The performances will take place at

The Construction Company 10 East 18th Street
just east of Fifth Avenue, New York City
Saturday September 13 at 8:00pm, and on Sunday September 14, at 2:00 pm.
Tickets are $15 general admission.
For general ticket reservations, call (212) 924 7882.

On Saturday, September 13th, 8:00pm:

• Kathleen Baum (movement theatre)
• Chloe Susan Carlson (dance)
• Sharon Estacio (dance)
• Nancy Havlik (dance theatre)
• Jon Johnson (dance/theatre)
• Jason Rabin - (theatre)
• Red Metal Mailbox (dance/theatre)
• Theatre LILA (dance/theatre)
• Marya Ursin (mask theatre)

On Sunday afternoon, September 14th, 2:00pm:

• Ariane Anthony (mask/dance)
• Michelle Bach-Coulibaly (movement theatre)
• L'Ana Burton (dance)
• Sandra Laub (theatre)
• Amir Levi (dance theatre)
• Ara Fitzgerald/Dian Parker, with musician Tom Batey (dance/theatre)
• Elaine Shipman (dance)
• Sour Grapes (music)
• Superhero Clubhouse/Jeremy Pickard (movement /theatre)
• Alan Good: Fiona Evans, dancer (dance)
• Marya Ursin (mask theatre)

Each performance will last approximately one hour and forty-five minutes.

The Dragon's Egg is the unique rehearsal space for the Mystic Paper Beasts, a mask theatre troupe led by Marya Ursin and Dan Potter. The Egg is a freestanding hexagonal building at the end of a tree-encircled field in the countryside of Ledyard, CT. The studio space measures 2,200 square feet, and boasts a sprung floor, sub-floor heating, a minimal kitchen, a loft for sleeping, and a hexagonal cat's walk in its high, circus tent-roofed ceiling. It is home to regular classes and workshops in yoga, dance, creative and healing arts. In this vaulting, inspiring space, The Mystic Paper Beasts have supported the development of over forty artists' work from New York and New England, through workshops and rehearsal residencies.

To celebrate and showcase this hot spot for creative work tucked away in the hills and woods of Connecticut, artists are gathering for two evenings in September. Most work performed in these tw o concerts was created or rehearsed at the Dragon's Egg, and some pieces are drawn from a yearly summer solstice event at the Dragon's Egg honoring literary narrative. For more information on individual performers and their pieces, please contact the performers by email:

Ariane Anthony - arianeanthony@yahoo.com
Michelle Bach-Coulibaly - Michelle_Bach-Coulibaly@brown.edu
Tom Batey - jaspertomkins@hotmail.com
Kathleen Baum Ð lafkath@aol.com
L'Ana Burton Ð Bfdancercdc@aol.com
Chloe Susan Carlson - chloedance@comcast.net
Sharon Estacio -- s_estacio@yahoo.com
Fiona Evans -
Ara Fitzgerald -- AraFitz@aol.com
Alan Good - alan.good@earthlink. net
Nancy Havlik -- nhavlik@comcast.net
Jon Johnson - jjohnson19@gmail.com
Sandra Laub - laubcho@aol.com
Amir Levi -- amirlevimm@gmail.com
Sarah Maxfield -- sarahmax@gmail.com
Dian Parker - dian3232@hotmail.com
Jason Rabin Ð jwrabin@hotmail.com
Elaine Shipman - SITUinc@mindspring.com
Sour Grapes - sour_grapes@comcast.net
Superhero Clubhouse/Jeremy Pickard - jeremyjamespickard@gmail.com
Theatre LILA - andreaarden@optonline.net
Marya Ursin - mybeasts@aol.com

There will be an exhibit of paintings and sculpture by Dan Potter to welcome you in the gallery of Construction Company, and there will be a separate "closing" for this exhibit on September 28th, from 5 - 8 pm. Mr. Potter can be reached at danpottervia@earthlink.net.

More Information on the Creators of the Dragon's Egg:

The primary designers of the Dragon's Egg are Marya Ursin and Dan Potter, co-directors of The Mystic Paper Beasts. If you would like information about having an artistic residency at the Egg, contact Marya at mybeasts@aol.com.

The Mystic Paper Beasts is a masked theatre troupe performing for all ages. The tales told are original and re-imagined dreams, myths, and folk stories performed with humor and grace, in the witty and whimsical masks for which the Beasts have gained renown. These performances have delighted audiences of all ages and nationalities. If you would like to join the Beasts on their magical journeys, please visit www.mysticpaperbeasts.org for information.