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Alebrijes
 by Georgina Escobar

This piece, originally commissioned by Milagro Theater in Portland, is in collaboration with One Blue Cat Productions and Art Vallarta featuring a limited engagement presentation in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in October-November 2019.

Alebrijes is the recipient of a Drammy for Best Original Musical Score 2019. 

The Last Rat Of Theresienstadt 

After further development at the Ko festival in Amherst, MA, The Last Rat attended the Pierrot Puppet Festival in Bulgaria and the Acco Festival in Israel. 

Last Rat is the Recipient of the Grand Prize at the Lalka Festival in Warsaw, Poland 2018


The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show - IN JAPAN! 
​July 17-August 4 2019 - Multiple locations



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​INTAR & The Radio Drama Network Present:

Then They Forgot About the Rest
by: Georgina Escobar

Directed by: David Mendizabal

Ran April 19- May 12 2019
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New York Children's Theater and Puppet Kitchen presents:

Little Red Fish

April 2018 @ Theater Row









Exquisite Corpse Company presents:

A RIBBON ABOUT A BOMB

An immersive theatre show about Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo that took place in one of the abandoned house on Governor's Island, NYC. Played August-October 2017
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​The Soldier's Tale
Based on Stravinsky's timeless story of a violin, a book of riches, and a deal with the devil. Brought to life by 
Puppet Kitchen Productions.
@ The Bushwick Starr ran from Dec 9-18
photo credit: Richard Termine 2016

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
created by Puppet Kitchen & Rockefeller Productions

The NYC production began January 2016 at P.R.T.T. on 47th Street. A four month run of sold out performances led to the show moving to The Acorn Theatre @ Theatre Row

The show closed in the fall and Mindy went on to Assistant Direct the UK touring production which is ongoing. 


Mindy's involvement for the NYC production was of ASM and Understudy for all the tracks. 

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Reusable the Musical
written and directed by John Tartaglia
Commissioned by the Wildlife Conservation Society - Bronx Zoo
This show ran from spring to fall of 2015


Reaching an average of 600/day, this 30 minute musical followed Kazumi, a young animal lover, through the world to show her first hand the effects of plastic on the environment. 

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The Unbearable Likeness of Jo, Semity and Jones
written by  Georgina Escobar

Performed at Dixon Place winter 2015
This show remains one of Mindy's favorite acting experiences. She played Birdie: an over-the-top pageant queen(??), Ricki: the loyal family dog and Sicario: a Mexican foot soldier. 

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Spring Awakening
​Produced by Lust and Liberty
Puppet Design, Construction and direction by
Mindy Leanse

A new translation of the classic play wherein all of the adults are puppets being manipulated by the children. Mindy used 5 different forms of puppetry from 2 dimensional cardboard, larger than life Bread and Puppet and object manipulation. Puppets were 90% recycled material

Puppet Titus Andronicus 

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PUPPET TITUS!!! (it's contagious)

Its Avenue Q meets the Reduced Shakespeare Company! Puppet Titus Andronicus is a fresh, comedic take on Shakespeare's "worst" play, featuring silly-string gore, a bunch of angry goths, a villainous anthropomorphic boar and all of the deaths, dismemberment, cannibalism and crimes against humanity that make "Titus" the "poetic atrocity" that it is.

The performance took place at 
The Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row 
(42nd & 9th ave)
July 24th- August 17th 



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Puppet Shakespeare combines classical text with structured improv and puppet/human relationships. 

After a success with Puppet Hamlet and Puppet Romeo and Juliet, the Players took on Shakespeare's first and bloodiest play

Read the reviews :
Playbill, Classicalite, NY Daily News


You can see us around town collaborating and mostly at the Shakespeare Conventions!



Seventh Generation Promotional Video

Mindy played Ollie the Owl in this live commercial to educate consumers about their choices of diaper products.
Created by: Chris Palmieri

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​The Geppetto Festival


This two day festival was filled with puppetry workshops, conversations and performances. Leanse taught a workshop in character development and performed a piece during the Slam event. 
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HorseHair Strike Team
presents: 
Musings


A group of artists met in Maine for 5 weeks to devise a show for the community. We lived together, worked together, grew together and there are still red clown noses, (and a chair with our name on it, literally,) @ the Waterville Opera House. 

 Watch the video!

Stage show adapted by John Tartaglia

Mindy played Tiny in this production's first national tour spanning from Maine to Texas, Toronto to Kentucky!

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