Photo Flash: Trouble Puppet's Upcoming CRUEL CIRCUS

BroadwayWorld is pleased to share images from Trouble Puppet Theater Company's upcoming production, THE CRUEL CIRCUS, an original play by Connor Hopkins.

A mysterious tinkerer brings to life an entire world of strange circus performers - some polished and complete, some clumsy and misshapen - then disappears, leaving them to make sense of who they are and what they are made for.

A new work of dark whimsy from the company who brought Austin award-winning productions of The Jungle, Frankenstein, Riddley Walker, and most recently, Toil & Trouble. Trouble Puppet deploys bunraku-style tabletop puppets to create graceful, lifelike, compelling drama for adults.

Written and directed by Artistic Director Connor Hopkins (winner of B. Iden Payne Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Drama as well as Outstanding Original Script and The Austin Examiner's Best New Play Written by an Austinite), The Cruel Circus features music by Justin Sherburn, lighting by Stephen Pruitt, sound design by K. Eliot Haynes and Bernard Klinke, costume design by Monica Gibson, and imagery by Chris Owen. The show features performances by Zac Crofford, Travis Bedard, Seth White, Rob Jacques, Jose Villarreal, Gricelda Silva, Ellie McBride, Caroline Reck, and Brock England.

THE CRUEL CIRCUS will play May 9^th - May 25^th at the Salvage Vanguard Theater at 2803 Manor Road, Austin, TX 78722. Performances are Thursday - Saturday at 8pm and Sundays at 6pm.

Tickets are $10-20 and can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/357100. Made for adults. Children 10 and up, accompanied by adults, are welcome. For more information, visit www.troublepuppet.com.