Baby Universe

Inspired by scientific events and theories of our time, Baby Universe is an original work using hand-and-rod puppets, robots (The Stephen Hawking 5000), video projection, and animation. It is about the search for answers to the philosophical questions of our existence, as told through the relationship of an isolated woman and her mail order companion, “Baby Universe.” Using science, religion, and the imagination, Baby Universe will explore the human relationship to birth, death, the need for companionship, and the fear of isolation.
 
Wakka Wakka Productions is an award-winning theatre company based in New York City. They have created and produced six original works of innovative visual theatre, overlapping in a wide range of styles, incorporating object movement, puppetry, and masks. In 2007, they performed at the National Theatre of Norway in a centennial celebration of the playwright Henrik Ibsen. Their latest production Fabrik: The Legend of M. Rabinowitz received a Drama Desk Award Nomination, Unima Citation of Excellence, and Henry Hewes Award Nomination for Puppet Design. More information on the company is available on their website.
 
This free workshop/work-in-progress presentation is part of the Watermill Center's Fall 2009 Artists-in-Residence program.