For Immediate Release
Contact: Chris Humphrey at (512) 923-2277 or info@chrishumphrey.org

Small Appliance Puppet Theater Presents

PUPPET GOVERNMENT
(World Premiere of the full-length version)

The New York International Fringe Festival – FringeNYC
A production of the Present Company
August 11th – 27th

All Tickets: $15. Click here for tickets or call
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Small Appliance Puppet Theater is proud to present PUPPET GOVERNMENT as part of the 10th annual New York International Fringe Festival – FringeNYC. (performance schedule here.) From Austin, Texas – once home to George W. Bush – comes a brave troupe of appliance-wielding actors to tell the story of the President and his Cabinet as seen never before.

If President George W. Bush were an appliance, what would he be? In this political satire, the Appliance-in-Chief and his friends sing and dance in musical numbers, deliver bizarre press conferences, and start an exciting war. When the President needs help, the WrongCo™ Appliance Salesman is always there with a new product. But some gadgets, such as the Amazing 12-in-1 War ’n Iraq, don’t quite live up to WrongCo’s promises. “Sharp political jabs!” – The Daily Texan. “Best of the Fest,” 2006 FronteraFest theater festival, Austin, Texas.

PUPPET GOVERNMENT features Jeff Swearingen (“The Last Castrato,” FringeNYC 2005), Paula Gilbert (“Medea,” Austin TX), Joe Bowen (“Camelot,”Austin TX), Ben Johnston (“A Ride with Bob” 2005 tour), and author Steve Barney (“Wade,” FringeNYC 2005). Chris Humphrey (“A Ride with Bob” 2005 tour) directed the show, composed and arranged the music, and designed the puppets.

Small Appliance Puppet Theater is a new theater company made up of old friends. The group is based in Austin, Texas and is dedicated to shining the light of truth on today’s political leaders – while creating an opportunity to laugh.

How did the President decide to go to war in Iraq? What actually happened in the Ohio voting booths? And who’s really running the White House...? For answers to these and other burning questions, come see PUPPET GOVERNMENT!