist of a series of podcasts introducing classical Hispanic theatre in short episodes, with interviews. She holds a BA in Media and Communication from the University of Salamanca and studied Communication Scientifique at Paris VII. Marta trained at Salamanca's University Radio Station in her BA years and at Radio France International. It was in these years, between subway and subway stop, that she developed a taste for podcasts that she has now taken on to her commute in LA. Marta is the author of several articles and book chapters, has been the recipient of numerous fellowships, and has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at UCLA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/57a1b665-1c05-4c94-9b67-238b6e1fd028/Robin.jpg People - Robin Kello Robin Alfriend Kello is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of English at UCLA, where he writes about Shakespeare, adaptation, the Spanish Golden Age, translation, migration, and the intersection of theater and social justice projects. His research and teaching intertwines theater, writing, and public outreach in service of a community-engaged and activist practice of. scholarship. way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1610654261627-TQYNFW033FAEX9BC4ZEE/FotoRebeca.jpg People - REBECA CASTELLANOS REBECA CASTELLANOS earned a Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature from the University of Texas at Austin and is an Associate Professor of Spanish at Grand Valley State University. She is one of the founding members of the literary workshop El caballo verde, which existed in Miami in the 1990s. Rebeca has published the books Eva 2000 (Torre de papel, 2000) and Sueños de Nebuhla (Zona de Tolerancia, 2005). Her poems have appeared in various magazines, including Nagari (Miami), Contratiempo (Chicago), and Diálogo (DePaul University, Chicago). Her most recent book is a volume of poetry entitled Los instrumentos del gozo (Isla Negra Editores, 2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1618073786629-89FC7XZM8CJXIF7RLWPZ/Laura+Munoz_stratford.jpeg People - LAURA MUÑOZ LAURA MUÑOZ is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA. Her primary research interests include examining the theatrical production of early modern Valencian playwright Guillén de Castro, adaptations of the comedia on modern stages, and bilingual theater. As part of her work with the Diversifying the Classics initiative at UCLA, she has translated several comedias from Spanish to English and co-edited the collection 90 Monologues from Hispanic Classical Theater. She brings to Dragoncillo a love of theater and experience in creating curriculum for students of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/d445eaca-ac53-4e47-bf35-64f7556ada73/Sarai.jpeg People - SARAÍ JARAMILLO BRENDA SARAÍ JARAMILLO is a PhD student in Hispanic Languages and Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received a B.A. in Comparative Literature on the Literary Translation track from Brown University. She is a member of UCLA's Diversifying the Classics initiative and has participated in the translation into English of several Siglo de Oro comedias. Though her primary research interests include maternity and female embodiment in contemporary Latin American and Latinx literature, she delights in translation theory and practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1618074135086-639IYZZ63TSXM6Q6PJH0/Cheche.jpeg People - CHECHÉ SILVEYRA CHECHÉ SILVEYRA is a Ph.D. candidate with the Spanish and Portuguese Department at UCLA. His research centers around early modern theater, with an interest in dramatic texts produced in peninsular and colonial Spain, both in Spanish and Nahuatl. Cheché's works of short fiction have been published in different literary media, and he was an active member of the music scene in northern Mexico and southern US until 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1618073997125-1WXJLI496YS52BBMF3HR/Pablo.jpeg People - Pablo Mahave-Veglia Cellist PABLO MAHAVE-VEGLIA resides in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he is a professor at Grand Valley State University. Mr. Mahave-Veglia is a cellist and teacher of broad interests whose repertoire ranges from the early baroque, performed on period instruments, to his ongoing interest in researching, performing and recording the work of contemporary Latin-American composers. He counts among his musical influences his late mother, the noted piano pedagogue Mercedes Veglia, as well as such artists/teachers as Arnaldo Fuentes, Steven Doane, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Janos Starker and Uri Vardi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/bafbea26-1363-4942-b55b-227c1b15832f/Student+Assistants.jpg People - Special thanks to our student partners, Rocío González-Espresati (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Sriya Kakarla (Rice University). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1559065430022-O2KGQ2IDV7ACGX0FCVV9/_DSC6138.jpg People (From left to right) Jonathan Wade, Esther Fernández, Jason Yancey, and Jared White. (2019) https://www.dragoncillo.com/shows daily 0.75 2026-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1542119555419-CEYJZTDFXWPA5FE45FIJ/Shows.jpg Shows https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/e501a205-79ba-40ca-86a0-febc8e486fb1/QuijoteresPoster.jpg Shows - ¡Quijóteres! (2023) The award-winning, bilingual, shadow puppet adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ lovable lunatic, Don Quijote de La Mancha. Winner of the 2024 Walker Reid Comedia Performance Prize, from the Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/96709b6e-113c-43bf-a295-ab57dbf0ac00/Alarm+Cluck.jpg Shows - Alarm Cluck (2025) The world’s most obnoxious chicken keeps interrupting a poor farmer’s sleep, and no matter how hard he tries he just can’t get the chicken to disappear for good. Maybe the sneaky puppeteers are to blame! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/5149362c-4e91-4f71-824f-7b27dd8ff293/Jinxed+Poster.jpg Shows - Jinxed (2023) Lovesick Toribio uses a magic spell to assist his romantic efforts, but when the enchantment falls into the wrong hands—again and again!—he’ll regret taking shortcuts to love. Based on the 17th-century “entremés” El bobo enamorado (also known as Los putos), by Spanish playwright Jerónimo de Cáncer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/c9e5367d-253b-4dd3-bbe6-e4db1b554a79/Screen+Shot+2024-01-21+at+10.47.12+AM.png Shows - MacGhost (2023) Produced in collaboration with the Wayne Theatre (Waynesboro, VA), a 30-minute shadow puppet adaptation of Shakespeare’s creepiest tragedy, Macbeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1e2e5809-7ccb-4069-9043-93adc3174b16/Jauja+Poster.jpg Shows - The Land of Jauja (2022) Every day the gullible Mendrugo brings a basket of food to his wife in jail, but when two hungry con artists distract him with fanciful tales of a magical land plenty he quickly discovers that his goodies are gone! Based on the 16th-century “paso” La tierra de Jauja, by Spanish playwright Lope de Rueda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/9bdaee63-4cf4-459d-a124-f221eb4e083c/CopyCat+Poster.jpg Shows - Copy Cat (2021) An easy-to-assemble cloning machine arrives in the mail—what’s the worst that can happen? Thanks to one curious cat, things quickly get out of hand! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/9f91f758-46ea-455d-a376-34a07511f325/Cafe+Dynamite+Poster.jpg Shows - Café Dynamite (2020) Welcome to a restaurant where the only thing on the menu is disaster! This original and unusual piece invites a few brave audience members into the Dragoncillo kitchen to see first-hand how shadow puppets are used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1603466885499-R0WI0VZX6Q52YZDS3H1D/Me+Myself+Awry%2C+Poster.jpg Shows - Me, Myself, Awry (2020) A multi-faceted, interactive, and educational performance featuring an introduction to the art of shadow puppetry, and the audience-involved show, “Cafe Dynamite,” plus Dragoncillo’s bilingual shadow puppet plays inspired by the entremeses of Francisco de Quevedo and Juan Rana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1603467982675-WNPG2G710ETHW35GGRSN/Poster3.jpg Shows - Second Hands and The Ladies’ Man (2019) A self-described “ropavejera de la vida” operates a peculiar shop where, instead of second-hand apparel, customers purchase actual second hands in an effort to upgrade their aging features. Meanwhile, when Constanzo is summoned to his bedroom window at night by three women professing their love he tries unsuccessfully to send them away. Dragoncillo’s innovative use of shadow puppetry offers an energetic, cartoon-inspired take on two plays (La ropavejera, and El Marión), by 17th-century writer, Francisco de Quevedo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1541973889436-LKLUKSAVQE0C9IMQ3BL8/JohnnyFrog+Poster%2C+Dragoncillo.jpeg