West Claremont Center for Music and the Arts

Quill and Foyle's Hasty Composure is a No Strings Marionette Company and Paul Perley Collaboration featuring puppetry and live music. An all-ages show, funded in part by a creation grant from The Vermont Arts Council that pairs puppeteers Dan Baginski and Barbara Paulson with composer and conductor Paul Perley and a live quintet of local musicians. The original musical score provides a magical soundscape to experience
the interplay of marionettes and scenery uniquely created to enact the tale of twins Quill and Foyle as they set out to find their life's purpose.
Along the way motives are challenged as they contemplate conferring upon living ecosystems the rights human beings hold for themselves. Sometimes the space between what we want and what we should do create big problems! The pair’s courage and determination develop
connections to the natural world as they uncover layers about themselves they never knew existed. The production is a fantasy about ourselves and climate issues.