Aesop Amuck

Peripatetic Illustrations

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Hi friends!

Today we’re bringing you some treats from our resident illustrator, Mr. Meekins’ very good friend, Sam Bertken. Sam has been making illustrations for our shows since the very first one, O Best Beloved, before the Peripatetic Players even knew how to peripatet.

For O Best Beloved (2013), Sam drew each of the animals who starred in the stories:

The Rhino
The Rhino
The Elephant's Child
The Elephant’s Child
Old Man Kangaroo being chased by Wild Dog Dingo
Old Man Kangaroo being chased by Wild Dog Dingo
The Camel
The Camel

Aesop Amuck (2015) also featured some animal stars:

The Lion
The Lion
Beat Poet Crow
Beat Poet Crow
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Town Mouse & Country Mouse
Town Mouse & Country Mouse
Frog Party
Frog Party
The Hare
The Hare
The Tortoise
The Tortoise
The Ill-Fated Mouse Council
The Ill-Fated Mouse Council

 

And this year, he’s drawn the pirate Players mid-adventure aboard their ship! Click the image to download a coloring page of your very own!

Print

…here’s how we colored it in for our poster!

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There are just FOUR MORE PERFORMANCES of Shiver We Timbers… click here to see the full schedule!

Mom’s Are Great

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Let me preface this by saying that having a mom who sews and crafts is amazing.

Let me also preface this by saying that having a mom who is creative is amazing … and dangerous.

Now, let’s blog!

Every year for a Peripatetic Players show, I like to help make our costumes. In O Best Beloved, I made Elly the Elephant’s Tutu, and in Aesop Amuck! I made the Fox hat and tail. This year, I am undertaking the task to make a costume that reflect not only Juliet, but also a certain space princess. Here are two pieces of art that are inspiring me:

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Princess Leia drawing by Cryssycheung, via etsy.

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Juliet costume sketch by Carlo Poggioli and Swavorski.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How would Princess Gwen wear a costume that says both of these characters at the same time? Well, this is where Mom comes in!

My mother is a great seamstress and makeup artist, and has a large stock of old costumes, fabrics, and other goodies. I remembered a box of fabric that I had set aside on a visit that I thought would be good for SPPP, and I asked my mom to send it to me. The box was finally delivered yesterday, and lo and behold… a confetti bomb!

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She got me, and she got me good. Thanks, Mom!

Next up — picking out all of the confetti and starting to sew!

Announcing… Aesop Amuck!

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During August 2015, the Samuel Peaches Peripatetic Players — that madcap troupe of travelling thespians who brought you O Best Beloved — will take the show on the road once more in Aesop Amuck.

2015 Bay Area Parks Tour:
Saturdays and Sundays, August 1 – 23

Aesop Amuck is the Peripatetic Players’s adaptation of Aesop’s fables. It’s fun for the whole family, decidedly fabulous, marvellously moralistic, and at least 300% educational!

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The Fox and The Lion – illustration by Harrison Weir from Three Hundred Aesop’s Fables, translated by G.F. Townshend, 1867

Grab the kids, throw on some sunscreen (or, if in SF, pack a parka), and head out to the nearest park or public space! The Peripatetic Players will arrive 30 to 60 minutes before showtime to set up FluxWagon, their folding mobile stage. Shows last just under an hour, and are full of songs, pratfalls and theatrical mayhem.