Otis Rabbit's Uncle Gus runs an occasional shelter for good puppet stages in need of a loving home, or at least a puppeteer who understands and can work with these gently used theaters.
Right now, for puppeteers in the Twin Cities (because honestly you probably aren't going to drive cross country and shipping would be astronomical), he has two stages.
The first is a shadow puppet stage designed and built by Paul Eide and used by Joan Mickelson, I performed Poulenc's "Babar the Elephant" with Joan using this stage. As you can see it has a large screen area, but is quite adaptable. The stage has a wooden frame and a painted canvas covering. The electrical grid is a grounded three prong, but I would update the wiring if I were using it. All in all, a very, very nice stage.
Free to a good home or at least a nice puppeteer.
Second, this is a folding divider stage. As you can see it "accordians" out and folds to a relatively small space. Great for those school or church programs who don't have a lot of storage, but want something to "play" behind. Originally, this divider was part of a larger commercial trade show booth configuration. Again, a mighty nice stage at a fantastic price--FREE.
If you are interested in either of these stages, please contact Wayne or Otis Rabbit by email at
wayne@otisrabbit.com.
