| news |
||
| Upcoming Art Show in Long Beach ! | ||
 |
"Found Object Alchemy"
|
|
| "Rhinoceros" Shadow Puppet Show! | ||
 |
In case you missed the last "Rhinoceros" Live Shadow Puppet performance, here's another one for ya. Being performed for opening and closing night of The Alive Theatres' "Orson's Shadow" at the Long Beach Playhouse. Show runs Jan 20th - February 5th Friday & Saturday @ 8pm & Sundays @ 2pm Tickets $20 General, $15 Students Long Beach Playhouse's Studio Theatre 5021 E. Anaheim St. Long Beach, California
Rhinoceros Shadow Puppet performance being performed Jan 20th and Feb 4th @ 11pm after the main show. SWEET!
|
|
| Lolpera Set Design Images! | ||
Here's a few PRODUCTION DESIGN photos of the hit show "Lolpera" that premiered at The Garage Theatre in Long Beach, California October 2011. written by: Ellen Warkentine and Andrew Pedroza directed by: Jessica Variz production design: Dicapria
more photos to come...
|
||
| Moving to San Francisco! | ||
 |
I am moving to San Francisco in 2012 and am looking for work in the area. If you are looking for a Production Designer, Prop/Puppet Designer, Scenic Painter, or Production Assistant for Theater or Film let me know. I also do graphic design and Art Managing for Fine Artists. I can offer Life Coaching, and Creative Business Advice for Entrepreneurs. I am a Jill of all Trades. info@dicapria.com
|
|
| Lolpera is here! | ||
|
Lolpera is Coming to Long Beach!!! After much anticipation, the full length rock opera based on the lolcats will be premiering at The Garage Theater this September! I'm doing the Production Design for the Show & it's gonna be rad! LOLPERA by Ellen Warkentine & Andrew Pedroza
|
|
| "Rhinoceros" Live Video Performance | ||
This is the 1st performance of a short adaptation of Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros" performed November 18, 2010 at the Long Beach Museum of Art presented by The Imaginary LightBulb Factory. Adapted, Directed and Designed by: Dicapria
Enjoy! More performances coming soon! If you'd like this live show performed at your next event, please contact info@dicapria.com . Thanks. |
||
| Misfit Heights Trailer | ||
Official Misfit Heights Trailer from Unfettered Entertainment on Vimeo. |
The Trailer is finally here! About 2 years ago, I started working on 18 puppets for a low budget independent feature length film titled "Misfit Heights". It's a Puppet Zombie Musical! and is amazing! Check out the trailer. Stuff pictured there that I built are the zombie lemming and the giant glowing-red-eyed monster that grabs another puppet in the end. Hope you dig it. When it comes out, I'll keep y'all updated. |
|
| I'm Directing/ Designing! "Rhinoceros" at LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART | ||
 |
Come to Long Beach Museum of Art "Illuminary Interlude" Thursday, November 18, 2010 6pm-10pm Music - Live Art - Art Show - Performances! (I'm directing & designing an awesome Shadow Puppet Performance)!!! Will Rhinoceros' take over the world? Will there be a last man on earth? Find out in The Imaginary Light Bulb Factory's adaptation of Ionesco's "Rhinoceros". An absurdists take on an absurdists play all told through a multi-media Shadow Puppet Performance in a contemporary fashion with Live Old Timey Foley and music by Alyssandra and the Daymakers. Performance starts at 7:45pm sharp! ($10 suggested donation for the night) |
|
| 5 Projects - 1 Month | ||
 |
I've been super busy working on 5 wonderful projects all taking place in November 2010. 1. Production Design for Lolpera - an original rock opera based on lolcats. Workshop premiering at The Garage Theater in Long Beach. Nov 5&6 [event] 2. Directing/Designing a Shadow Puppet adaptation of Ionesco's Rhinoceros which will premiere at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Nov 18 [event] 3. Designing Puppets for Studio Minotaur's production of Checkov's Seagull taking place in NYC. 4. Assisting artist, Loriann Hernandez with her large scale drawings for her solo show at San Diego's Womens History Museum. Nov 13 [event] 5. Building a puppet named Milly for TheFineBros upcoming webisodes. [meet Milly]
|
|
| Livepainters.org | ||
 |
Check out www.livepainters.org Find out about live painters in your area, Live Painting Shows in Southern California, featured profiles w/ video on some of the top LA live painters, and more. The website will launch soon! If you are a live painter interested in being listed on the site, please write to info@livepainters.org with your name, city/state/country, and website. Thank you. |
|
| Check out the "Gogol Project" by the Rogue Artists - I'm doing Prop Design | ||
|
Opening: September 25, 2009 - November 1, 2009 Bootleg Theater - 2220 Beverly, Los Angeles, CA Friday's at 8:00pm, Saturday's at 3:00pm and 8:00pm and Sunday's at 3:00PM Dicapria is doing the Prop Design and will also be displaying artwork in the gallery. |
|
| Working on a new project: Rhinoceros | ||
 |
Working on a short adaptation of Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros using shadow puppets & film to submit to Heather Henson's "Handmade Puppet Dreams" & International Puppet Festival. In process production! More info coming soon!
