Publicity (graphic x Matt Dembicki)
SHADOWS Stage Right
SHADOWS Stage Left
TIGERS Samurai Entrance
TIGERS Samurai at the Teahouse
TIGERS Old Woman and her widowed Daughter-in-Law
TIGERS Story within story 1
TIGERS Story within story 2
TIGERS Samurai disbelief
TIGERS The Old Woman transforms into a tiger.
TIGERS Two Tigers of Akanuma
TIGERS The Samurai
TIGERS The Old Woman
TIGERS The Widow
TEKTEK The Priest begins his story.
TEKTEK The romantic Yoki.
TEKTEK The ghost woman slices Yoki.
HIBAKUSHA The seer Inzanami hears her dead ancestors.
HIBAKUSHA The ancestors tell the story within the story.
HIBAKUSHA The ancestors get their revenge.
TRAIN Young Man
TRAIN Station Manager
TRAIN Manager and Young Man
TRAIN Young Man and Manager
EMPTY Mitsumi asks Sakura to a party
EMPTY Mitsumi in his costume at the party.
EMPTY Sakura, in costume, is warned to leave Mitsumi.
EMPTY Keiko gets her revenge.
 
Following the critically acclaimed* production of Infantry Monologues, Meat & Potato Theatre returned to the Salt Lake stage in December 2009 with SHADOWS OF THE BAKEMONO – five original one-acts written by members of SLC’s own Playwrights’ Laboratory* and told with M&P's signature style of puppetry and mask work.
 
SHADOWS OF THE BAKEMONO
Puppet Construction Slide show
All photos by Tobin Atkinson.
© 2009 Meat & Potato Theatre
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Performers:  Ruth Ann Jones, Sarah McLoney, Josh Thoemke, Michael Gardner, Nathaniel Hinkley
Writers: Debora Threedy, Deborah De Vos, Megan Crivello, Elaine Jarvik, Tobin Atkinson
Stage Management: Heather Myers
Set Design: Maylan Thomas
Costumes: Kevin Alberts  
Puppet Design & Construction: Tobin Atkinson, Marynell Hinton, Enid Atkinson, Kathleen Atkinson
*The Playwrights’ Laboratory is a joint Plan B Theatre / Meat & Potato Theatre venture.