The Millibo Art Theatre & Brave Bucket Company present
PLEASE SHIP THIS WET GIFT
March 1 @ 11am & 2pm / Sunday March 2 @ 1pm & 3pm
Created & Performed by Marta Mozelle MacRostie – Directed by Hannah Simms
Join us for one clown’s presentation about terrible feelings. This original work uses drawing, audience suggestions, made-up songs, puppetry, and cardboard sharks to explore dealing with the things in life that are unfair, scary, sad, and just really annoying. The show brings compassion and lightness to the heavy stuff providing family audiences with an opportunity to laugh together.)
The show runs @ 55 minutes without intermission
Recommended for kids 4+and adults who really like good shows and feelings.
Brave Bucket makes puppet and clown theater for family and adult audiences. Our work has received support from the Jim Henson Foundation, and this show’s creator has worked in puppetry for over 10 years, doing fancy stuff like training at Sesame Street, performing with Mabu Mines, and teaching for the New Victory Theater.
Please Ship This Wet Gift was created by two childhood best friends — performer Marta Mozelle MacRostie and
director Hannah Simms. “I’ve learned from and worked with a bunch of fancy people,” says Mozelle
MacRostie, a graduate of UMass Amherst and recipient of the Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant for her
prior work for children, “But I’ve also taught preschool. And the gist of the show is: you can have your
feelings. They’re allowed. We don’t need to not have them.”
Marta Mozelle MacRostie (Performer/Designer) is a puppeteer, clown, designer, and builder based in NYC. Marta’s previous work for family audiences Help Save the Monkey! (with collaborator Liz Hara) premiered in the 2014 New York Children’s Theater Festival, and was awarded a 2014 Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant. She holds a degree in Puppetry & Music from UMass Amherst, studied clown at Movement Theater Studio, and is a many-time alum of the O’Neill National Puppetry Conference.
Hannah Simms (Director) is a director and teacher based in Hartford, CT, where she is an ensemble member at HartBeat Ensemble. She is a graduate of the Dell’Arte School of Physical Theatre, the NTI Advanced Directing Semester at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and the Ada Comstock Program at Smith College. Marta & Hannah met on their afterschool softball team in Amherst, MA. Their team never won a game, but they did
do the bunny hop in the outfield.
Saturday, March 1 @11am and 2:00pm
Sunday, March 2 @ 1pm & 3pm
$15.00 per person
$12 per ticket when you purchase a Family Four Pack (only available by phone)
Tickets available online or by calling 719-465-6321
SEATING:
The MAT seats 109 patrons in a proscenium theatre with stadium style seating. Every seat at the MAT has excellent sight lines and acoustics.
All seating is assigned. If you have any special seating needs, or would like to request a specific seat, please call the MAT Box Office at 719-465-6321. We will do our best to accommodate your requests.
Wheelchair seats are A1 & A15
