This original staging is a toy theater production of Edward Gorey’s “three volumes of moral instruction,” The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Insect God, and The West Wing, by Chicago’s own Blair Thomas & Company. Inspired by the same Victorian spirit from which Gorey drew, these miniature paper theater productions faithfully render the macabre delight of these tiny parables.

Click thumbnail to enlarge. Photos by Joe Mazza at Brave Lux.

Adaptor, Director, Designer           Blair Thomas

Scroll, Book and Puppet Design     Lizi Breit

Diorama Design                                Tyler Culligan

Songs by                                               Michael Smith

Audio Recording                                Mark Messing

Ghastleycrumb Tinies Puppet Design     Chris Wooten

Stage Construction and Rigging        John Kupczak

Performed By

Joe Mazza     Master of Ceremonies

Lizi Breit     Puppeteer and Violin

Tyler Culligan Puppeteer and Guitar