Shows - The Fabulous Johnny Frog (2018) Heroic. Brilliant. Tenacious. Johnny Frog is none of these things. Tossed around in a world of calamities and contradictions the hapless Johnny Frog is a simple man, a cowardly man, hungrier for a sandwich than for adventure. He’s the mayor of his village but most of the time he has no idea what’s going on around him. Why, for example, will he die if he smells his favorite foods? How did he get challenged to a duel? And probably most perplexing, how is it possible that he, a man, is pregnant? This entertaining presentation uses innovative shadow puppetry to introduce young audiences to seventeenth century Spanish theatre and a play format known as the entremés, featuring Spain’s most celebrated stage buffoon, Juan Rana: the Fabulous Johnny Frog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1603465578694-0CTY3U5Z8GJC9ZKUH4EH/Quijoteres+Poster.jpg Shows - ¡Quijóteres! (2014) A bilingual puppet-show adaptation of the classic adventures of Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes. Written, directed, and designed by Jason Yancey, featuring “muppet-style” wide-mouth puppets and performances by undergraduate students from Grand Valley State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1606247310486-MPSQNVA8DOIVIWA03WVC/Shorts+Title+Card2.jpg Shows - Short Films Simple puppet shows on random subjects. Enjoy these performances by the Dragoncillo family! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1559159883114-6C2L9YXUZ12FT2U1SWLO/Poster1.jpg Shows - Comedia Famosa (in development) The “newly discovered” play that seventeenth-century Spain’s greatest playwrights—Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Augustín Moreto, Juan Ruíz de Alarcón— never intended to write. Stay tuned for updates! https://www.dragoncillo.com/home daily 1.0 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1561126618004-C4KD6LQTZEU9GS6GI67Q/Slide02.jpg Home Characters from “El Marión” or “The Ladies’ Man” (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1542136557948-Q6UKN2BX8L8RYYXSZC99/Quote+empt+background.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/3bc911c4-d81e-4b73-bf25-b38d4951d4be/Brochure+Icon.png Home - Interested in bringing Dragoncillo to your community? CLICK HERE to read our informational brochure and get the conversation started! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/9128c3bf-b880-4843-aac0-201fdc72ac66/IMG_9122.JPG Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.dragoncillo.com/events-1 daily 0.75 2026-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1542119939131-PVHCLWQIG6LVV75H10L7/Events.jpg Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1542138420124-LZASX7ITYBSYEIPTPTJN/Events.jpg Events - Come see Dragoncillo’s next live performance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/8d272851-4c65-460f-9805-7f0615def533/Audience%2C+Kids.jpg Events - Make it stand out Photo by J B Bilbrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/5e8c2b30-e401-4011-b4fe-47c8b283f364/2026-Brochure-Art--scaled.png Events - Dragoncillo will be partnering with the Creede Repertory Theatre, in summer ‘26! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/d5894d83-71b1-4ffe-b053-db36ace70226/Brochure+Icon.png Events - Interested in bringing Dragoncillo to your community? CLICK HERE to read our informational brochure and get the conversation started! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1585003084127-I7QDILMZP15LBCXUJV9Z/Slide3.jpeg Events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/c5453827-d777-4e90-ae0e-00d5283e326a/425769320_7523239024377173_63648459938159430_n.jpeg Events - Dragoncillo was at the International Children’s Day event in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 1, 2024! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/d9f47cae-e2b1-497a-9a66-d9d64d5fb740/Posters.jpg Events - Dragoncillo gave performances of Quijóteres at Hanover College and Ball State University, March 28-30, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/dca12bec-dbbd-4b28-b063-ec97319d562a/MacGhost+Story.png Events - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/20118350-83c4-45ab-97be-48780542579c/Presentation2.jpg Events - The TEATRINO made a big impression while on display at the Great Lakes Regional Puppeteers Potlatch, November 5, 2022! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/0391f829-9cec-411f-b699-6ec334921db0/LA-Escena-2022-Poster.png Events - Dragoncillo performed at LA Escena, the Los Angeles Festival of Hispanic Classical Theatre, September 18, 2022! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/68313744-3877-411b-9bb4-495ad064d661/IMG_9116.JPG Events - Dragoncillo was at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, MI, on November 12, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1615586803863-45T5GXAXCNQOB4488P9T/TWAM+2021.jpg Events - 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/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1604965341247-VOYW6V2U4WJVR0AMTZKQ/Screen+Shot+2020-11-09+at+6.41.30+PM.png Events - ¡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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1599931568927-1TR8BGSBBLT4M6JSQ8SP/Screen+Shot+2020-09-12+at+1.25.43+PM.png Events - ¡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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1573413125547-FRRMV6LYWYVLDKLX19X3/Poster.jpg Events - 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. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570456960871-BWQLP7Q36RENND5I468M/Screen+Shot+2019-10-07+at+10.01.34+AM.png Events - Dragoncillo was at the fifth annual I AM QUIXOTE FESTIVAL, in Raleigh, North Carolina, October 3-4, 2019! For more information visit: https://iamquixote.com/service/dragoncillo/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1564151720889-N5GVSAQIV75IBFM6MSIS/TWAM%2520Flyer%2520English%2520copy%252006-20-19.jpg Events - Dragoncillo was at the LOCO FOR LOVE FESTIVAL in Tallahassee, Florida, September 13-15, 2019! For more information visit: http://www.theaterwithamission.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1557330791290-HIES2US0J9LU1UQ14LTR/Poster%2C+Puppetry+Workshop.jpg Events - Dragoncillo was at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, May 8-10, 2019! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1554487023344-8JMIQLLKNIRWYDUED61I/Poster+AHCT.jpg Events - 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/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/390fc2e3-6790-424f-aead-67b335131205/Audience.jpg Events - Make it stand out Photo by J B Bilbrey https://www.dragoncillo.com/second-hands-and-the-ladies-man-2019 daily 0.75 2024-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1603480804429-5I3C55YZSG71H72YQ90W/Poster3.jpg Second Hands and The Ladies' Man (2019) - Second Hands and The Ladies’ Man (2019) A self-described “ropavejera de la vida” operates a peculiar shop where, instead of second-hand apparel, customers purchase actual second hands in an effort to upgrade their aging features. Meanwhile, when Constanzo is summoned to his bedroom window at night by three women professing their love he tries unsuccessfully to send them away. Dragoncillo’s innovative use of shadow puppetry offers an energetic, cartoon-inspired take on two plays by 17th-century writer, Francisco de Quevedo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1605272800125-YKVUG4C5RXQ4LVFBP30Y/Educational+Resources+card.jpg Second Hands and The Ladies' Man (2019) - Need a lesson plan? We’ve got you covered! CLICK for ENGLISH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1599926487379-MWM09YQ1TIKEXLOB2MA5/Screen+Shot+2020-09-12+at+11.59.33+AM.png Second Hands and The Ladies' Man (2019) - El Marión The play invokes laughs by inverting traditional gender expectations. Constanzo is a young man summoned to his bedroom window at night by three women who appear one after another in the street below. Worried that his father will discover him and his admirers, Constanzo tries unsuccessfully to shoo them away. When the last woman arrives with musicians in tow his father appears just as the quarrel among competitors erupts into street fight. Both father and son worry aloud over honor lost before Dad shrugs the question off and invites the musicians to play on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1599926966023-4UFHAM9YWIYZ2Y5QYYBW/Screen+Shot+2020-09-12+at+12.08.23+PM.png Second Hands and The Ladies' Man (2019) - LA ROPAVEJERA The play introduces us to the title character Ropavejera, who proclaims herself a “ropavejera de la vida” who operates a peculiar shop where, instead of second-hand apparel, customers purchase actual second hands in an effort to upgrade their aging features. “Pues los cuerpos humanos,” Ropavejera assures us, “son de punto, como calza de aguja.” One by one the shopkeeper attends to her clients. Sancha enters looking for a new set of teeth. Crisostomo walks away with a handsome pair of legs. Godinez buys a more attractive face. Ortega picks up a mustache and Ana gets en elegant pair of hands. Business is booming and a group of travelling musicians sing the praises of this curious enterprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1aaeb4d6-3a8d-4aa9-8c05-2800bad2ae90/Add-a-heading-1-450x450.png Second Hands and The Ladies' Man (2019) - Listen to La ropavejera, as performed by Radio Comedia! ¿Se siente feo, viejo o arrugado? No se preocupe, entre a la tienda de la ropavejera. Esta adaptación del entremés de Francisco de Quevedo lo hará entrar en una tienda de segunda mano muy especial–se venden piernas, ojos, mandíbulas a los clientes que quieren cambiar su imagen. 