North Country Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


Performer Information
Stage name:	Purple Rock Productions
Performer name:	Rolande Duprey
Phone:	860-528-6892
Mailing address:	18 Highview Street East Hartford, CT 06108
E-mail address:	puppetpro@gmail.com
Website:	http://www.purplerock.org
Previous appearances at:	LaGrange Association Library, LaGrange NY (September 26, 2008), Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, CT2008), Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, CT (July 21), Springfield Museum, Springfield, MA, Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT Contact information for New York State Public Libraries
Information last updated:	03/25/2011

Records 1-6 of 6

Program
Category
Description
Fee

The Basket Case Life Skills- Other,
Performing Arts- Storytelling,
Performing Arts- Puppetry

Children ask questions all the time. This show helps them to understand the nature of these questions -- WHERE? WHO? WHAT? HOW? WHY? are repeated in various ways within the scope of the story in order to give the children some usage memory. The concepts of INSIDE and OUTSIDE are also explored at length, with baskets sitting inside other baskets, and puppets coming OUT and going IN to baskets. The missing person in the story is the mother of a little puppet found deep inside one of the baskets. Ideas of LOSING, SEARCHING and FINDING are folded within the story. Because the story is performed live, with live songs and movement, the narrative offers many opportunities for young children to engage physically as well as verbally.
$351- $500

Tales With Tails Nature- Animals,
Performing Arts- Storytelling,
Performing Arts- Puppetry

The ancient art of Shadow Theatre serves to tell these stories based on folktales and fables. All live, with audience participation.
$201- $350

Spinning Straw Into Gold Performing Arts- Puppetry,
Performing Arts- Storytelling,
Performing Arts- Theater

A farcical retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin story, told with hand puppets. The audience is invited to sing along with the puppets, ask questions and name names!
$201- $350

Ecological Logic Music,
Nature- Marine Life,
Visual Arts- Other

A puppet pantomime that everyone can understand! Live music provided by a musician on electric guitar. Using several different types of puppets, it tells the story of how someone saves a sea turtle who swallows a plastic bag. The turtle then saves the very person who saved him! The logic? When we save the earth, the earth will save us.
$1001- $3000

Rapunzel Performing Arts- Storytelling,
Performing Arts- Theater,
Performing Arts- Puppetry

A woman remembers her grandmother telling her stories while doing laundry. Laundry items are transformed into characters, settings and hand puppets come out of various places in the laundry to tell the story.
$201- $350

The Snowmaiden Multicultural- Other,
Nature- Other,
Performing Arts- Puppetry

A winter fantasy based on the Russian folktale. Performed with marionettes, live music and an introductory Russian folk dance. Story centers on change of seasons. The set resembles a Russian lacquer box, the puppets are performed in Toy Theatre style. Live music helps to set the mood and add special sound effects.
$501- $1000

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* Inclusion in this database does not indicate endorsement of any performer or program by the NYS Education Department, the Office of Cultural Education, the NYS Library or the participating library systems, nor does it eliminate the need for reference checks and appropriate standard screening procedures.

Program	Category	Description	Fee
The Basket Case	Life Skills- Other, Performing Arts- Storytelling, Performing Arts- Puppetry	Children ask questions all the time. This show helps them to understand the nature of these questions -- WHERE? WHO? WHAT? HOW? WHY? are repeated in various ways within the scope of the story in order to give the children some usage memory. The concepts of INSIDE and OUTSIDE are also explored at length, with baskets sitting inside other baskets, and puppets coming OUT and going IN to baskets. The missing person in the story is the mother of a little puppet found deep inside one of the baskets. Ideas of LOSING, SEARCHING and FINDING are folded within the story. Because the story is performed live, with live songs and movement, the narrative offers many opportunities for young children to engage physically as well as verbally.	$351- $500
Tales With Tails	Nature- Animals, Performing Arts- Storytelling, Performing Arts- Puppetry	The ancient art of Shadow Theatre serves to tell these stories based on folktales and fables. All live, with audience participation.	$201- $350
Spinning Straw Into Gold	Performing Arts- Puppetry, Performing Arts- Storytelling, Performing Arts- Theater	A farcical retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin story, told with hand puppets. The audience is invited to sing along with the puppets, ask questions and name names!	$201- $350
Ecological Logic	Music, Nature- Marine Life, Visual Arts- Other	A puppet pantomime that everyone can understand! Live music provided by a musician on electric guitar. Using several different types of puppets, it tells the story of how someone saves a sea turtle who swallows a plastic bag. The turtle then saves the very person who saved him! The logic? When we save the earth, the earth will save us.	$1001- $3000
Rapunzel	Performing Arts- Storytelling, Performing Arts- Theater, Performing Arts- Puppetry	A woman remembers her grandmother telling her stories while doing laundry. Laundry items are transformed into characters, settings and hand puppets come out of various places in the laundry to tell the story.	$201- $350
The Snowmaiden	Multicultural- Other, Nature- Other, Performing Arts- Puppetry	A winter fantasy based on the Russian folktale. Performed with marionettes, live music and an introductory Russian folk dance. Story centers on change of seasons. The set resembles a Russian lacquer box, the puppets are performed in Toy Theatre style. Live music helps to set the mood and add special sound effects.	$501- $1000