“Time & Energy” is an original hour-long puppet theater performance composed of four vignettes exploring the scientific concepts contained in the four Laws of Thermodynamics, reinterpreted as allegories about human relationships and connection. Each vignette uses puppetry, mask, non-verbal communication, and live musical accompaniment to present its corresponding law as a situational or philosophical conflict between imaginative characters, and then resolves each conflict to illuminate human resiliency, the influence of physical laws on the feelings, and the transcendent nature of empathy.
A short, proof-of-concept video for “Time & Energy”.
Puppeteers:
Megan Adair, Ali Herring, Jordan Lanham & Skylar Tatro
Lead Puppeteer: Zach Bramel
Written by Zach Bramel
Puppet design and fabrication by Deva North
Directed by Katherine Martin
Filmed and edited by Bryn Silverman & Naveen Chaubal
