The Smallest Theater in the World: an introduction to teatro lambe-lambe

We’re so excited to welcome DC-based artist, Cecilia Cackley, to Flower City Arts Center to lead a special workshop on Saturday, September 26th, following her performance at Central Library during the Rochester Fringe Festival.

The Smallest Theater in the World: an introduction to teatro lambe-lambe

Build a tiny puppet theater show for one person in this workshop with DC artist Cecilia Cackley. Invented in Brazil in 1989, teatro lambe-lambe is a form of street theater that uses miniature puppets to tell stories for one person at a time.

In this workshop you'll storyboard a short piece, create puppets and a background and brainstorm how to bring your miniature world to life for the audience peeking through the peephole. Perfect for anyone interested in miniatures, puppetry and storytelling.

All materials provided.

$55 members $75 nonmembers

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Cecilia Cackley is a puppeteer, playwright and teaching artist based in Washington DC. She is a co-founder of Wit’s End Puppets and co-creator of the shows Cabinets of Kismet, Saudade and Malevolent Creatures. Her bilingual children’s plays have been developed at the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices Festival and presented by GALA Hispanic Theater.

Cecilia studied teatro lambe-lambe with Gabriela Céspedes and has created miniature street theater inspired by a wide variety of themes such as creative women of the 20th century and traditional Mexican music. She has performed her lambe-lambe shows at both local and international events, including the World Puppetry Festival in Charleville-Méziéres, France. Cecilia currently teaches PreK visual art in a DC public school and has taught teatro lambe-lambe workshops for many ages, including a video lesson as part of the Kennedy Center’s Teaching Artists Present program.

Learn more about the Small Talk Theater performance at Rochester Fringe Festival HERE.