(becoming) Hue Man
T. Anthony MarottaCategory
Mime/mask theater
Running Time
50 minutes
Maturity Rating
Universal (13+)
Synopsis
Hue, the puppet, is assigned a gender. With guidance from his well-meaning role model, Hue must MAN-euver through the stereotypes and out of the boxes to uncover his huMAN potential. A modern-day Pinocchio, Hue Man looks beyond the boy and asks, “what kind of man–or more precisely, huMAN–can this puppet become?” This one-man show features a dozen puppets, a clown, masks, shadow-play, media, a hungry caterpillar, and a puppet circumcision – engendering a conversation about MASK-ulinities learned and lived. Creator and performer T. Anthony Marotta, recipient of the 2014 Montreal Fringe Festival’s Spirit of the Fringe, orginally developed Hue Man for Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts, inspired by the challenges of raising a young son in a politically-correct charged age. Hue Man has toured nationally and internationally to places including Avignon France, Montreal CN, Chicago, Atlanta, Boulder, and Portland.
To learn more about this production, check out their interview on the Atlanta Fringe Tumblr!
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Showtimes
Thursday – June 9th | N/A
Friday – June 10th | 8:00 pm
Saturday – June 11 | 5:00 pm & 11:00 pm
Sunday – June 12th | 3:30 pm
Venue
International Montessori Academy
1240 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307
International Montessori Academy
2024 Official Sponsors
This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is also supported by City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs. Funding is also provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.
