Song of the Soos
soos /soo-s/ noun: the sound the leaves make when the breeze blows through the trees
Upcoming
Hand Puppet Workshop
A 4-class series in June, at the HERE Gallery
Want to learn how paper, cardboard and glue can turn into hand puppets that tell stories? Well, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! Over a course of 4 classes, Susie George will teach basic and less than basic techniques for making “Punch and Judy style” puppets that, with your help, can perform. For Adults and Kids ages 9 and up.
Fee: $110 for the 4 class series.
Time: Tuesdays in June, 3:30-5:30pm. Begins June 3rd.
RESERVE YOUR SPOT, Contact Susie
Shows
If you would like to book one of the following shows, please Contact Susie.
A Harp of Fishbones
Inspired by Joan Aiken’s tale of the same title, orphan Nerryn goes on a journey in search of her origins. The harp that she plays helps her on her way. A 40 minute, interactive, one-woman marionette musical in the style of Czech miniature marionette theater, A Harp of FishBones is the culmination of a workshop done with Mirek Trejtnar of Puppets in Prague. It is performed with 9-inch tall wooden marionettes, carved by the puppeteer herself.
The Brave Little Parrot
A fable from the Buddhist Jataka tales, a little parrot attempts to put out a whole forest fire all by herself. Will others come to help? This 8-minute moral tale is performed cantastoria-style. Cantastoria is Italian for “sung story” and is a form of picture story recitation involving a narrator or singer and painted images on cloth.
“Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings a tune without the words and never stops at all.” ~ Emily Dickinson
Susie George sings Jazz
An eccentric musical adventure, this jazz singing comic puppeteer collaborates with a variety of musicians to create an evening of serious jazz lounge mixed with comic surprise. With a few guest puppet appearances, Susie George and friends create an evening of inspired entertainment.
The Soos Shop
Look for clay creatures, paintings and other bits of whimsy after the show! Click the image below to see more.
Class Offerings
If you are interested in any of the following and would like to rally up a class or workshop for kids or adults, please Contact Susie.
Hand Puppet Making
Participants each design their own original character, and create a hand puppet using felt or papier mache.
Cantastoria
Learn the history of Cantastoria, perform one, and begin the steps to making your own.
Puppetshow Making
Take your already made puppets and collaboratively create a story for them to perform!
Village Sing!
Come together in song. Learn rounds, silly songs, seasonal tunes and more. All voices welcome.
About
Song of the Soos is the theater and puppetry work of Susie George. Susie is a puppeteer, storyteller, singer and harpist who resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Susie started playing with puppets at the age of 5, but officially began studying the form at Emerson College in Boston where she received a BA in Theater Studies. For many years, Susie toured regionally and internationally as a resident puppeteer with the Bread and Puppet Theater where she worked closely with founders Peter and Elka Schumann and performed in an abundance of circuses, pageants, stage shows, street shows and operas. Susie began harp lessons in the Salzedo method at the age of 10; she now accompanies her own voice as well as plays improvisationally. Susie was a Music Together teacher for 7 years teaching music to families and also taught clown classes to children and adults at Wisefool New Mexico before becoming a Lead Elementary teacher at the Santa Fe Waldorf School. Upon the school’s abrupt closure, Susie took up her own creative work revisiting ideas of puppet shows not yet made and characters not yet built. Thus Song of the Soos began.
She is also a member of Teatro Duende, a marionette theater sponsored by the New Mexico Museum of Art.
