Pella Comunity Art Center presents Eulenspiegel Puppets- John Brown's Journey
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Pella Comunity Art Center presents Eulenspiegel Puppets- John Brown's Journey
Date:
June 25, 2014
Time:
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
Event Description:
Eulenspiegel Puppets have traveled the globe performing puppet shows for more than 30 years in Japan, the United States, Mexico, Germany and more. John Brown’s Journey is a dramatic retelling of actual events that happened in the southern half of Iowa in 1858 and 1859. Hannah Miller, played by Monica Leo, is the fictional owner of the local cafe, the Travelerʼs Rest, a cafe that actually existed in Springdale and was frequented by John Brown. The show starts as she receives news of Brownʼs death. She shares the news with his donkey, Jack, who stayed behind in Springdale when Brown left to perpetrate the raid on the US armory in Harperʼs Ferry. The show consists of flashbacks played out with shadow puppets and rod puppets, showing the winter journey with the escaped slaves and the training of John Brownʼs militia in Springdale, Iowa. Some of the scenes take place in the cafe as customers read from actual newspaper accounts of the era.
At the Joan Kuyper Farver Auditorium located at the Pella Community Center, 712 Union St. Free.
At the Joan Kuyper Farver Auditorium located at the Pella Community Center, 712 Union St. Free.
