Laurencio Carlos Ruiz

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    TETEIONAN

    TETEIONAN

    TETEIONAN

    TETEIONAN

    TETEIONAN

    TETEIONAN

    This is the story of a mythical Aztec Goddess who gave birth to all celestial things, like the sun, moon, stars and the earth, and his children who created humanity. This puppet show is based on the Aztec’s mythical realism.

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    QUENAMICAN

    QUENAMICAN

    Southern Illinois University of Carbondale, MI.

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    QUENAMICAN

    QUENAMICAN

    A puppet show that honors those who die in their attempt to migrate for a better life, migrate North, across the Southern Border, to the place where, somehow, life goes on. According to Aztec mythology, that place is called Quenamican. This show casts light on what happens to all immigrants who, for any reason, leave their homeland and, consequently, leave a part of themselves behind, their Absence.

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    INCONGRUOUS

    INCONGRUOUS

    THE VIRGIN OF THE MILK
    Is a lovely mother with prosthetic arms breast-feeding her hungry baby until the child falls asleep. Out of the blue, the baby manages more breast-feeding in a very unexpected way.
    (Selected as one of the nine best showcase of excellence and variety in the field of short form adult puppet theatre by the National Puppet Slam Network. Performed at the Eugene O’Neil Theatre Center National puppet Pre-Conference and at the National Puppetry Festival, UConn 2015.)

    INCONGRUOUS

    INCONGRUOUS

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    Preliminary sketch

    INCONGRUOUS

    INCONGRUOUS

    Is a puppet show based on six assorted collected stories about people from different ages, backgrounds and struggles in life. This is the one and only out-of-place puppet show that literally bares it all, exposing the strange, odd, curious, queer, absurd, bizarre in all of us.

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    theLASTree

    theLASTree

    theLASTree

    theLASTree

    theLASTree

    theLASTree

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    Sadomasofixions and Other Tales

    Sadomasofixions and Other Tales

    What happened if Jesus comes back but he lost his memory? He doesn’t remember who he is or who he was. He is confused, he doesn’t know if he is a political prisoner or a masochist. These is a cabaret style show for mature audience on your own risk.

    Sadomasofixions and Other Tales

    Sadomasofixions and Other Tales

    Sadomasofixions and Other Tales

    Sadomasofixions and Other Tales

    This is the story of Cheese-Ass (a wood-carved man) condemned to capital punishment, who one day awakens to find himself hanging on a telephone pole. Without hope and incapable of moving, he fights against himself, his demons, and even his guardian angel. Time passes and still the reasons for understanding why he hangs escape him. Suddenly, a sinister voice interacts with him. Lucy (devil and guardian angel) claims her right to desire, to the pleasure of being her

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    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Doggie Balloon

    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Gree

    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Doggie Balloon
    The sketch is an interactive performance in which audience members will have the opportunity to be the puppet's right hand. Together, complete a task, making a doggie balloon.

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    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Doggie Balloon

    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Doggie Balloon

    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Doggie Balloon
    The sketch is an interactive performance in which audience members have the opportunity to be the puppet's right hand. Together, blow up, tie up, twist and create a doggie balloon.

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    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Cooking Shark Soup

    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Cooking Shark Soup

    GIVE ME A HAND

    GIVE ME A HAND

    Cooking Shark Soup

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    Carnival

    Carnival

    Carnival

    Carnival

    Carnival

    Carnival

    Created one entire new scene with Life-size puppets for Carnaval that would not normally be considered or include in a play.

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    lincoln

    lincoln

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    Frog and Toad

    Frog and Toad

    Frog and Toad

    Frog and Toad

    Frog and Toad

    Frog and Toad

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    DSC05709

    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

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    Little Shop of Horrors

    Little Shop of Horrors

    Little Shop of Horrors

    Little Shop of Horrors

    Little Shop of Horrors

    Little Shop of Horrors

    Audre

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    Kitchen Cabaret

    Kitchen Cabaret

    MR SICK.
    first version

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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Shadow Puppets Opening Scene

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Shadow puppets
    created for A Midsummer Night's Dream opening scene that would not normally be considered or include puppetry.

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    Eurydice

    Eurydice

    Shadow puppets
    created for Eurydice scene, that would not normally be considered or include puppetry

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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

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