En Mer Avec Louise Bourgeois
| Puppet Festival 2026
[Program tbd]
Runtime: 50 Minutes
A haunting found-object theatre piece
where discarded things reveal fragments of the memories, and obsessions that animated Louise Bourgeois’s work well into her 90s.
Credits
Michelle Beshaw: Creator/Performer/Designer
Deborah Beshaw-Farrell: Performer
Federico Restrepo: Lighting Designer
The artists
Michelle Beshaw
@beshawmichelle
bio
Michelle Beshaw is a Brooklyn-based theatre artist and performer whose work has appeared at La MaMa, PS 122, city parks, community centers, stairwells, and even a broom closet. Her original works include The Napier Project, developed as a resident artist in the Mabou Mines Suite; Sheep Musing, presented in St. Ann’s Warehouse’s Labapalooza; and Wave: An Incantation, featured in La MaMa’s 2019 Puppet Slam. Michelle is a company member of the Czech-American Marionette Theatre and a longtime collaborator with the Puppeteers Cooperative. She is delighted to be working once again with one of her favorite performers, Debbie Beshaw-Farrell, with whom she has shared a lifelong creative partnership.
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.
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