A Quarreling Pair November 5, 2009

This production is part of La MaMa Puppet Series 3, a trio of adult puppet theater productions. 'A Quarreling Pair' is actually an evening of three miniature puppet plays, including the play by that name written by American avant-garde writer Jane Bowles in the 1940s. Bowles' play is an intense study of the desire to feel both safe and free in our most precious relationships. Aphids' evening adds two more plays for the same two sister characters, one written by Lally Katz and one written by Cynthia Troup. In 'Mr Peterson's Milk' by Lally Katz, the sisters are fearlessly together, sharing a surreal adventure inside the milkman's brain. 'And When They Were Good' by Cynthia Trou,p finds the sisters restless, inhabiting an old fairytale. The evening vividly combines object theatre, live actors, puppets and music.