About The Marooned

The Marooned is an absurdist puppet theatre piece that takes place on the roof of a submerged house in the middle of a vast, empty seascape. Inspired by the writings of Samuel Beckett and the silent film clowns of the 1920’s, the piece explores depression and loneliness. Using bunraku-style puppetry, a table-top toy theatre set, and live-feed projection, The Marooned uses surreal and fantastical imagery to explore the enormity of emptiness.

Design Consultant: Tom Lee

JOSH RICE is a multidisciplinary theatre artist specializing in puppetry.  Credits: Dan Hurlin’s Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed (Bard SummerScape, Holland Festival); Shank’s Mare (La MaMa, Japan tour, Hawaii Tour); Petrushka with the NY Philharmonic Orchestra; The Scarlet Ibis (HERE); and his own work, The VaudeVillains and Composite Portrait at La MaMa; The Tempest, directed at Shake on the Lake and Sarah Lawrence College.  He is a Teaching Artist with the New Victory Theater and Adjunct Theatre Faculty at Pace University. He also founded and directs The Mnemonic Theatre Project, a puppetry program for seniors living with Alzheimer’s and Dementia.