Marionette performer and designer Joseph Cashore will perform a show most Americans will have never experienced before on Friday night, according to Chairman of the Theatre Department George Angell.
Cashore, who has performed across Europe and North America, features handmade marionettes with a complex assortment of armatures, or wire sculptures, set to classical music.
This is the fourth time Cashore has performed at Hillsdale College. Angell said marionette performance is an underappreciated art form in the United States.
“Marionettes have been around nearly as long as shadow puppets,” he said. “We have evidence of marionettes dating back to Egypt.”
He said students should expect a vivid display of emotion and story on Friday night.
“He’s totally awesome,” Angell said. “They will never have seen anything like it before and unlikely to see anything like it again unless they travel to Europe.”
The performance is part of the guest artist series put on by the music, theatre, and art departments.
“This is the college’s cultural offering to the community at large,” said Angell.
