December 2009- A Journey to Ireland

                  And Time Runs On
                                
                                     "And where did they go- Our old stories, our old gods and our old ways?
                              Did they disappear into the grounds and mounds, waiting for us to wake them?"
      
             
             The Seanachie (David Fink)                                                                   The newly wedded bride, Eithne (Shannon Hollander) 

            
     King Aillil ( Chris Acevedo) and Queen Maeve (Megan Flatau)                                         The Buggane (Adam Schulmerich)

                 
        Graciously co-presented with Shapeshifters Theater at the Irish American Heritage Center, 
    a seanachie took the audience through a journey of Irish mythology. The stories of Fionn McCumhail, 
              The Morrigan, Boyne, Aengus , Ainne, and Cuchulain were told through beautiful      
               choreography, pupperty, live music, and featured the poetry of William Butler Yeats.

  
                         Fionn MacCumhail (Harter Clingman) goes fishing and finds the Salmon of Knowledge.
                        

   
                                                         Queen Maeve sends an army to defeat Ulster's finest warrior, Cuchulain.

 
                               Cuchulain (Adam Schulmerich) must fight Ferdia, (Alex Farrington) his blood brother, to defend Ulster.

                                                               



             Eithne (Shannon Hollander) is snatched by the Faerie Folk (Rachel Wells, Kelsey Hopper, and Megan Flatau) while she dreams. 


                               
                                    Eithne's Husband (Chris Acevedo) searches for her in the Faeries' underground mounds


                    
                                    The Buggane (Adam Schulmerich) fights Fionn MacCumhail (Harter Clingman) after being tricked.


                                       
                                     
                                    Ailleen MacDigna, the fire goblin, lolls the city of Tara to sleep with his harp music before burning it.

             

                                                    Fionn MacCumhail deats the goblin after dodging his fire!

                                                                       Designers and Crew
                                                                                                                               
          Writer/ Director :                  Writer/ Costume Designer             Music Director           Technical Director     Stage Manager    
           Aaron Henrickson               Anna Glowacki                                Andrea Else                 Peggy Murphy           Kristin Toerpe   

 Puppet Designer            Mask Designer                   Lighting Designer            Set Designer              Fight Director              Choreographer
Catherine Matchett        Michael Lama Braaksma     Dan McKearnan             Becky Beaudoin      Alex Farrington             Madelyn Doyle

                                                                           All photography by: www.austindoiephotography.com


                                                                                                          The Cast

       Shannon Hollander       Adam Schulmerich       Rachel Wells          Nathan Drackett    Megan Flatau    Samantha McDonald  
Chris Acevedo               Alex Farrington              Harter Clingman     Jack Bourgeois      Lynn Scott        Kelsey Hopper       David Fink
    
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July 2009:The Former Soviet Union

                              Soviet Ladies

               
                                         

             That's right, jokes about breadlines and cow sheds! On July 19th,
           Dragoncello premiered Soviet Ladies, during their Company Opening
          Party. A comedy act about two young women desperate to escape their
          Soviet Union countries by becoming mail-order brides for American
               husbands! Starring Andrea Else and Anna Glowacki with an
                                 appearance of Michael Lama Braaksma