Carter Family Marionettes at Festa Italiana in Portland
The Carter Family Marionettes, who will be coming to the Bay Area for Magnificat’s production of Francesca Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero in October, performed at the Festa Italiana in Portland, Oregon over the weekend. As Dmitri Carter noted on Facebook:
Just returned from performing at Festa Italiana in Portland. We had a brave crowd on Friday that sat in the rain! We rushed puppets away as soon as their scene was done. A friend lent an umbrella to put over the sound system to avoid electrocution. Luckily, it was dry for the other shows.
Fortunately the performances in October will be inside! Benjamin Brink of The Oregonian posted a gallery of backstage photographs that can be viewed here, but we wanted to share a couple with you.
Chris Carter, left, and Dmitri Carter, her son, quickly change puppets during a performance at Festa Italiana. (Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian)
The Kinght and the Mermaid at Festa Italiana. (Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian)
