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Seven in One Blow!

April 8, 2015 by Zachary

By Rachel Hulsart, Marketing Intern

We at Enchantment Theatre Company are excited to introduce to you The Brave Little Tailor, our newest Enchantment Everywhere production that is based on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale of the same name. When a feisty little tailor kills seven flies with one blow in his workshop, he gains an air of confidence as he proudly displays Seven Dead in One Blow on his sash while walking about town. Many are stunned to see his sash as they assume that he killed seven knights in one blow rather than flies. Because of this misunderstanding, he ends up facing the challenges of defeating two giants, a rhinoceros, and a ferocious dragon from the kingdom where he would be rewarded by having the Princess’ hand in marriage.

In German culture, a tailor used to be seen as the poorest of the poor, and his value would be mocked by saying “Nine tailors make one man.” However, a tailor was also viewed in German culture as someone who would surprise everyone with his wit. The tailor in this story uses his wit to overcome the challenges he faces by thinking on his feet. The Grimm Brothers were interested in making the main character a tailor in order to inspire people to not let their outward appearance prevent them from accessing the power and wit they have inside them. So for the kids reading this out there, know that you are not too small to accomplish anything. Just use your brains, wit, and courage!

At an Enchantment Theatre Company performance, audience members of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to explore creative worlds and embrace the experience of live theater. Enchantment Theatre is dedicated to a unique style of performance by including expressive masks, puppetry, magic, music, movement and pantomime in our productions. In The Brave Little Tailor, we will again use these performance modes to create a world where, for a moment, kids will share a space with a giant, see a battle with a dragon and witness the courage of a simple man. It is our hope to create a magical experience for all ages, one where a child can dream big.  

The Brave Little Tailor will be touring the five-county area from April 27th to June 12th.  There will also be public performances at three local venues:

  • Sunday, May 10th / 2:00pm / Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street / FREE for everyone
  • Sunday, May 31st / 11:00am & 12:00pm / Smith Memorial Playground, 3500 Reservoir Drive / FREE for members
  • Saturday, June 6th / 2:00pm / Morris Arboretum, 100 E. Northwestern Avenue / FREE with admission

Are you an educator or presenter that is interested in bringing Enchantment Theatre Company to your school or venue? Contact us at 215-496-9160.

Filed Under: Enchantment Everywhere, Local Performances, The Brave Little Tailor Tagged With: bravery, confidence, dance, fairy tale, Free Library of Philadelphia, Grimm Brothers, magic, mask, Morris Arboretum, movement, music, pantomime, puppetry, Smith Memorial Playground, wit

Meet Our Team Monday: Aaron Lathrop

March 23, 2015 by Zachary

The Brave Little Tailor, our newest Enchantment Everywhere production, is coming to schools and other venues in the Philadelphia area April 27 through June 12. Maybe this isn’t news to you. Maybe you already know all about our local touring program, Enchantment Everywhere. Maybe you are a teacher that helped book a performance for your school this spring. Or maybe you are already looking forward to seeing the show at one of our public performances (May 10 at the Philadelphia Free Library, May 31 at Smith Memorial Playground, June 6 at Morris Arboretum). But do you know who makes all of the magic happen?

Fear not! We are launching Meet Our Team Mondays to introduce you to the talented group of artists that are currently helping create this original production of The Brave Little Tailor just for you.

First up is actor and puppet-maker Aaron Lathrop. All interviews are conducted by our Marketing Intern, Rachel Hulsart.

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Actor: Aaron Lathrop

Rachel: Our audience primarily consists of children with a wide range of dreams of what they want to be. When you were a kid, what did you want to be?

Aaron: When I was quite young I wanted to be a paleontologist and a pilot. Around age ten or so I decided I wanted to be an actor, and I discovered puppetry after college.

Rachel: Where did you attend college and were there any professors that influenced you as an artist?

Aaron: I attended Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU). I had one professor, David Pellegrini, who I got along with famously. He wasn’t delicate about art and theatre, and wasn’t afraid to call out bad art for what it was. Though I’d have to say my biggest artistic growth came outside of school. In high school I started working with Flock Theatre, a community-based theatre group in New London, CT. I continued working with them until 2008 when I moved to the West Coast. The Artistic Director is Derron Wood and he’s always been a mentor and dear friend. He was the one who really helped give perspective to all the things that I learned in school and helped set me up to get there in the first place. He’s also the person who brought me to puppetry, which was what really made my career click.

Rachel: What was your first time performing onstage like?

Aaron: I was so young, but I don’t remember being scared. I’ve never really been prone to stage fright. Though I must have been thrilled.

Rachel: How is working with Enchantment Theatre Company different from other theatre companies that you have worked for?

Aaron: There’s an impressive level of organization for a small theatre company. The folks in charge have really been able to use their various strengths to make a strong company. So often in the arts you either have administrative types with no interest in the artistic side or artists with no knowledge of the nitty-gritty. ETC has managed to marry both.

Rachel: What was the first theatrical production you saw when you were little?

Aaron: When I was six years old my mother took me to see Richard Burton’s farewell tour of Camelot, in Providence, RI. She’d always played the original Broadway recording for me and I loved it. I don’t remember a whole lot of the actual production, bits and pieces mostly, but I sat through the whole thing and was entranced. And just knowing I saw a master performing the role he made famous is a good feeling.

Rachel: If you could bring any of your favorite fairy tales or childhood stories to life onstage, which would you choose and why?

Aaron: I’d love to do a series of Norwegian folk tales, stories of trolls and the various creatures that lived in the fjords. These were the stories that my grandfather brought over from Norway and would tell me before bed. He had them all memorized, sadly I do not. I think they could be a visual treat and give just the right amount of scary that a fairy tale is supposed to have.

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Thanks, Aaron!

Filed Under: Enchantment Everywhere, Meet Our Team Monday, The Brave Little Tailor Tagged With: Aaron Lathrop, actor, career, interview, puppet design, puppetry

2013-2014 Annual Report

March 2, 2015 by Zachary

Some of you may only engage with Enchantment Theatre Company when we visit your town on a national tour. Some of you only see our annual December productions in Philadelphia. Some of you know that we are the company that runs an arts residency at your school because your child told you about us, but you have never seen our work for yourselves.

With such a scope as this, we realize that it’s hard to understand exactly what kind of company we are. So we want to share something with you. Take a look at our annual report from the 2013-2014 season, freshly prepared for your viewing pleasure on ISSUU. Now’s the time to read up on what Enchantment Theatre really is. Do we do large-scale theatrical productions for national and regional stages? Yes! Do we have smaller, portable productions that we take directly to schools and communities? Yes! Do we have a thriving Arts in Education Program? Yes! Learn something new today. Learn more about the theater company that has shown you the magic in the everyday and transformed popular myths and fairy tales into something new and inspiring.

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