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ATW Digest - Disfarmer opens at St. Ann's Warehouse - read the reviews

By Andy Propst on Feb 2, 2009 | In ATW Digest

New York Times

An Eccentric Existence: Ice Cream, Beer and Art
The reclusive life of an American eccentric is examined in scrupulous, sometimes strange detail in this exquisitely designed but conceptually thin puppet-theater work.

Gothamist

Opinionist: Disfarmer
Reclusive portrait photographer Mike Disfarmer (1917-1956) believed he was a foundling dropped on his parents' property by a tornado, and as an adult he legally changed his name from Meyer to Disfarmer to disassociate himself from his small-town Arkansas milieu ...

Variety

Review: Disfarmer
As beautiful and precise as a model railroad, Dan Hurlin's lush "Disfarmer" fills the stage with all the tiny, heartbreaking miracles that make up the lonely life of his puppet hero.

TheaterMania

Review: Disfarmer
Dan Hurlin has crafted a beautifully evocative puppet-theater piece about photographer Mike Disfarmer.

 

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