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With two Dragoncillo shows, and three performances by kids in a puppetry workshop, the summer of puppets is heating up in Creede, Colorado! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/0ba5839a-a151-448a-ad2e-9c3050e40d6e/Winner+Announcement+3.jpg Reviews - Congratulations! Dragoncillo’s production of ¡Quijóteres! was honored to receive the 2024 Walker Reid Comedia Production Prize. The Reid Prize is awarded by the Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT) to an outstanding production of a Golden Age play performed in any language during the previous three years. The prize affectionately honors former Superintendent of the Chamizal National Memorial Walker Reid for his dedication to comedia performance and for his long and faithful service to the Association. Thank you, AHCT for this generous recognition! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1b2e02ed-2d6b-4620-ab9e-5b2bdd251e35/PoAPhoto.jpg Reviews - “Dragoncillo infuses their creations with a vibrant energy that captivates audiences of all ages. Their shadow puppets are both visually striking and inherently expressive.” Dragoncillo was featured in an article in Puppetry Journal (Summer 2024 ), the publication of the Puppeteers of America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/28f85272-d879-4f6d-a4fd-a142cd71689c/Screen+Shot+2024-02-19+at+3.28.08+PM.png Reviews - “The shadow puppet version of ¡Quijóteres! […] was the best adaptation for the stage of Cervantes’s novel that I have ever seen. I hope Dragoncillo will be able to perform it in dozens of venues for many years to come.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/49bad8ef-77ee-4d39-a4e3-bf38457f1252/Screen+Shot+2024-04-16+at+10.20.25+AM.png Reviews - “[T]his can be especially insightful to young students who have never experienced puppetry in person before.” Dragoncillo was highlighted at the 2024 Reach Higher Showcase at Grand Valley State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/409df815-7651-4e62-bcd4-0ae05cbfaf52/Screen+Shot+2023-05-19+at+3.35.53+PM.png Reviews - “This was an incredible opportunity to provide our Bowdoin students training to showcase their languages through shadow puppets and create a joyful and memorable experience for all the three hundred or so kids.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/7c6d497b-0d44-4865-8b4a-d5c16a38f32c/Spanish-Puppet-Show.jpeg Reviews - “It’s very amazing to see how much dedication he put into this [….] His need to share stories in unique ways left an impression on me.” Read about Jared White’s recent adventures with the teatrino in the Hillsdale community in an article published in The Collegian, Hillsdale College’s newspaper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/c01a4783-9145-4979-849b-f60de4a57d28/74355379-c253-4d78-88b6-ad9b46bacc19.jpg Reviews - Enrichment Through Collaboration is at the Heart of Our Mission ELIZABETH IBARRA, a student of Prof. Albalá-Pelegrín, presented her subtitled translation and transcription of a Dragoncillo show (Café Dynamite) at the 2022 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research (SCCUR) hosted by Pepperdine University. Her presentation illustrated how these kinds of subtitles empower bilingualism in Hispanic communities and beyond: “Public Facing Humanities is one of the most vibrant fields of Early Modern Studies and collaborations such as this one shows the importance of making available bilingual content for K-12 students”. Congratulations Elizabeth! We are grateful to you and Prof. Albalá-Pelegrín for enhancing our repertoire with such a valuable resource! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/44aeb4b9-e313-4a39-9a3a-eadfdc97a39e/1666546367.jpg Reviews - “The deep scholarship of Dr. Fernández’s study is firmly rooted in her extensively researched appreciation of the historical, cultural and literary aspects of her subjects […] that will certainly bear multiple readings.” Check out Esther Fernández’s incredible analysis of representations of the supernatural on early modern stages! CLICK HERE to read a review of the book, published in Puppetry International magazine. CLICK HERE to purchase a copy of the book. CLICK HERE to listen to the audiobook, narrated by puppeteer and filmmaker, Steven Ritz-Barr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/25f0ebdf-f51d-437a-a1cc-6f6bf0932da7/Screen+Shot+2022-09-29+at+5.25.21+PM.png Reviews - “I thought it to be fairly fascinating in terms of how puppetry is probably silly, but now I’ve seen how it affects people’s feelings in such a profound way.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/83e7a390-9e68-4401-be00-462b9409bc19/Screen+Shot+2021-12-05+at+12.52.12+PM.png Reviews - “With a rather large audience in attendance, these handmade puppets reenacting Spanish Golden Age theater captivated each audience member with smiles, laughs, and applause.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1618074536806-A1RBI1SSTA2F3J9P0XQM/Screen+Shot+2021-04-10+at+1.07.13+PM.png Reviews - “We’re all mad here” An Exploration of the Spaces of Puppetry Dragoncillo was featured in an article published by the theatremaker’s platform HowlRound (2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1604966113263-L7F2H0A1N8MQ3QOHIERK/Screen+Shot+2020-11-09+at+6.54.41+PM.png Reviews - “If you’ve ever wondered what the adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha and Sancho Panza would look like as puppets […] I’m delighted to tell you that Quijóteres is part of the 2020 LA Escena festival.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1573262148883-4YUP3DOJS304TG1V8M7M/Screen+Shot+2019-11-08+at+8.14.03+PM.png Reviews - “…the mechanics behind these ready-made shows are visionary…” Puppetry International, Issue #46 (Fall and Winter 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1564152575674-QSANWC7U7Q7FKAEIYSVH/Slide1.jpg Reviews - “Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe is winning rave reviews from all kinds of audiences, all over the USA.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1564151928804-OJGG3SSAWT23LHF4EWYN/Screen+Shot+2019-07-26+at+10.36.38+AM.png Reviews - “Esta compañía de títeres Dragoncillo consiste de cuatro artistas excepcionales…” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1558493578819-9SM9VIY8JHNL486APO8G/Screen+Shot+2019-05-21+at+10.52.13+PM.png Reviews - “This was so much fun!…I enjoyed making silly voices.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1558494016872-CGCXOE16ODTP8GUSL6TW/Screen+Shot+2019-05-21+at+10.58.43+PM.png Reviews - “The company is dedicated to presenting an innovative, tongue-in-cheek take on the classics that is sure to delight audiences of all ages.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1561560187191-DYBDT8Y6UPN6EYHIXF0B/IMG_7255.JPG Reviews - Nuevo Siglo Drama Festival, Chamizal National Memorial https://www.dragoncillo.com/classroom daily 0.75 2020-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570759741824-M4KO4FGM61SVCNYPVWAA/Slide56.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 - ¡QUIJÓTERES! (2014) Produced by Grand Valley State University’s Modern Languages and Literatures Department, the project used original puppets and student actors (Caleb Duckworth, Katie Munoz, Russell Cerda, and Lindsay Viviano) to perform a bilingual puppet-show adaptation of the classic adventures of Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes. The company gave performances and workshops for schools in the Grand Rapids community, at Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA), Meredith College (Raleigh, NC) Southern Indiana University (Evansville, IN), and Michigan State University (Lansing, MI). Written, directed, and designed by Jason Yancey. (2013-14) TECHNICAL DOSSIER (ENGLISH / SPANISH) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1605272733818-AA25SGGDO81UMI8TP3YY/Educational+Resources+card.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 - Need a lesson plan? We’ve got you covered! CLICK for ENGLISH CLICK para ESPAÑOL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1605215678481-S7KHB6RPQJ5JJRIT21X9/View+the+Play.