|
|
| Attn: Painting People: Save your worn-out paint brushes | ||
 |
Working on some new sculpture projects. If you notice that you just happen to accumulate a bunch of worn-out paint brushes, let me know and I'll take them off your hands. Let me know when you've got a good bundle going. Thanks! |
|
| Check out the Reviews from 'Babylon Heights' at The Garage Theater | ||
|
http://www.thegaragetheatre.org "...Levi Gadson, Gisela Valenzuela, and Dicapria have designed an outrageously funny, ingenious set and the props to go with it. Everything is HUGE, in order to make the full-sized cast seem little by comparison. Some items are two and three times their normal dimensions: doors and doorknobs, beds, tables, lamps, phones, wine glasses, cigarettes, cigarette lighters, toilet paper rolls, dumbbells, etc. There’s also some very clever prop business, e.g. it’s necessary for the characters to move the phone receiver from one position to listen to another in order to speak. ..." |
|
Tableau Vivant Nouveau - a show I directed and produced |
||
|
Dicapria's new endeavors have led her to form a production team with partner, Michael Pukac called "The Imaginary Light Bulb Factory". The main focus of this group thus far has been to create a series of shows called "Tableau Vivant Nouveau". This live performance envolves paintings being brought to life through originally composed music, choreography, and puppet performance. These Tableau's have been performed in formal gallery settings, underground theater, and a puppet festival in Florida. Currently, we are searching for more performance artists, venues, and producers to collaborate on future Tableau's in the Los Angeles area. A brand new project called Tableau Vivant Nouveau: "Art Come to Life", featured two paintings actually coming to life through a scene designed to replicate the paintngs and also featured performance artists bringing the piece to life through music, song, dance, and puppetry. The shows were a great success and got reviews from the Sarasota Herald Tribune and Creative Loafing, as well as the cover image on Senses Magazine May 2007 issue. For more information and pictures, Click here.
|
|
| Upcoming Film: "Misfit Heights" - a puppet zombie musical | ||
 |
Dicapria was one of the puppet designer/builders for the upcoming film, "Misfit Heights",-Unfettered Entertainment, being filmed this summer 2008. Dicapria built 23 puppets for the film including a giant 4ft zombie puppet head and hands. The hands grab, twist, point, and the eyes light up, and mouth chomps. You can check out the pictures of the puppets in my portfolio. Please stay tuned for release dates and screenings. More pictures and information can be found at http://www.misfitheights.com |
|
| Dicapria - the art manager | ||
 |
Dicapria is the fine art manager for design team partner and artist, Michael Pukac. This includes marketing, web design, advertisement, art show bookings, promoting, and more. Michael Pukac is an emerging artist in Los Angeles' art scene and is showing constantly throughout the city and doing live painting performances. Please check out his website and support his work by coming to an art show, live painting show, or buying a painting or print http://www.michaelpukac.com Please let me know if you have any questions regarding his work. Thank you. |
|
© Dicapria 2009