Our recent shadow puppetry work at Wentworth School in Scarborough, Maine was a lovely and fruitful collaboration! FST Director of Education Ian Bannon offered four performances of “Jester Kings of Java” to reach the entire school, participated in an hour-long interview for the school media channel, and conducted a professional development workshop to help teachers integrate their […]

FST Director of Education, Ian Bannon, will perform Jester Kings of Java for students at Wentworth Elementary School in Scarborough, Maine on March 27th & 28th. On April 22nd, Ian will return to offer a professional development training to the teachers at Wentworth, instructing them on the construction of a simple shadow puppet and starting a discussion […]

From adaptations of beloved classics from page to stage to interactive performances inspired by great literature, The Rosenbach presents theatrical arts in an intimate setting. The library’s collection includes the only surviving copy of Benjamin Franklin’s first Poor Richard Almanac, the manuscript of James Joyce’s Ulysses, the papers of poet Marianne Moore, and Bram Stoker’s […]

We made a final trip to College of the Holy Cross last week as part of our Arts Transcending Borders residency. Holy Cross students and staff members accompanied FST Director of Education Ian Bannon on a field trip to the St. Francis Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Worcester, where Ian conducted a TimeSlips storytelling session for a dozen residents with […]

In a brilliant theatrical adaptation with haunting shadow projections, masked dance, and puppetry, Maine-based Figures of Speech Theatre brings contemporary composer David Lang’s the little match girl passion to the stage in collaboration with the Holy Cross Chamber Singers. Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Music, Lang’s exquisite score recasts the H.C. Andersen classic […]

Sponsored by Arts Transcending Borders, College of the Holy Cross’ Department of English and Catholic Studies Program, and the Worcester County Poetry Association

John Farrell memorized T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets –all eight hundred and ninety-one lines of it– in 2011 and now recites this poetic masterwork from memory. The recitation, which lasts one hour and twenty minutes without intermission, affords the audience the opportunity to immerse themselves in Eliot’s language for a truly unique, meditative experience. February 15 at 7:00 PM […]

Join us for this re-telling of Hans Christian Andersen in this beautiful venue in the Western Maine Foothills. For more information and tickets, call (207) 743-8452 or you may purchase tickets online.

John Farrell memorized T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets –all eight hundred and ninety-one lines of it– in 2011 and now recites this poetic masterwork from memory. The performance, which lasts one hour and twenty minutes without intermission, affords the audience the opportunity to immerse themselves in Eliot’s language for a truly unique, meditative experience. With special guest […]

This weekend, we’re joining 7 other puppet artists on stage at Mayo Street Arts’ annual King Friday’s Dungeon Puppet Slam! FST Ian Bannon will be sharing an early shadow experiment in first-person point-of-view immersion, Are You Here|Here You Are. This year’s performance is expanded to two performances to accommodate the sell-out crowds. Don’t get left […]