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 - Click now to see the full performance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1605218199853-CVFSNTRPSQ7F7IOHY07U/ComicCover2.png Quijóteres, 2014 - A Visual Guide to the Making of ¡Quijóteres! 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“If you’ve ever wondered what the adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha and Sancho Panza would look like as puppets […] I’m delighted to tell you that Quijóteres is part of the 2020 LA Escena festival.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570760879716-33LKCOVJLGBAMLNHG3UI/Screen+Shot+2019-10-10+at+10.27.37+PM.png Quijóteres, 2014 - “That was by far one of the best experiences I’ve had at Grand Valley.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1568267516389-0CXAGE9UV06RTDYCCLC1/Screen+Shot+2019-09-12+at+1.51.19+AM.png Quijóteres, 2014 - “What began as simple scholarship […] grew to entangle university students in a high-impact learning experience that later spread into communities.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813981907-97GYD3VYWMD4GXUB69KH/IMG_7220.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814421098-18OLUVYPPNKNTIJ4PWAL/IMG_7598.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813967514-2EOBFL33XN1R5RB2BPZD/IMG_6332.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814207343-3P1UB6G1VQDIHLPXLSXZ/IMG_7375.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813977640-ZPIXQZ4U6AG0TPO38K1T/IMG_6346.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814002605-C996R9ZU636L83SX4F26/Labrador.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814335117-6IIWK3AAENEGGVH2BRNO/IMG_6950.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813947719-FG7TP81D07VHHV2ZO5XR/IMG_6320.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813953669-7YS2DRYHTIJE2B27YWSG/IMG_0314+2.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814372607-ZYZAP5UCRO677JKCZ790/IMG_7026.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814454923-XXWQQUAKFT5NTZZTS75R/IMG_7614.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813972337-GPDJ3YQUWPCD9J5PJMY5/IMG_6344+2.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813996030-TWLEOD3MHY5YEMNWKTO3/IMG_7273.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814460271-N2NAXQVU3WIAEV7DJF5Y/IMG_7616.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814003378-SV2BLTTHVX47733EJLXL/Rocinante.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814307973-IRJHJ5PN9VF0GLLRZO45/IMG_6939.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570813995435-JSMZQ09OSJ0E2SRRBTWL/IMG_7324.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814228511-I28G91JI80PGHX09CSSC/IMG_7367.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814356018-MIAJUS28YPAU0FNETGFV/IMG_6956.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814239515-V2J2YPQUVIFM43K77SIR/IMG_7340.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814267167-A6B6AKC3AVVP4HYHVSEV/IMG_7224.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814269412-2TMC6G42NFQ6CZZRN9ZL/IMG_7161.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814379409-9UH6Z39FO5BZN568XY76/IMG_7020.jpg Quijóteres, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570814443834-RMN52W0N0XF8PGSKP4WI/IMG_7608.JPG Quijóteres, 2014 https://www.dragoncillo.com/classroom-1 daily 0.75 2022-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/dc0facf4-c918-4dec-bd32-b41c26e0ead3/Projects+with+Puppets.jpg Team-ups - 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Produced by Esther Fernández at Rice University (2019). https://www.dragoncillo.com/puppet-karaoke daily 0.75 2019-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1573246433034-3QYXCJC1TGZN9DYBIVZZ/Screen+Shot+2019-11-08+at+3.52.52+PM.png Puppet Karaoke - PUPPET KARAOKE Students at Grand Valley State University in Prof. Gisella Licari’s ITA 101 and 102 explore the puppet world through mini projects in order to develop communication skills. Working in pairs or trios, the students sing an upbeat Italian song using the puppet. In ITA 201 students work in pairs or trios to interpret a dramatic or funny Italian movie scene. The students’ intonation and character interpretation create an animated performance that meets language and culture goals. https://www.dragoncillo.com/acts-of-displacement-2019 daily 0.75 2020-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570817082122-6HWGFXJIWEEWBGRP3HGH/Poster%2C+AoD.jpg Acts of Displacement (2019) - ACTS OF DISPLACEMENT Under the direction of Esther Fernández, the goal of this course/workshop at Rice University was to give students the opportunity to approach Spanish dramatic literature through a creative and experiential learning process. We focused on a selection of contemporary Spanish plays that address the notion of exodus through which we considered the current refugee crisis in dialogue with political corruption, deportation, and harassment and violence against refugee women. While half of the course was devoted to studying the plays from a literary, critical and analytical lens, the other half was dedicated to exploring theatre through various aspects of staging, such as dramaturgy, acting, translation, setting, costume and sound design. Students worked in groups to create a series of original plays and pedagogical material to perform outreach around, the topic of the refugees, migration and exile. Puppets were the main artistic form to communicate these stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1570816936309-7BXHMAG38KPUKVJ6PACQ/Screen+Shot+2019-10-11+at+2.01.53+PM.png Acts of Displacement (2019) - Why Puppets and Displacement? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1573568048417-VEB717XDOM7K6VDUDLIQ/Proyecto%25203%2520poster%2520%25281%2529.jpg Acts of Displacement (2019) - “No Soy” Artists’ Statement “No soy” [I’m Not] is based on a poem by Arabic writer Jalal Al-Din Al-Rumi. Our rendition integrates three languages: English, Spanish, and Arabic, to convey the idea that a human being is not limited by social constructs and that the sharing of cultures can overcome all differences. The poem begins with each distinct language presenting a similar idea, but in their own individual ways. As it unfolds, the languages interact more and more with each other up until the moment they converge to form an uninterrupted harmony of thought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1575302808510-3S3UENTMQWZU0ENBG69M/Screen+Shot+2019-11-12+at+11.48.04+AM.png Acts of Displacement (2019) - “El muro” Artists’ Statement El muro [The Wall] was inspired by Refugio [Refuge] (2017) by Miguel del Arco, a play about a Middle Eastern migrant, Farid, who, after losing his wife and son while crossing the sea, is taken into the home of a corrupt Spanish politician and his family. One of the major themes within Refugio is the profound isolation that Farid experiences – he feels alone in the midst of ruin and familial dysfunction, held back by linguistic and cultural barriers. In El muro, we adapt Farid’s story to the situation faced by Latin American migrants who move to the United States. In this contemporary political climate, the intimate experiences of those who cross the border between the United States and Mexico are often overshadowed, if not entirely forgotten. El muro explores the interpersonal effects of this crossing, particularly among the migrants themselves. We focus on representing varying types of distance – distance that exists across each side of the border, between freedom and oppression, between life and death. Many Americans still have harsh preconceptions about migrants, particularly those who are undocumented. The dialogue within El muro inverts the relation between migrant and native – a conversation that establishes a space to reflect on social and political progress, but also creates an idea of ‘otherness’. The migrant exists solely as a foil to the native, dehumanizing them. El muro, however, humanizes the migrant and engenders a profound empathy toward their experiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1575302953152-GN7AOK8G9G8I3N27VDOG/LA%2520LLAVE.jpeg Acts of Displacement (2019) - “La llave” Artists’ Statement La llave [The Key] is an adaptation of the play La frontera (2003) by Laila Ripoll and the short stories by Juan Rulfo from El llano en llamas (1953). It tells the story of a young man and his grandmother, an Spanish exile who left during the Spanish Civil War, in their journey through the desert to the U.S.