Puppets
Cabin Fever
Cabin Fever was written as part of The Mother Load ep: 10 (Space, Time, or whatever!). This version of Cabin Fever premiered in Black Cherry Puppet Theater's Mayday Puppet Slam, 5/1/21.
Cabin Fever was written as part of The Mother Load ep: 10 (Space, Time, or whatever!). This version of Cabin Fever premiered in Black Cherry Puppet Theater's Mayday Puppet Slam, 5/1/21.
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Chad Gadya
Chad Gadya, or "one little goat" is fun Passover song. With every verse, the song gets a little longer and a little faster. This puppet show was created for Hineu: Baltimore Justice Shtiebl for Passover, 2021.
Chad Gadya, or "one little goat" is fun Passover song. With every verse, the song gets a little longer and a little faster. This puppet show was created for Hineu: Baltimore Justice Shtiebl for Passover, 2021.
Grandma is a Punk Rocker
This adaptation of both a classic nursery rhyme and punk anthem was created for The Village Learning Place, Tot's Tuesday Storytime: July 2020.
(Music inspired by the Ramones)
This adaptation of both a classic nursery rhyme and punk anthem was created for The Village Learning Place, Tot's Tuesday Storytime: July 2020.
(Music inspired by the Ramones)
Arts and Learning Kids
In response to the Covid-19 lockdown, Young Audiences of Maryland has created Arts and Learning Kids. These 30 minute integrated art/math lessons bring the classroom to your living room in a fun and engaging way!
In response to the Covid-19 lockdown, Young Audiences of Maryland has created Arts and Learning Kids. These 30 minute integrated art/math lessons bring the classroom to your living room in a fun and engaging way!
Mobtown Ballroom Puppet Shows
The first Modtown livestream was called The Great Baltimore Telethon and lasted 14ish(???) hours. Mobtown LIVE! continues to feature performers, community leaders, healthcare workers, and more in a semi-weekly format.
Sam Grossman filmed Quarantine Fairy Tales: or Social Distancing in the Magic Forest, for the first Mobtown Telethon. His segment can be found at 2:30:20 of the livestream.
This story was later incorporated in an episode of Arts and Learning Kids.
The first Modtown livestream was called The Great Baltimore Telethon and lasted 14ish(???) hours. Mobtown LIVE! continues to feature performers, community leaders, healthcare workers, and more in a semi-weekly format.
Sam Grossman filmed Quarantine Fairy Tales: or Social Distancing in the Magic Forest, for the first Mobtown Telethon. His segment can be found at 2:30:20 of the livestream.
This story was later incorporated in an episode of Arts and Learning Kids.
The Haircut was filmed for the May 13th episode of Mobtown LIVE! Sam's segment can be found at 41:23.
A Sappy Story About Trees
An original story, performed by Sam Grossman and Jessica Keys, A Sappy Story About Trees follows the imagined lives of several acorns and the tree they fell from. This is a story about realizing you grew up and became something you never expected to be. Take a breath. You're doing your best. You're still growing.
An original story, performed by Sam Grossman and Jessica Keys, A Sappy Story About Trees follows the imagined lives of several acorns and the tree they fell from. This is a story about realizing you grew up and became something you never expected to be. Take a breath. You're doing your best. You're still growing.
Mother Load with Mother Goose
The Mother Load is an offbeat, puppet sketch show from Baltimore, Maryland. A cast of puppet regulars explore depression, anxiety, and general feelings of public discomfort. Balancing serious and silly, sarcastic and sincere, the Mother Load creates a space to have fun - while feeling uncomfortable in a crowd of strangers.
We can't promise you're anxiety will be alleviated, but you will not feel alone.
The Mother Load is Written and Directed by Sam Grossman. Music is provided by Musical Director, Greg Bowen and Trucker Talk. The Mother Load is performed by a rotating cast of Baltimore actors. We are proud that most performances feature first-time puppeteers! The cast usually only gets one rehearsal, like a flock of geese, we're all wingin’ it!
The Mother Load is performed at City Beach Baltimore, semi-quarterly… or whenever Sam and Greg can get their act together.
We can't promise you're anxiety will be alleviated, but you will not feel alone.
The Mother Load is Written and Directed by Sam Grossman. Music is provided by Musical Director, Greg Bowen and Trucker Talk. The Mother Load is performed by a rotating cast of Baltimore actors. We are proud that most performances feature first-time puppeteers! The cast usually only gets one rehearsal, like a flock of geese, we're all wingin’ it!
The Mother Load is performed at City Beach Baltimore, semi-quarterly… or whenever Sam and Greg can get their act together.
Kid's Table
Currently in production.
Kid's Table is a puppet adaptation of an album, from the avant-garde rock band, Bent Knee. Kid's Table tells the stories of several middle schoolers, as they navigate complicated social situations for the first time.
Currently in production.
Kid's Table is a puppet adaptation of an album, from the avant-garde rock band, Bent Knee. Kid's Table tells the stories of several middle schoolers, as they navigate complicated social situations for the first time.
The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for
Art, Science & Cultural Exchange 2018
Art, Science & Cultural Exchange 2018
Tryfuss Puppet Collective
Poe Puppets
Sam Grossman, Martha Robichaud, and Chris Reuther performed shadow puppet shows for several poems by Edgar Allen Poe, at the Enoch Pratt Library: Light St. Branch, in February 2017. The poems included Annabel Lee, The Bells, and The Mask of the Red Death.
Sam Grossman, Martha Robichaud, and Chris Reuther performed shadow puppet shows for several poems by Edgar Allen Poe, at the Enoch Pratt Library: Light St. Branch, in February 2017. The poems included Annabel Lee, The Bells, and The Mask of the Red Death.
The Legend of Jessie Jean
The Legend of Jessie Jean is a dark western, from the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's 2015 Rock Opera 6-Pack. As outlaws trade stories about a ruthless bounty hunter, their stories are brought to life through shadow play.
2015 Creative Alliance performance can be found here.
The Legend of Jessie Jean is a dark western, from the Baltimore Rock Opera Society's 2015 Rock Opera 6-Pack. As outlaws trade stories about a ruthless bounty hunter, their stories are brought to life through shadow play.
2015 Creative Alliance performance can be found here.