2004
This comedy was written by Jean Giroudaux in 1943 during the Nazi occupation of France. The Greek God of Beauty (perhaps) teaches the secret of success with men --"tell them they are handsome" -- to a young woman seeking employment at the Office of Great and Small Inventors. A collaboration with Theatre X, the show opened to great reviews and played to full houses.

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2003
A musical about a young girl's journey into the world seeking adventure, was developed in partnership with Milwaukee First Stage Children's Theatre for Summerfest.

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2002
EINSTEIN: HERO OF THE MIND created by Patty Lynch and Max Samson. A young girl gets magical help entering into Einstein's life and ideas and wrestles with the question of the moral and ethical questions raised by scientific discovery.

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2000
LOSS OF BREATH: THE UNFINISHED LIFE AND DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, by Wes Savik. Poe's life and writings weave an emotional tapestrey.

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1998
In collaboration with the Milwaukee Public Theatre, Mask & Puppet developed an outdoor extravaganza with the theme of the Spirit of Neighborhood and toured extensively in the Greater Milwaukee area.

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1997
As brother and sister Biff and Buffy and people from many nations hook up to the worldwide web to contest a video game they discover a strange powerful creature--The Host--existing in the virtual reality. This Host runs off with Buffy ejecting Biff back to the real world where he finds clues to their whereabouts and soon realizes that the creature's power extends everywhere.

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1994-95
One story from the Arabian Nights, one from the Jewish Talmud, and one inspired by Buddhist sources are held together by a vaudeville song and dance act.

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1970's
True political drama of two Christian Arab-Israeli villages on the Lebanese border forced to evacuate to make way for Jewish Kibbutzim, here being filmed by Israeli TV for prime time airing but censored off before the broadcast.

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1973
This play was adapted from Peter Schumann's Bread & Puppet Theatre productiion of Fire. The true story of Masada involves zealots who contest Roman rule and commit mass suicide when defeated.

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1972-73
A parody of the heroic tale, this full length play toured Europe in 1973.

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1970's
This 20 minute street show was built in Israel and performed in Arabic, Hebrew, and English to the delight of many neighborhood kids.

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The Milwaukee Mask & Puppet Company primarily designs and builds puppets of varying styles to perform in our own independent Theatrical productions or in collaboration with other local theater companies. In recent years we have collaborated with the renowned Theatre X, an Obie winning experimental theater group, with First Stage Children's Theatre, one of the premiere children's theaters in the US, and with the Milwaukee Public Theater.