Footnotes – February 27 – March 15
Feb 27 – Mar 15, 2026
The Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 E 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
“The exhibition is a marvel. Skipitares’s show argues for the power of the form of puppetry.”
New York Times.
ABOUT
FOOTNOTES is an immersive multi-media puppetry performance designed and directed by Theodora Skipitares. It takes place in four distinct locations in the Ellen Stewart Theater and examines the theme of walking….……its history, its science, its political power, its poetic and spiritual dimensions. The audience itself travels to several spaces within the theater, each member guided by a small booklet of instructions and interactive stories. As they embark on their journey, the audience encounters a labyrinth, mazes, and several “famous” walkers throughout history: Aristotle who taught his lessons while walking, three religious female pilgrims who walked thousands of miles, Henry Thoreau, Virginia Woolf and Mahatma Gandhi.
CREDITS
Created, Designed and Directed by Theodora Skipitares
Composer and lyricist Sxip Shirey
Puppets fabricated by Theodora Skipitares, Jan Leslie Harding, Jane Catherine Shaw
Lighting Design Federico Restrepo
Co-set design Donald Eastman
Lead Puppeteer Jane Catherine Shaw
Production Stage Manager Karen Oughtred
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