-Mexican border. The action of the play centers itself on the dispute between the two of them, focusing on themes of cultural abandonment and the condition of the migrant outside of his or her native land. The history problematizes the meaning of “belonging to no place” for the migrant. Through an intergenerational conversation, we attempt to contextualize the difficulty of abandoning one’s homeland turning to a place where someone “has no roots.” The narrative demystifies the United States as a “land of opportunities,” an image that is fading day by day. The puppet that represents the grandmother is perched on the shoulders of the actor throughout the play. It symbolizes the weight on the conscience of younger generations. The puppet allows a physical representation of the grandmother’s ghost that returns to life in the mind of the young man. Her presence shows the duty of the young man to not abandon his customs or his family history while he treks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1575303051564-UDH4K1G9W8MAP641COE4/Proyecto+3+poster.jpg Acts of Displacement (2019) - “Todo para ti” Artists’ Statement Todo para ti [Everything for you] is based on two shorts from Invisibles: Voces de un trozo invisible de este mundo by Juan Diego Botto (2013): (1) “La carta” narrates how two African children froze to death in the landing gear of a plane on their to Europe; (2) “Mujer” describes the life of a single mother who recounts her experience as a refugee in Spain to her son. In our rendition, the protagonist, Fodé Koita, is a Guinean child, hidden in the landing gear of a plan, in search of his mother. Fodé appears split into two beings: his physical body and his mind. The mother appears as an isolated character while she tells her story to her son, who she imagines by her side and who we bring to life with a puppet. The mother had to leave him behind when she took refuge in Europe. But what did she end up finding in that dreamed continent? At first, nothing more than abuse and dehumanization, but, little by little, she discovered her purpose. The only thing that was missing was her dear son, Fodé. Our puppet symbolizes all those refugees who were silenced or lost their lives in their search for something better. Todo para ti is a tribute to the richness found in the life of a refugee, to their dreams, their hopes, and their blissful moments. This work is dedicated to all those who have had to fight for a better life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1575304647710-MX8POWWQJ9RF2VCTMUHD/Screen+Shot+2019-12-02+at+11.37.09+AM.png Acts of Displacement (2019) - “Europa” Artists’ Statement “Europa” is based on several scenes from the play Refugio, written by Miguel Del Arco, in which the most prominent themes are corruption and the dire situation of refugees who embark in a new life in Europe. The title is based on the Greek myth of Europa, which the central character, Farid, references in the story to exalt the image of a mythological land that stands in stark contrast to present day Europe. As Farid seeks refuge from his own corruption and the problem that plagues his waking thoughts: the death of his wife and child, who drowned in the ocean in the past as they tried to reach the promised land. Farid is tormented by memories of the past and the present, as he is in search for the sanctuary that he so desperately seeks -- eternal silence of his dead wife. When Sima, his wife, haunts the thoughts of Farid, he is blaming himself for their drowning. Sima haunts his thoughts to remind him that he chose to save his own life instead of saving the lives of his loved ones. In that way, Farid is blaming himself for their deaths, because the character that haunts his thoughts is simply a figment of his imagination. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1575315522811-8YKFF2ZNB1Z929VOOSTI/20191118_154757.jpeg Acts of Displacement (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1575315523228-UPKIA5GVN7INV4OMPCBT/20191118_152253.jpeg Acts of Displacement (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1575753730711-NRDYZTPQ5679KGFV3LZB/ritmo.png Acts of Displacement (2019) https://www.dragoncillo.com/spa-350-puppet-class daily 0.75 2023-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1571012728633-GXXV9Q7B0HTCCXX9EZOA/Screen+Shot+2019-10-13+at+8.20.24+PM.png SPA 350, Puppet Class - THE SPANISH PUPPET CLASS At Grand Valley State University, students in SPA 350 learn about theatre and language by writing, building, and performing original puppet shows in Spanish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1571013541311-6SC2L0LZFO16U16EEZKM/Puppet+Workshop_Courtesy+Adam+Bird++5.jpg SPA 350, Puppet Class - Not your usual Spanish class Using a variety of creative approaches, students in SPA 350 learn how to read, interpret, and analyze theater for young audiences in Spanish. In addition, students engage in the process of creative writing to develop their own performance script. Unlike other literature courses they may take, their studies here include the added goal of building linguistic proficiency and confidence specifically through performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1571014017830-YXTS2PT63KC16TEG9FGK/Puppet+Workshop_Courtesy+Adam+Bird++6.jpg SPA 350, Puppet Class - Practice with a purpose Students develop theater and puppeteering skills such as character development, manipulation, staging, timing, and intonation, as tools to help them achieve their linguistic goals. Their mastery of theoretical and practical skills culminate in the sharing of a performance with members of the community in local schools, libraries, etc. In this way the concepts and experiences gained in the classroom not only enrich our communities but also help to make us better citizens, students, parents, and human beings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1571013840137-F1W1LPTKMZ8D1SICYHY2/Screen+Shot+2019-10-13+at+8.43.36+PM.png SPA 350, Puppet Class - "I feel like all of the work produced by myself and my students means something and changes the world, even if only for one kid." https://www.dragoncillo.com/teatrino daily 0.75 2022-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/706d8628-3216-45a3-b5eb-dc4e45203fa6/IMG_0738.JPG Teatrino - TEATRINO This original miniature shadow puppet theater was designed by Jason and Jan Yancey, and built with support from a Grand Valley State University Sandbox Learning Innovation grant. Inspired by medieval reliquaries, each side of the box depicts scenes and symbols taken from woodcuts and was designed to look like a centuries-old trunk of mysteries carried from town-to-town on backs and in wagons by generations of puppeteers, magicians, and maybe witches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598109728108-RR7N68S9EIAVY705Z3J1/IMG_2963.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598109729418-FKJCJ7IZCPN65EXS69KY/IMG_2931.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/20c5d89e-01db-4b1e-af8a-ceee542ee3b2/IMG_0730.JPG Teatrino - Big Things in a Small Package Fully expanded the stage measures 44 inches wide, 18 inches tall, and 16 inches deep. The closed stage measures 22 inches wide, 18 inches tall, and 7 inches deep. The doors are secured with embedded magnets and travels in a custom-made carrying case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/418eb4b1-76eb-4dfa-9862-6666200836ac/IMG_0748.JPG Teatrino - Portable Shadow Puppetry Puppeteer(s) perform from this side. A compact LED lamp mounted to the upper panel will shine light onto an opaque acrylic screen. The light fixture offers 12 different colors and can be operated by remote control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449842012-X49150CUNGSCWHOWOVDP/IMG_9095.JPG Teatrino - Hand-painted by award-winning artist, Jan Yancey The stage was hand-painted by award-winning artist and designer Jan Yancey. Jan Yancey resides in Richland, WA. ... (AKA the Tri Cities area / Columbia Basin). She has been happily married to her college sweetheart, Ed, for 45 years. They have 6 children, all raised having access to construction paper, scissors, colored pencils, paints, light boxes, tubs full of googly eyes, glitter and crafty supplies, and of course, fabric and a sewing machine. Today each and every one of them are talented and extremely creative in their own way. Jan and Ed now also have 15 grandchildren. And yes! Every one of them has a hand painted Christmas stocking and a custom designed quilt from Nana. In 2019, Jan was recognized as a featured artist in the Handi Quilt “And I Quilt” series. To find out more, visit https://handiquilter.com/jan-yancey/, and watch the video below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598112203033-DP7QSZ8GD0C46CJD5SUA/IMG_3014.JPG Teatrino - “I am Jan Yancey” “I have always had a creative spirit! One of my first memories as a very young child was collecting crayon shavings from my Crayola box. I was mesmerized by the colors! Later, in junior high I was told by an art teacher that I had “absolutely no talent whatsoever so I should find something else to do with my life!” I was in my early twenties before I was able to push through those thoughtless remarks and follow the creative spirit that beckoned to me from my box of colors.