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Country Cabaret III
Project type
Performance, Puppet, Set Decoration
Date
July 19th, 2025
Location
West Art, Lancaster, PA
Country Cabaret is an evolving country music variety show created by musicians Andrew Pauls and Danny Mulligan (Danny & The Do-Overs). In the 3rd iteration of the show, I was brought on to assist in developing a loose storyline, build and puppeteer a puppet, and assist in designing, building, and decorating a set for the show. This show featured a honky tonk bar in a rip in time and space, The Sittin Inn, and my puppet, Tumble, was the bartender welcoming travelers who would arrive, put a coin in the jukebox (which obsucred the live band playing), and play their songs. This required me to puppeteer and improv with performers for 2 hours on stage. I also helped design and build the jukebox that had swinging doors that Danny busts through at the end of the show. Behind the bar was a pipe-and-drape backdrop and curtain set I had designed for the previous iteration of this show. Andrew and I (as Tumble) performed a cover of Rainbow Connection by Jim Henson during the show.
Photos: Caleb Bornman
Video: Cliff Lewis
