dra-gon-ci-llo
De dragón y -cillo.
1. A small dragon.
2. A short, silly play written in the 1600s by a silly Spanish playwright, Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
3. The member of a peculiar troupe of puppeteers.
DRAGONCILLO IS A PUPPETRY TROUPE COMPRISED OF UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS SPECIALIZING IN GOLDEN AGE THEATRE: JASON YANCEY (GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY); ESTHER FERNÁNDEZ (RICE UNIVERSITY); JONATHAN WADE (MEREDITH COLLEGE); JARED WHITE (Hillsdale College); and Alejandra Juno Rodríguez-Villar (Hanover College). THE GROUP DEBUTED IN APRIL 2018 WITH A SHADOW PUPPET ADAPTATION OF THE JUAN RANA FIGURE FROM GOLDEN AGE ENTREMESES INTO AN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION TITLED, “THE FABULOUS JOHNNY FROG,” OFFERING PERFORMANCES IN EL PASO, TEXAS, AND GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. THE COMPANY IS DEDICATED TO IMAGINATIVE STORYTELLING THAT EDUCATES WHILE IT ENTERTAINS.
Meet the people behind the puppets!
A custom-built stage for every occasion…
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