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/cd0300ff-8fde-4e27-a910-b7c3355b132e/IMG_0739.JPG Teatrino - “I had finally found my tribe.” “I took my first painting class at a local craft store in 1980. When I walked out of that class I literally paused there on the sidewalk thinking “something amazing had just happened!” For the very first time I had some tools to follow those creative yearnings I’d not understood. As I stood there on the sidewalk that day I knew something wonderful was about to begin. Over the next couple of years I devoured every class and book I could find on art, design, color theory, paints and brushes, and everything that came with it. However, this was before the internet and our little community had very few resources available, So most of my knowledge and experiences are self taught through trial and error. It wasn’t long until I started teaching. After all, I knew from personal experience 100 ways to do everything wrong and how to fix it. One day while traveling I had a pivotal experience that would change the course of my painting experiences. We had stopped at a rest stop where I saw a license plate on a car that said “I love decorative painters!” I had a wonderful conversation with that stranger there in the parking lot. As it turned out, this lady just happened to have with her the most recent edition of a magazine from The NSDP (National Society of Decorative Painters) and graciously gave it to me. This wonderful organization was a Noah’s flood of information for me. Patterns with instructions, teachers, resources, conventions and workshops, all kinds of painting supplies and beautiful, color photos of exquisite paintings done by gifted artists. They also offered a jury-Certified Decorative Artist accreditation program which I would complete in May of 1993. I had finally found my tribe.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598112406766-0MBLCDLT18I6MO6R9YUC/IMG_9413.JPG Teatrino - “Over the years I’ve satisfied my creative hunger in many other areas as well.” “I’ve done all the popular “crafty” things—macramé, wood carving, scrapbooking, cross stitch, crochet and knitting, book making—and the list goes on. But the only other thing that has captured my attention as much as painting was sewing. My mother was a very talented seamstress so I naturally began sewing at a very young age. I’ve made blessing gowns to wedding dresses and everything in between. I made my first quilt in 1975 and I’d dare say I’ve probably made hundreds since. My love of color theory and my understanding of the elements of good design applied to quilting just as it did with painting. A few years ago my husband surprised me with a long-arm quilt machine for Christmas! (Now that’s true love!) It’s a rare day to find it empty. My painting and quilting have recently presented some new challenges. I’ve taken some of my very detailed Rosemaling designs and quilted them. I have also painted on fabric and incorporated them in to my quilts. These two loves never cease to challenge and satisfy my creative pursuits. Today I spend most of my time quilting either my own originally-designed quilts or someone else’s beautiful creations.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598112711824-SLL8VHH8B59OZU1VHK9E/IMG_9432.JPG Teatrino - Every hour, a labor of love “Jason is the oldest of our 6 children. Of all my children, Jason and I are the most similar in our creative gifts. We’ve discovered some interesting similarities, including always having multiple projects going on at once, a “3D design room” in our brains that we can rapidly create and adjust ideas before they are ever on paper, an endless push to be doing something new, and knowing what the other will say before it is said—just to name a few. I was delighted to have the opportunity to work with him on his traveling puppet theatre. It has been such a fun project to work on together! We live on opposite sides of the country, so all our planning and collaboration has been through text messages, phone calls and Skype. Dozens and dozens of pictures have flown back and forth for weeks now! He sent me a file of pictures from which to draw inspiration, and From there it took about a week to create the designs for the box, followed by another month to paint it. I have well over 200 hours of work in this project – and every one of them was a labor of love for my Jason.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598111485771-CFMEF1WINV4B0HQJSKKO/IMG_3012.JPG Teatrino - “A symbol of our work together.” “Jason asked me to put something on the box that represented me. No rules, no approval needed. Just do it. I knew exactly what to add. One of my favorite things to paint are butterflies. So the butterfly on the front is a representation of me and my creative input. I specifically put it right above Jason’s creation–his puppet troupe name—Dragoncillo. I wanted them to be next to each other, a symbol of our work together on this project. I think I can speak for both of us in saying this project has become one of the fondest memories of both our lives.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449234031-0SG1HZPUP790P56HR4OV/IMG_9067.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449235130-SKV0ZM2MBORX6CYE1B75/IMG_9071.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449235481-XEZU95V5OEW2J3M84UOO/IMG_9072.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449235649-RZSIDPK9PF5ETFWMRL0G/IMG_9073.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449313941-TDKG304VHFU94LXGXEPF/IMG_8999.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449238702-VG8WE0CSTI8Q94ZMM8XZ/IMG_9091.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449237454-ZQZQUP3WZW7FRAXARWHR/IMG_9088.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449239368-8WQXD199OVROVGWWTG4R/IMG_9092.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449288794-PGWH6GTDP46R27C6ZMYD/IMG_9003.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449236681-VTLGZ9PP1UHJRKUT8NUM/IMG_9086.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449237121-5NLDRIJ79FEIHL000ON3/IMG_9087.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449333609-JWMBAJU1PIC9MSU7SAKL/IMG_8998.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449236341-CQX2DOR8EKZR2GJH2DWI/IMG_9074.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449241388-USEPCCFSFYTRCQ2KMD9F/IMG_9059.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449247936-4WGDY72G8YYRW2GLO3ZQ/IMG_9057.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449301128-8GNPCES7IRL8115O3ZZB/IMG_9001.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449239895-J46XOH5Z00N6KE76KLSD/IMG_9094.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449238124-M42MG63OU4XRPGNITJTX/IMG_9089.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449239543-AT8ZP0XZJWGQZ9EZTH22/IMG_9093.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449265751-0PFIDZX5O77THXI1BRQ6/IMG_9051.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449282182-KR1GCO7GG2J1FJMDP377/IMG_9049.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449292805-FIXLFEZ0LHDFIGNB70ZU/IMG_9002.JPG Teatrino https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1574449325085-60TF6TLBBNZDSY1PT3L6/IMG_8997.JPG Teatrino https://www.dragoncillo.com/about-us daily 0.75 2026-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598039602161-M5HQDQQ9A2KTDGQK51GW/About+us.jpg About Us - dra-gon-ci-llo De dragón y -cillo. 1. A small dragon. 2. A short, silly play written in the 1600s by a silly Spanish playwright, Pedro Calderón de la Barca. 3. The member of a peculiar troupe of puppeteers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/14f1bb5d-b55c-4fd4-a172-6cd0e641beb8/240412_ReachHigherShowcase_KSM-8447.jpg About Us - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598039977216-P4RR8Q7DCIXJOL0AAJ4C/People.jpg About Us - Meet the people behind the puppets! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598039714582-F92XX59SD34DW8QGB8L5/Stages.jpg About Us - A custom-built stage for every occasion… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598039819136-YCBTY2EPCP259FB10YSV/Scholarship.jpg About Us - Dig into the scholarship behind the performance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/5b5a0184-6a09-4156-895b-e35cd4afda58/Brochure+Icon.png About Us - Interested in bringing Dragoncillo to your community? CLICK HERE to read our informational brochure and get the conversation started! https://www.dragoncillo.com/quijoteres-shadow daily 0.75 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/99e7aceb-4dcb-41b7-9b40-fa30a41b2f78/Winner+Announcement+3.jpg Quijóteres, shadow - Congratulations! Dragoncillo’s production of ¡Quijóteres! was honored to receive the 2024 Walker Reid Comedia Production Prize. The Reid Prize is awarded by the Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre (AHCT) to an outstanding production of a Golden Age play performed in any language during the previous three years. The prize affectionately honors former Superintendent of the Chamizal National Memorial Walker Reid for his dedication to comedia performance and for his long and faithful service to the Association. Thank you, AHCT for this generous recognition! