shadow puppets, Bunraku puppets, masks, digital projection, multimedia productions, original music, the dark and macabre...and when we say puppets, we don't just mean muppets. Rogue Artists Ensemble has used everything from intricate Indonesian-style shadow puppets to three-foot-tall puppets that require three operators (based on Bunraku puppetry, a Japanese art form) to six-foot-tall harness puppets worn by a single actor...click on our pictures to see examples of Rogue Artists Ensemble work!
Music
Rogue Artists Ensemble is proud to have collaborated with many talented musicians, including Ego Plum, The Ditty Bops, Chris Merrit (Paperface), Jeff Mayfield (Piltatope), Daniel Munoz (Fillopia), Ben Phelps, Run Run Run, Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam), Julian Tulip's Licorice, Hungry Ghost, Stairwell...and more to come!
If any musicians or bands are interested in creating original music for use in a production, email us at rogue@rogueartists.org.
Movies
To celebrate Rogue Artists Ensemble’s 5th anniversary, we premiered an original adaptation of the famed graphic novel "Mr. Punch" by the author/illustrator team of Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean. Brought to life by the Rogues in Hyper-theater, this project featured a dizzying array of visual elements to allow the audience to feel as if they have stepped into a graphic novel. Audiences loved it so much that we're bringing it back this summer to Los Angeles! Stop by our website at www.rogueartists.org to find out more.
Originally published in 1995 and centered on a Punch and Judy performer at a sea side arcade and is a twisted tale of murder that explores the fragmented nature of memory. Mr. Punch is a dark fable about the innocence of childhood and the pain of adulthood.
Television
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Books
The Rogues are always interested in bringing literature to life on stage and have created numerous productions adapted from some of the greatest literature of our time including the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Nikolai Gogol, Sophocles, Oscar Wilde, and more!
Heroes
Neil Gaiman:
Bestselling author Neil Gaiman has long been one of the top writers in modern comics, as well as writing books for readers of all ages. He is listed in the Dictionary of Literary Biography as one of the top ten living post-modern writers, and is a prolific creator of works of prose, poetry, film, journalism, comics, song lyrics, and drama.
His children's novel Coraline, published in 2002, was also a New York Times and international bestseller and an enormous critical success; it won the Elizabeth Burr/ Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards. Director Henry Selick is making the film “Coraline,” with music provided by the band They Might Be Giants.
His New York Times bestselling 2001 novel for adults, American Gods, was awarded the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards, was nominated for many other awards, including the World Fantasy Award and the Minnesota Book Award, and appeared on many best-of-year lists.
Born and raised in England, Neil Gaiman now lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has somehow reached his forties and still tends to need a haircut.
Rogue Artists Ensemble was founded by a group of theater designers and artists studying at University of California, Irvine who were moved to create a series of productions that would both inspire new discoveries in theatrical storytelling as well as promote collaboration among artists in multiple disciplines. Eventually, the Rogues discovered their own passion and style by employing a myriad of storytelling techniques such as digital media, music, dance, puppetry, mask work, special effects, theatrical illusions and other underrepresented art forms which together they defined as Hyper-theater. The Rogue Artists Ensemble recognizes the value in creating compelling, sophisticated theatre that is driven by thought provoking stories and a modern awareness and sensibility.
Since its inception in 2001, the Rogue Artists Ensemble has garnered critical acclaim, being dubbed "the most buzzed about new arrival on the Orange County theater scene" by the Los Angeles Times in 2004 and being called by the OC Weekly “a genuinely imaginative and gleefully creative troupe of theater artists.” Nominated by the Los Angeles Weekly for Mask Design for HYPERBOLE: epiphany and presented with a special award for “Theater Oriented Puppet Design” by the Orange County Weekly, the Rogues continue to deliver a product that peaks the interest of theater goers and non theater goers alike.
Rogue Artists Ensemble frequently act as a trafficker of collaboration. By guiding guest artists in the creation of new work and providing a safe playground for experimentation in the arts Rogue projects often bridge the gaps between multiple disciplines and art forms. To date the Rogues have collaborated with over 30 different musicians, an opera company, five different theater companies, and over one hundred actors, writers, directors, and designers.
Who I'd like to meet: Visit www.rogueartists.org for information on productions past and present, designer bios and conceptual art (and don't forget to sign up for our mailing list!).
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