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Location
Portland, ME
CreativeGround
Project Title
N/A
Fiscal Year Awarded
2024
Grant or Program
New England States Touring (NEST) Grant
Grant Amount
$1,216
Mayo Street Arts will present a matinée performance of Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers’ “The Legend of Banana Kid” in March 2023.
"The Legend of the Banana Kid" features 20 hand-crafted glove, mouth and rod puppets, and a slew of flying and twirling Styrofoam bananas. Little Chucky heads to the Wild West to outwit outlaws in this cowboy adventure! With a fistful of bananas, Chucky rides into town on his trusty goat for a showdown with Big Bad Bart and his gang of bandits.
Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers is a puppetry troupe based in Bar Harbor, Maine, and comprised of three siblings: brothers Erik and Brian Torbeck and sister Robin (Torbeck) Erlandsen. Founded in 2000, Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers has performed at festivals, schools, libraries and theaters in the United States and Canada. They write and create all the shows they perform and all three of their current touring shows have received Citations of Excellence from UNIMA-USA, the highest national award in puppetry.