The Cave of Despacito

For One Night Only, Traveling Puppeteer, Playdoh, Presents…

 “The Cave of Despacito” 

A one-person variety puppet show reimagining Plato's Allegory of the Cave in a contemporary multiverse of comedic sketches. You can expect to inhabit a new reality where America is a Buffalo Wild Wings franchise, a post apocalyptic cult necromances a celebrity moose, you are attacked by a rabid email who is out for blood, and attend a Despacito-themed conference that makes you question our obsession with consuming media.

Playdoh is a multimedia performance artist exploring contested spaces and animated objects. They work as a prop and puppet maker and performer, creating work that irreverently comments on the way we structure our lives under capitalism, and the ways we try and fail to create and maintain authentic connections with one another. Puppetry performance and adjacent forms are uniquely situated to address how we perform and perceive "realness" within the artificial hells of our bureaucratic and tech-driven world.

Playdoh has a BFA in Interarts Performance from University of Michigan. They have worked and trained with Barebones Puppet Theatre, Detroit Puppet Company, Mosaic Youth Theatre, Double Edge Theatre, and The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, among others. They teach puppetry and puppet art through the College for Creative Studies Community Arts Partnership.

Here is also a link to my website: zachkolo.com

Doors open at 6:30pm to grab your favorite seat and a refreshment before showtime!