“Mia M.I.A.” a shadow puppet musical – February 5-15

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Mia M.I.A.” tells the incredible adventure of Ella, an earthling struggling with grief and the finality of death. After her love, Mia disappears, she is swept into an enchanted dimension of magic, space travel, and music  in this lo-fi space pop, hip hop, folk opera. Along with her new companions, Ella embarks on a quest to find lost loved ones, liberation and healing.

Building on an aesthetic MRS productions have been exploring over the years, “Mia M.I.A.” embraces the interplay between actor and shadow, silhouette and song, , and puppets that can perform both behind and in front of the shadow screen. The characters wander in and out of paper-cut worlds of shadow and light, inviting the audience into a live theatrical enchantment.

Midnight Radio Show is a multidisciplinary, sci-fi fairytale theatre collective  based out of Brooklyn, NYC. The company creates collaborative works headed up by creative director and “bona fide fairy princess” Charlotte Lily Gaspard, joined by a diverse group of artists, musicians, actors and puppeteers.

Inspired by the creation of science fiction fairytales, afro-futurism, and the love of shadow puppets, Midnight Radio Show experiments with visual art, music, puppetry, and oral traditions of storytelling to create avant garde theatrical commentary on our modern world.