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/a4a24464-5779-4249-9517-9a189191f086/QuijoteresPoster.jpeg Quijóteres, shadow - ¡Quijóteres! (2023) The award-winning, bilingual, shadow puppet adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’ lovable lunatic, Don Quijote de La Mancha. As a work interpreted by shadow puppets, it takes full advantage of imaginative settings and scenarios to emphasize the novel’s intensely comical depiction of the ridiculous, with all the clashes and crashes, valor and vomit, that have distinguished the Quijote as a funny book for more than four centuries. Winner of the 2024 Walker Reid Comedia Performance Prize, from the Association for Hispanic Classical Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/ee4c773a-0beb-4bfd-8442-0c8912ba37be/Screen+Shot+2024-02-19+at+2.35.41+PM.png Quijóteres, shadow - THE PLAY ¡QUIJÓTERES! is a 45-minute, bilingual play representing just a few threads teased out from the countless, tangled, intertwined stories depicted in Cervantes’s classic tale. Featured episodes include Don Quijote’s preparations as a knight, his first introduction to Sancho Panza, his battles against armies and giants, various interactions with Sansón Carrasco (an intertextual fan of the novel), and even a metatheatrical puppet show within a puppet show staged by the novel’s own renowned puppeteer, Maese Pedro. Though reducing a nearly 1,000-page novel requires a truly Alexandrian amount of cutting, the resulting text strives to remain faithful, if not identical, to the core values and spirit of the original. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/df795dfb-3a87-4dba-ba38-9b30f2aa640f/Screen+Shot+2024-02-19+at+2.34.19+PM.png Quijóteres, shadow - THE AUDIENCE The play aims to serve two kinds of audiences: First, it imagines an audience of YOUNG CHILDREN, perhaps in an elementary school setting, with kids who do not understand Spanish and possess little to no familiarity with the Quijote. For this group, the play offers an engaging, comical, action-driven introduction to Spanish and to Cervantes’s misguided knight that encourages them to want to learn more. The second envisions an audience of STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS at the university level who speak Spanish and wield a firm enough understanding of the Quijote to recognize subtle references to events and characters detailed in the novel. For this group the play aims to highlight the beauty and flavor of the original language, certain nuances of the characters and their relationships, and some of the narrative innovations frequently cited as evidence of the book’s renown as the first modern novel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/eb9e9f49-e1d0-4a43-8ed3-30f69a62ff09/Screen+Shot+2024-02-19+at+2.39.12+PM.png Quijóteres, shadow - THE CHARACTERS The performance features nearly 50 professionally designed, 3D-printed, and articulated shadow puppets—including monsters and windmills, sheep and soldiers, props and peasants—as well as multiple iterations of the play’s primary characters: DON QUIJOTE, depicted in varying states of victory and defeat along his heroic journey; SANCHO PANZA, Don Quijote’s squire and travelling companion; CERVANTES, the novel’s author and sometimes antagonist; SANSÓN CARRASCO, an intertextual fan of the novel, later disguised as a puppeteer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/af6ed8e0-8b0c-46a7-91db-642bf8aee089/2%2C_Hombre_Mujer.jpg Quijóteres, shadow - THE SCENERY Nearly twenty different backgrounds provide a wide range of unique settings across the La Mancha countryside. These images were created to resemble a “scrapbook” style by digitally “tearing” and colorizing pages from the early print edition of the novel. As a further homage to the play’s literary roots, “clouds” in the sky display the novel’s original chapter headings corresponding to the action representation in that moment of the performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/d567e75c-1129-45e3-b2d1-4d73f8d38737/Screen+Shot+2024-02-19+at+2.49.23+PM.png Quijóteres, shadow - THE IMAGINATION The play takes full advantage of dynamic visual strategies unique to shadow puppetry to engage the eyes as well as the mind. This is particularly effective during “transformation” scenes that move back-and-forth between the real world and Don Quijote’s imagination, such as a flock of sheep morphing into a field of armies in battle, or simple windmills twisting into tentacled giants. One of the most curious episodes in the novel provides an especially exciting and multi-layered moment in the play when Don Quijote encounters the travelling puppeteer Maese Pedro and shifts into the role of audience member, first viewing and later dramatically interfering with a puppet show within the puppet show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/15956429-fe81-43ba-9fb9-7693ab0faa23/Screen+Shot+2024-02-19+at+3.16.50+PM.png Quijóteres, shadow - THE REVIEWS See what audience members—including many scholars of early modern literature and theatre—have said about the show! https://www.dragoncillo.com/stages daily 0.75 2026-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598036975251-TDBJ3Q3YD6RUIYYDEJ0S/Stages.jpg Stages - A custom-built stage for every occasion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598036934700-KBKT1PNGE28POLG4G4ZS/IMG_0461.jpg Stages - The BIG stage Dragoncillo’s largest shadow puppet stage, developed and maintained by Jason Yancey, uses a projection screen (8’2” tall and 9’6” wide) that is set up for video and sound, and requires a single power outlet for electricity. The equipment is self-contained, travels entirely in a couple of suitcases, and adapts readily to available spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598037109556-OUH8ZP28HPB6KZAM5QOM/IMG_0747.jpg Stages - Modern technology for telling stories with shadows The foundation for each show is a film or series of images that we rear-project onto a nylon screen supported by pipe and drape masking. As it plays the film not only supplies the backlight for the shadow puppet show, it allows for detailed background images that change themselves automatically throughout the performance, as well as built-in music and sound effects to accompany the action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598037170615-6XG4TKM0205F36UAPQEW/IMG_6794.jpg Stages - Ready-made performance Immediately below the scene, in a portion of the projection visible only to the puppeteers, the film displays two columns of scrolling dialogue and stage directions. This feature removes the need for memorization without a reliance on “canned” or recorded dialogue. The performers simply follow along with the film, manipulating the puppet in the light, while reading their lines off the screen. In this way Dragoncillo shows maintain high production values but require very little time to rehearse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/9f0e7fca-b3bf-4c40-85c8-7e6803599f16/IMG_5270+copy.JPG Stages - The MIDDLE stage: TEATRO ESPAÑOL Sporting a custom-designed, modular frame, inspired by a Spanish “toy theater” design from the early 1900’s, this dynamic stage is beautiful, portable, and adaptable for intimate shows using shadow, rod, and marionette puppets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/06c7e505-90ff-4f90-9fe2-af8d5dd7c90f/IMG_5276+copy.JPG Stages - Grand Roll-up Curtain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/fd485279-4966-46c2-95ce-31d561bb64d8/IMG_5320.JPG Stages - Scenic “Crankie” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/bb68dae4-257c-4d8c-baa5-c9d3fca1937e/IMG_5233.png Stages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/38ab99dd-7d4c-4d85-8bd5-4d56ad5853b0/IMG_5241+copy.png Stages - The GRAND Performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/334faf43-29c3-44a2-85ca-0d60f72d1912/IMG_0738.JPG Stages - The LITTLE stage: TEATRINO This miniature shadow puppet theater was built with support from a Grand Valley State University Sandbox Learning Innovation grant. Inspired by medieval reliquaries, each side of the box depicts scenes and symbols taken from woodcuts and was designed to look like a centuries-old trunk of mysteries carried from town-to-town on backs and in wagons by generations of puppeteers, magicians, and maybe witches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598045595188-6WLM2QS9ZN0813B0LPKS/IMG_9404+2.JPG Stages - Box of shadows With all the doors closed, the stage measures 22 inches wide, 18 inches tall, and 7 inches deep. Fully opened, it measures 44 inches wide, 18 inches tall, and 16 inches deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1610655785898-TLTC1O4LGYU5HWMLHWJ2/IMG_5240.jpg Stages - Simplicity and style With just seconds needed to set-up the stage, a compact LED lamp—mounted to the upper panel—provides all the backlighting for the show and features 12 different colors that puppeteers can operate by remote control. