{"id":145722,"date":"2019-02-04T08:05:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=145722"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:03:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:03:06","slug":"community-celebrates-legend-snow-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/02\/community-celebrates-legend-snow-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Celebrates ‘Legend of the Snow Queen’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Naomi<\/a>
Naomi Tzingounis, 5, hugs her friend as she colors a picture of the Snow Queen by Matthew Sorenson. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Naomi Tzingounis, 5, hugs her friend as she colors a picture of the Snow Queen by Matthew Sorenson. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Instead<\/a>
Instead of paying for tickets, the Puppetry Department asked the audience for donations to the Windham Area Interfaith Ministry. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Instead of paying for tickets, the Puppetry Department asked the audience for donations to the Windham Area Interfaith Ministry. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Susan<\/a>
Susan Tomolis, costume shop designer for the Drama Department, speaks with Bart Roccoberton, director of the Puppet Arts program before the show begins. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Susan Tomolis, costume shop designer for the Drama Department, speaks with Bart Roccoberton, director of the Puppet Arts program before the show begins. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Esme<\/a>
Esme Roszel '20 (SFA), center, and Felicia Cooper, a first-year MFA student, perform in Matthew Sorenson\u2019s 'Legend of the Snow Queen.' (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Esme Roszel '20 (SFA), center, and Felicia Cooper, a first-year MFA student, perform in Matthew Sorenson\u2019s 'Legend of the Snow Queen.' (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Graduate<\/a>
Graduate student Felicia Cooper guides her puppet, Gerda, during the performance. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Graduate student Felicia Cooper guides her puppet, Gerda, during the performance. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Felicia<\/a>
Felicia Cooper, a first-year MFA student, left, and Esme Roszel '20 (SFA) coordinate during the puppet show\u2019s finale. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Felicia Cooper, a first-year MFA student, left, and Esme Roszel '20 (SFA) coordinate during the puppet show\u2019s finale. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Felicia<\/a>
Felicia Cooper, first-year MFA student, Esme Roszel '20 (SFA) and Tracy Becker '21 (SFA), all puppetry students, take their bow after the fifth performance of 'Legend of the Snow Queen.' (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Felicia Cooper, first-year MFA student, Esme Roszel '20 (SFA) and Tracy Becker '21 (SFA), all puppetry students, take their bow after the fifth performance of 'Legend of the Snow Queen.' (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"MFA<\/a>
MFA student Felicia Cooper shows Naomi Tzingounis, 5, the puppets up close after the show. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
MFA student Felicia Cooper shows Naomi Tzingounis, 5, the puppets up close after the show. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Tracy<\/a>
Tracy Becker '21 (SFA) shows how the lightbox works. The lightbox is used for shadow puppetry, and for introductory and transition sequences ... (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
Tracy Becker '21 (SFA) shows how the lightbox works. The lightbox is used for shadow puppetry, and for introductory and transition sequences ... (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"\u2026<\/a>
\u2026 and how the colored lights are used to create the special effects during fight and action scenes. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
\u2026 and how the colored lights are used to create the special effects during fight and action scenes. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"The<\/a>
The reindeer, known as Bae in Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s The Snow Queen, plays an important role in the story on which Sorenson based his play. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)l\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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The reindeer, known as Bae in Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s The Snow Queen, plays an important role in the story on which Sorenson based his play. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)l\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div>\"Matthew<\/a>
Matthew Sorenson, an MFA student in puppet arts, demonstrates how the puppets work. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)l\/UConn Photo)<\/div>
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Matthew Sorenson, an MFA student in puppet arts, demonstrates how the puppets work. (Lucas Voghell '20 (CLAS)l\/UConn Photo)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Throughout the weekend, a troupe of UConn students in the Puppet Arts Program entertained the community with a puppetry performance based on Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s famous fairy tale, The Snow Queen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Matthew Sorenson, an MFA candidate, wrote, directed, and designed Legend of the Snow Queen, <\/em>drawing\u00a0from the television shows he grew up with, such as He-Man, to give the show more kid-friendly action.<\/p>\n

In the story, a formidable journey is undertaken by a young girl named Gerda to save her friend Kai, who has vanished mysteriously. Through a chance meeting with a strange old woman and an enchanted sword, Gerda ventures into a magical world. She is allied with a misfit group of creatures who help her to harness the power of her own unique gifts. Gerda faces the Snow Queen and embarks on a dangerous adventure that leaves her forever changed.<\/p>\n

Sorenson wrote the play to inspire children to be able to solve problems with compassion and kindness. He plans to further refine the flow of the performance and then bring it to other theaters around the state.<\/p>\n

Esme Roszel ’20 (SFA) sculpted the human faces of the puppets, and the cast \u2013 including MFA student Felicia Cooper and Tracy Becker ’21 (SFA) \u2013 pitched in to create outfits, set pieces, and props used during the performance.\u00a0The lighting design was created by Matt Lazarus ’19 (SFA), and an original score was written by Lucky Cerruti, a professional musician from New York City. The production was performed at the UConn Studio Theatre.<\/p>\n

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