Naked Knotted Neurons

August 10-15, 2015 in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Scotland
September 4-5, 2015 at the Bruce Montgomery Theatre in the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Can cognitive neuroscience tell us who we, or the people around us, really are? Can we take puppets at face value? Do puppets have faces? This tragicomic puppet show explores the multiple pweronality in every individeual. Scientific experiments go wonderfully awry when a bunch of theatre artists get their hands on top secret, super powerful puppets, stumbling onto essential biological secrets and accidentally unleashing atomic energy. This devised performance was co-created by students of the University of Pennsylvania, and merges their study of diverse subject areas, ranging from mechanical engineering to theatre to international relations.

Cast of Characters:
CATHLEEN and MOTHER ..... Grayce Hoffman
KATE ..... Josef Hoenzch
ARIANNA .... Aliyah Harris
HAEWON and CRYSTAL .... Claris Park
KEIERA ..... Aizhaneya Carter
OLUFUNMBI and SARAH .... Taiwo Sokan

Directed by Marcia Ferguson
Design and Puppets by Martina Plag