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Osni the Flare – November 20-23

November 20-23, 2025

The Club
74A East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

Tickets:
Adults: $30
Students/Seniors: $25
La MaMa Members: $10

10 @ $10 Tickets: First 10 tickets are $10 (limit 2 per person) 

Ticket prices are inclusive of all fees.

Running Time:
50 minutes +15min Pre Show by Tiresias

By Tristan Allen

“Chasing across oceans, through forests, to the heavens and beyond.”
– A Closer Listen

ABOUT

Osni the Flare is a puppet ballet set to a full length, original album. The project is the continuation of a trilogy that blends music and puppetry, unfolding a creation myth, a fable of how things came to be for a world to be traversed for years to come.

Osni, a dancing puppet, embarks on a quest to safeguard an apple tree from the imminent winter chill. Beckoned by a loon, Osni sets forth on a blue canoe, drifting deep into a cavernous world. Her spirit alight with flame dances a luminous blaze into existence, bringing about the origins of fire, a testament to humanity’s curiosity and mortal fervor.

Osni the Flare is made possible with the support of The Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant, the PATCH residency, and record label RVNG Intl.

CREDITS

Tristan Allen – Creator, Composer, Puppeteer
Jim Freeman – Technical Director, Lighting
Duygu Bayar Ekren, Miryam Moutillet, Lauder Weldon – Fabrication

BIO

Tristan Allen is a composer and puppeteer based in Brooklyn, NY. Tristan’s work employs the narrative power of instrumental music and puppetry to create an imaginary world. With a background in piano, bass, electronic music, and marionette theater, Tristan applies an experimental mode of storytelling to create rich works of wordless fantasy.
 

PRE-SHOW DETAILS

There will be a 15min Pre Show by Tiresias

Tiresias presents an excerpt of NEW WEIRD FUTURE, a speculative eco-opera and exuberant puppet pageant that envisions multispecies futures in the ruins of capitalism and empire.

Evan Silver aka Tiresias – Writer, Director, Composer, Performer 
Puppet Designer – Tom Lee

tristan allen | Gallery

Photos by Virginia Garcia, Alexey Kim, Kristin Sollecito, Jose Miranda, Suarfotos



Tiresias | Gallery

Photos by Rachel Slakter, Jenkins & Jenkins, & Laura Du Vé

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