July 14, 2026

Tiresias Presents New Weird Future: a Work in Process

Tiresias
| Puppet Festival 2026

November 12 – 15

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ASL interpreted performance:
November 15, Sunday, 5pm

Runtime: 60 minutes

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a speculative eco-opera and puppet pageant-in-process that imagines futures of multispecies flourishing in the ruins of the Anthropocene.

Tiresias Presents New Weird Future: A Work In Process is a speculative eco-opera and puppet pageant-in-process that imagines futures of multispecies flourishing in the ruins of the Anthropocene. A collective act of radical queer defiance against apathetic submission to climate apocalypse, New Weird Future promises utopian visions of eclectic, non-innocent entanglements on Future Earth.

Credits

Writer, Director, Composer, Producer: Tiresias
Performers: Synead, Wes Olivier aka Klondyke, Ellen Zahniser, Mizuho Kappa, Nicki Kissil, Emily Batsford, & Tiresias
Musicians: Darian Donovan Thomas, Angélica Negrón, & Tristan Allen
Production/Stage Manager & Associate Producer: Celia Krefter
Lead Puppet Designer: Tom Lee
Puppet Captains: Tristan Allen & Emily Batsford
Puppet Builders: Zachary Sun & Averly Sheltraw

Headpiece Builder: Jacky Kelsey

Costume Design: Ezra Moth
Lighting Design: Celia Krefter

Scenic Design: Caratoes

Choral Direction: Wes Olivier aka Klondyke

Choreography: Mizuho Kappa

Bird Automaton Designer: Deborah Maris Lader

Dramaturges: Nicolas Baird & Helena Pennington
Fairy Godfather: Theresa Buchheister

The artist

Tiresias
@whoistiresias

bio

A hybrid writer, director, composer, performer, puppeteer, mythmaker, shapeshifter, drag-thing, songbird and ritualist whose work explores queer ecologies, weird mythologies, and speculative futures. They have presented dozens of original performance works around the world, and received fellowships, residencies, and awards from Ucross, MacDowell, Sitka, Millay Arts, Bogliasco, The Jim Henson Foundation, The Princess Grace Foundation, The Mercury Store, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Luce, Marshall, Fulbright, and elsewhere.

Social Narrative

The 12th La MaMa Puppet Festival Fall 2026 is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation. Additional support from Cheryl Henson is gratefully acknowledged.