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Still shot from Mary Segment

D-Generation Mary Segment

An excerpt from a video segment Michel Moyse created for D-Generation, a Sandglass Puppet Theater performance work exploring dementia. This excerpt is adapted from Michel’s personal experiences with his mother, who suffered from dementia for many years before passing away last year.

Sandglass Puppet Theater's Elwood puppet

The Brattleboro Reformer on D-Generation

The Brattleboro Reformer calls Elwood ‘outgoing and mischievous…an old guy who’s personality matches the bulldog on his sweatshirt”. The articles goes on to describe some of Elwood’s other charming characteristics, and it’s hard to believe he is talking about a puppet. And that’s the point. The realism of the characters, …