Betsy Tobin presents innovative solo shows and multi-media productions for all ages. Her award-winning performances which integrate acting, puppets, shadow theatre, masks, and video imagery have received critical acclaim across Europe and in the United States. In her workshops, participants learn to express themselves in new ways through traditional and innovative theatre and puppetry techniques.
MOMENT IN TIME
by Betsy Tobin & Michael Gunst
This puppet theatre performance is a collaboration between Now Or Never Theatre and Gunstwork Puppet Mask Theatre with music by Jesse Manno.
Inspired by real-life situations captured in vintage photographs, Moment in Time paints an evocative portrait of the human condition. Through puppets, masks, movement, and imagery, a pair of workers tell stories in a universal language without words. Not unlike a silent film or perhaps the pages of a cherished photo album, each meticulously crafted scene of this multimedia theater piece is rendered in glorious black and white, inviting the audience into a realm where the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary.
Suitable for middle school and high school audiences, as well as elementary grades 4-6.
Up to 250 people per show.
Since opening at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder in November 2023, Moment in Time has been performed at The Tank in NYC, the Denver Fringe Festival, and at the Longmont Museum.
Funded by the Boulder Arts Commission, the Puffin Foundation & the Boulder County Arts Alliance.
Betsy Tobin & Michael Gunst
303 588 5048
TALES from the TIPPING POINT
created and performed by Betsy Tobin
“Spectacular!”
“A one-woman Cirque du Soleil about the planet!”
“A powerful show with a strong message and stunning visuals.”
Audiences follow the antics of an unusual storyteller costumed in an assortment of recycled materials. She playfully transforms herself, the space, and the materials that surround her as she enacts scenes that provide a brief history of consumerism. From shadow puppets and magical worlds in plastic, to hand puppets and rod puppets, the sets and characters will conjure known and imaginary constellations.
Audiences are invited to travel through the cosmos with their quirky guide using what is at hand to navigate worlds in an inventive DIY performance about climate change and sustainability with immersive shadows and video imagery.
For middle school and high school students.
Original Music: Janet Feder
Kinetic Set Design: George Sherwood
Cosmos Animation: Jesse Tobin Weiss
“A great, thought-provoking show…thank you for finding such an enormously creative vehicle to talk about an issue that matters so much.”
“Brilliant! A witty and provocative call to action.”
All puppets, costumes and sets are built from recycled and upcycled materials.
Betsy Tobin / Now Or Never Theatre
btobin@indra.com nowornevertheatre.com Tel: 303 588 5048