Matthew Gawryk & Dan Kerr-Hobert present Italo Calvino’s

Invisible Cities: A Toy Theater Atlas

Performance Dates

Wednesday, May 22: 7pm

Thursday, May 23: 7pm

Friday, May 24: 7pm

Saturday, May 25: 12pm, 7pm

Sunday, May 26: 12pm

Performance Length

90 Minutes total.  A short opening act featuring a guest artist will be presented at the top of the program, followed by a 10 minute break.  Invisible Cities runs 55 minutes. 

About the Performance

Invisible Cities is a conversation between Kublai Khan and his emissary Marco Polo.  Even as the Khan feels his empire eroding beneath him, Marco Polo forms the slipping sands into the cities of the emperor's dreams.

Recently featured at the Chicago International Puppet Festival, this toy theater adaptation of Italo Calvino's renowned novel compresses 19 cities into a menagerie of objects that articulate the narrative, using a variety of mediums including puppetry, object theater, paper mechanics and living sculpture.  www.toy-atlas.com

“In Invisible Cities, the intricacy of the objects tells the story” - Irene Hsiao, Reader Reporter of Chicago

“a tour de force of ingenuity, encapsulated in miniature… tiny portraits evoking longing with an elusive, unaccountable sense of recognition.” - Tracy Davis, Historiographer of Performance

“An incredible distillation of the novel.” - Dylan Zavango, Librarian of Deerfield