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/23a4e562-7759-415a-8b6e-149b89d9e473/IMG_0748.JPG Stages - Form to compliment function This unique set-up not only fits inside a suitcase for travel, it offers an intimate playing space for up to two puppeteers using puppets that can be propped in place on the screen when not in use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598046238348-9L0T2FSNUMJNQTLG00F6/IMG_9407.JPG Stages - Every hour, a labor of love. See how the Teatrino was designed and built by Jason Yancey, and painted by award-winning artist, Jan Yancey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598046969215-L3H5BBV7AAVMT8BN43ZG/IMG_6337.JPG Stages - The HAND puppet stage This one-of-a-kind puppet stage, designed by Jason Yancey, breaks down to fit inside a wheeled traveling trunk, and sets up in 20 minutes, providing a full theatrical experience for puppet shows big and small. Although typically used with hand puppets, it can also accommodate both marionettes and shadow puppets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1614727276862-Y76S6GPCKG84U4D1DME6/IMG_5264.JPG Stages - Quick-change scenery Using custom-printed backdrops that function like curtains and are both light weight and see-through, the scenery can be changed from one location to another in the blink of an eye! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1614727595628-4M8LIKU9513OLH13NU8W/IMG_6172.JPG Stages - Beautiful backstage With multiple features like layered prop tables, custom lighting, and full access to audio equipment, the backstage area places everything a puppeteer could need at arm’s length. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598046853649-NSTY6C1KUAFWO8XDFW8S/Day+2%2C+Introductions+to+Everything.jpg Stages - See it in action! See how undergraduate students at Grand Valley State University use this stage to perform original Spanish-language puppet shows at immersion elementary schools in the Grand Rapids area. https://www.dragoncillo.com/scholarship daily 0.75 2022-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1598037564060-1PIJS9SIMWWU3WJUQA36/Scholarship.jpg Scholarship - Dig into the scholarship behind the performance! https://www.dragoncillo.com/shorts daily 0.75 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1606247352026-JK4L9UKAGJ5Y5R2JZOTJ/Shorts+Title+Card3.jpg Shorts - Simple puppet shows on random subjects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1614993401871-6FUWDAZAFYJQF4LPGPSO/Lets+make+a+puppet3.jpg Shorts - LET’S MAKE A PUPPET Robot really wants to make a puppet, but what if he doesn’t have a bunch of fancy equipment? Not to worry! Dragoncillo is here to help! (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1615083254667-APFBSYQ2U7UKBKOAS5SZ/Shadow+Puppet+Thumbnail.jpg Shorts - HOW TO MAKE AND USE A SHADOW PUPPET A quick tutorial by the Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe showing kids how to make and perform with shadow puppets using materials you probably have around the house. Featuring the Dragoncillo family. (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1615182057963-W90PHT91ZH4R4W2ANIQP/Sock+Puppet+Thumbnail.jpg Shorts - HOW TO MAKE AND USE A SOCK PUPPET A quick tutorial by the Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe showing kids how to make and perform with sock puppets using materials you probably have around the house. Featuring the Dragoncillo family. (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1606237239515-W1PCGS3XKL3F03T02053/Shadows+Thumbnail.jpg Shorts - IT CAME FROM THE SHADOWS! Four short puppet shows with a Halloween theme, produced by the Dragoncillo family. Two of the plays (“The Big Toe” and “Bloody Fingers”) are based on favorite tales from Alvin Schwartz’s collection of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. “The Skeleton Song” puts a twist on a family favorite singalong, while “The Haunted House,” proves that even ghosts get locked out from time to time! (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1607810746397-LR40Y6N8P92LC5Y4NPDY/TurkeyDay%2C+thumbnail.jpg Shorts - TURKEY DAY The excitement and memories of Thanksgiving take an unexpected turn in this shadow puppet play, performed by the Dragoncillo Family. (2020) https://www.dragoncillo.com/resources daily 0.75 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/14f517ff-0896-4c79-9689-097ddd9905f3/Educational+Resources.jpg Resources - Teaching with puppets? We’ve got ideas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/081d638c-9fb3-40d9-bd72-89c7fc79750d/Puppets1.jpg Resources - Make it stand out Photo by J B Bilbrey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/87ae4dbd-3ef6-474a-aeb4-e35e416c0a6b/Educational+Materials5.jpg Resources - Choose a show: The Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe Shadow Puppetry The Fabulous Johnny Frog (Pre-show, 3-5 grades) The Fabulous Johnny Frog (Pre-show, 6-8 grades) The Fabulous Johnny Frog (Post-show, 6-8 grades) Francisco de Quevedo’s Entremeses Second Hands (La ropavejera) The Ladies’ Man (El Marión) Jinxed (El bobo enamorado) The Land of Jauja (La tierra de Jauja) ¡Quijóteres! (English) ¡Quijóteres! (Español) Soy quien soy (Español) Me, Myself, Awry (English) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/533dafec-20fb-48e6-907f-f112a742e596/Projects+with+Puppets.jpg Resources - Puppet-based Projects Puppets can serve as effective and enjoyable tools for teaching all kinds of subjects. Check out some special class activities that used puppets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/2425e85b-b3c8-4bef-a27f-1f2ee6f0adde/QA.jpg Resources - Make it stand out Photo by J B Bilbrey https://www.dragoncillo.com/macghost daily 0.75 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/bfa089ac-e241-4fb6-8a83-699bad186e19/Screen+Shot+2024-01-21+at+10.47.12+AM.png MacGhost - MacGhost (2023) Produced in collaboration with the Wayne Theatre (Waynesboro, VA), a 30-minute shadow puppet adaptation of Shakespeare’s creepiest tragedy, Macbeth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886540958-CRWKHT0RUJQM1JH549HW/IMG_6094.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886239154-DULWWTH5631M7DYWD6KP/DSC_0470.jpg MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886246123-AN0WSZCXQ86E70YW3XA5/DSC_0472.jpg MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886272027-DXE9XMCULC71QNQBMYYS/IMG_6129.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886267831-AUV1LTHLW00DPCGJJ67J/IMG_6127.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886524220-MDV8OAEOZ8MRNXHZYOG4/IMG_2342.jpg MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886906998-72CY4C5YKYCDFNEZFIJS/IMG_5497.jpg MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886529669-ZYONNB74YRXIHPF65I1W/IMG_2345.jpg MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886261889-99LGPA2CQSTI19AAFKDH/IMG_6096.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886532729-MGQA2VU6DDEIDBHQ7XGY/IMG_6070.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886550055-B1GI3R77VL8VCORLLGEP/IMG_6095.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886558347-J5T061IV4VLP4NKLROTR/IMG_6132.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886899569-KPQTCF2UPE8YY2KKMSML/Untitled_Artwork.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886564325-2QVIGRBUA2XPBAIMQ9UT/IMG_6133.JPG MacGhost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/1705886569991-E9L68FMUL5XL5IIHIPZP/IMG_6135.JPG MacGhost https://www.dragoncillo.com/jinxed daily 0.75 2024-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/eff6cd0a-8305-4a65-b922-28a4e866f4b9/Screen+Shot+2024-01-21+at+11.43.49+AM.png Jinxed - Jinxed (2023) Lovesick Toribio uses a magic spell to assist his romantic efforts, but when the enchantment falls into the wrong hands—again and again!—he’ll regret taking shortcuts to love. Based on the 17th-century “entremés” El bobo enamorado (also known as Los putos), by Spanish playwright Jerónimo de Cáncer. https://www.dragoncillo.com/the-land-of-jauja daily 0.75 2024-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5be5ca333917ee67c61a3514/a2e2d95e-8c5a-4530-acc5-4f92730cd81e/Jauja%2BPoster.jpeg The Land of Jauja - The Land of Jauja (2022) Every day the gullible Mendrugo brings a basket of food to his wife in jail, but when two hungry con artists distract him with fanciful tales of a magical land plenty he quickly discovers that his goodies are gone! Based on the 16th-century “paso” La tierra de Jauja, by Spanish playwright Lope de Rueda.