Growing up in Hawai'i, Tom Lee's memories of Lunar New Year included narcissus blooms, tasty dim sum dishes and bowing to your elders before running off to your room to open your lucky red envelope with money in it! This charming shadow puppet show retells the classic Lunar New Year zodiac tale with animals inspired by Asian languages and pictograms.
Performed by Tom Lee
Music by Tatsu Aoki, Jamie Kempkers and Rami Atassi
Puppets designed by Chicago Puppet Studio: Jaerin Son, KT Shivak and Mark Blashford
Tom Lee is a director, designer, and puppet artist based in Chicago and New York. He appeared on Broadway in War Horse, at the Metropolitan Opera in Madama Butterfly, and most recently in The Queen of Spades at Lyric Opera Chicago. His own work has been a part of every NYSPF to date, including Shank's Mare (NYSPF 2022), EDEN parts I & II (NYSPF@Home 2020), Tomte (NYSPF 2018), place(no)place (NYSPF 2018). Tom is co-director of Chicago Puppet Studio and teaches nationally and internationally.
*Support comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legistlature, the Conable Family Foundation, the Ralph C. Wilson Arts & Cultural Initiative, and the Mary Conable & Norm Gayford Charitable Trust.
