Wood Boy Dog Fish

Cast

10 ensemble
3 f/4m/1 f or non-binary / 2 all genders

Production History

2018 Rogue Artists Ensemble + Garry Marshall Theatre
Directed by Sean Cawelti
Venue: Garry Marshall Theatre, Burbank, CA
May 12 – June 24, 2018

2015 Rogue Artists Ensemble with Bootleg Theater
Directed by Sean Cawelti
Venue: Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Nov 6 - Dec 20, 20215

Written by Chelsea Sutton
with Rogue Artists Ensemble
Original Music by Adrien Prévost

Awards

  • Winner 2015 Ovation Award for Puppet Design

  • Nominations 2015 Ovation Awards: Costume Design and Video Design

  • Nominations 2016 Stage Raw Award: Playwriting-Adaptation, Sound Design, Costume Design, Set Design, Video Design

Synopsis

In this delightfully macabre take on The Adventures of Pinocchio, the cricket is killed, a blue poltergeist haunts us all, the legendary Dogfish monster preys on our greatest fears and a little wooden puppet struggles to discover what it means to be real.

This new production of Wood Boy Dog Fish is more dangerous and immersive than ever before, with new scenes, music, puppets, masks and special effects. The action is set in the tumbledown town of Shoreside, a tourist trap built around the legend of a terrible sea monster — the Dogfish. The Wood Boy Dog Fish experience begins one hour before show time, just inside the gates of the Garry Marshall Theatre. Audiences are immersed in the mysterious and quirky carnival world with games, food, drink and surprises before they even find their seats.

Wood Boy Dog Fish is a visual feast that combines masks, highly expressive physical performance, dance, interactive sets, multiple puppetry traditions, projected media and sophisticated special effects and illusions — including 3D enhancement — to transport audiences inside an old carnival ride.