jeanette oi-suk yew

Puppetry & Original Creation
Production Direction & Design Venue
2009 Upcoming    
The Butcher Men (on tour) Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew Seattle, WA
a toy theater adaptation of a contemporary fairy tale written by Bret Fetzer.
 
HeartBeat Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew NYC and Seattle, WA
a parlor adaptation of three Franz Kafka short stories. It includes both shadow and toy theater puppetry.
     
2008    
Charlotte's Web Louisa Luisi The New Players Company, NJ
puppets design and fabrication for the Goose, the Gander, the Sheep and Templeton.
     
2007    
The Hunter Gracchus Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew Open Eye Figure Theatre's Toy Theatre After Dark, Minneapolis MN
an adaptation of a Franz Kafka short story with the same title. It was a palor shadow puppet production.
     
MILK Alison Heimstead, Shannon Scrofano and Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew St. Ann's Warehouse Puppet Lab, NY
a work-in-progress experimental puppetry production based on the Book of Genesis. This production combined puppeting digital media feed thru LCD panels with table-top puppetry. Using the story of Noah's Ark as the main thread, this piece explored our soceital structure today through the theme of nations building.
 
2006    
Slept: a corporeal study on narcolepsy on a cellular level of forgetting Cat Cooper, Alison Heimstead and Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew Great Small Works, NY
a micro toy theater based on the story of Rip Van Wrinkle. Using this traditional story as the foundation, this production explored our political laissez-faireism.
 
The Butcher Men Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew California Institute of the Arts Theatre, LA
a toy theater adaptation of a contemporary fairy tale written by Bret Fetzer. This production was invited to perform at the Prague Quadrennial 2007 (PQ07). PQ is a scenographic exhibition that features all aspects of theater designs and puppetry from around the world.
 
1996 - 2003    
The Big Friendly Giant David Wood Seattle Children's Theatre, WA
shadow puppets design and fabrication.
 
Lucia Zenteno Nathan Scott Cry of the Rooster, Seattle WA
performer and shadow puppets fabrication.
 
The Butterfly Dream Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew Rainier Valley Youth Theatre, Seattle WA
a traditional Chinese opera performed in English by inner-city youth with a traditional Chinese youth orchestra.
 
The Dragon (1996) Christopher Petit Open Circle Theatre, Seattle WA
shadow puppets design and choreography.
 
The Doctor In Spite of Himself (1996) Shawn Belyea One World Theatre, Seattle WA
life-sized hand puppets design and fabrication for Leandre and Lucinde.