Theater Toys

Travelin’ Light

A Guys and Dolls matchbook bought at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. This is a hip independent bookshop, and the other matchbooks for sale were all lit-based rather than theatrical. The image on the matchbook cover is from the first edition of Damon Runyon’s short story collection Guys and Dolls (with an intro by Heywood Broun), … Continue reading »

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Sides

I put together this facsimile paper theater (from Pollock’s Toy Theatres, published in 1972) with scissors and a gluestick. The only remaining thing is to figure out what to present in it. For a paper theater, something flat, black & white and two-dimensional seems appropriate. But if I did a Wendy Wasserstein play, I’d have … Continue reading »

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