WHAT DO TWO PUPPETEERS DO DURING THIS TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING?
THEY TURN THEIR LIVING ROOM INTO A PUPPET THEATRE!
When contacted by Aaron Grant Theatrical to “create streaming content for this period of uncertainty”, Flexitoon’s Craig & Olga - even though there are just the two of them at home - happened to have a dozen or so friends on hand (and on strings) to put together this special “QUARANTOON”. While actual travel is contraindicated, we can all take a trip on the astral plane and head over to 420 Main Street!
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Puppet artists Craig Marin & Olga Felgemacher met in 1979 and founded Flexitoon, one of the world’s most celebrated puppet production companies. They design, build and perform puppets, marionettes and animated objects, as well as create award-winning programming for television, film, internet and theater.
Their creations starred on Nickelodeon’s first series, the award-winning "PINWHEEL" (prompting Time Magazine to call their Pinwheel Puppets "the best"); They turned the Weekly Reader characters into dimensional stars with "KIDS-TV" on Showtime, and starred as "DJ KAT" on FOX (which won the Outstanding Kid Show Award from New York State Broadcasters). Craig & Olga developed and performed the popular Juke Box Band on the multi-award winning PBS television series "SHINING TIME STATION" starring George Carlin and Ringo Starr.
Flexitoon was awarded the first National Endowment for Children's Educational Television Grant and created and produced "GOIN' UP" for Thirteen/WNET; won the 1996 UNIMA Award for Outstanding Broadcast Puppetry, and has received Official Selection Laurels in several international film festivals including LA SHORTS and KIDS FIRST. Their many commercials include the Talking Stain for TIDE which was voted one of the top Super Bowl commercials of all time.
Prior to teaming, Olga Felgemacher, a graduate of Northwestern, was lead performer at the famous Bil Baird Marionette Theater in NYC. She was personally signed by Jim Henson to perform with his Muppets on both “SESAME STREET” and the first “MUPPET MOVIE”.
Craig Marin has dedicated his life to the puppet arts and as a child performed on all the local NYC kid shows. While in High School, Marin formed the Marko Puppet Theatre and toured colleges throughout the United States with a highly original concept that was just right for the times—a psychedelic puppet show. The show garnered such an underground reputation, that Marko was asked to perform for the Grateful Dead at Jerry Garcia's birthday party (!).
