Puppetry Meets Film Noir in Staging of PAPER CUT at the Center for Puppetry Arts

When a secretary stays at work after hours, her lonely corner of the office becomes the setting for an imaginary world of old-school glamour and romance. Soon, the line blurs between reality and fantasy, and her romantic tale becomes a hilarious, Hitchcockian nightmare. Yael Rasooly, a one-woman tour de force from Tel Aviv, Israel, created and stars in the internationally acclaimed, adult show. Paper Cut has been performed at 40 festivals in 15 countries and will play the Center for Puppetry Arts Downstairs Theater for one weekend only, June 21-24.

Paper Cut is presented as part of the New Directions Series for Adults and Teens. Age recommendations vary with each production. Premiering with Paper Cut, the 2018-19 season includes five New Directions Series productions, as part of a larger initiative to offer more programming for adult audiences, which will continue with the after-hours Puppet Party Series beginning in August.

Paper Cut presented by Yael Rasooly of Tel Aviv, Israel
Audiences ages 15 and up are invited to explore the obsessions and dangers of romantic fantasies

June 21-24
Show times are as follows:
Thursday-Saturday: 8 p.m.
Sunday: 5 p.m.

Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
Paper Cut is presented in the Downstairs Theater

Ticket prices:
Thursday and Sunday: $22 (Members) and $30 (nonmembers) plus sales tax
Friday and Saturday: $25 (Members) and $35 (nonmembers) plus sales tax
Tickets include admission to the performance and the Worlds of PuppetryMuseum (with the largest collection of Jim Henson puppets and artifacts in the world as well as a Global Gallery). Beer and wine bar open one hour before performance. Tickets are available online at www.puppet.org or by calling 404.873.3391. Paper Cut is sponsored in part by the Consulate General of Israel to the Southeast.

Photo by Boaz Zippor