Emily Anderson (Vermont) with her mother, Deanna Anderson, are the Unbarring the Door Theater Company, performing Angels Above Us.

Gustavo Boada (Peru), veteran of the renowned Yuyachkani theater company: Antigone Now, a contemporary telling of the ancient story, as it pertains to the political situation in Peru today. Performed with Gisela Cardenas.

J.E. Cross of the Cosmic Bicycle Theatre (NYC), master of puppets created from antiquated objects and machinery: Mysterious Marvels of Minutia.

Drama of Works (NYC): The Phineas T. Gage Show, an introduction through the eyes of this doctor/circus ringleader. We'll also meet some of his buddies from 1800s medical mishaps.

Frank and Joan Gardner (CT): The Robot, a 16mm animated film created in 1969 with vintage toys.

Joe Gladwin's Paperplays (London): Dracula, a fast-moving show adapted from Bram Stoker's classic novel, with numerous scene changes, exciting lighting and a medley of character voices all performed live.

Vasilios Gletsos (Boston): Consumptive Dentality, the life of a door-to-door salesman as the human element in the process of acquisitive capitalism.

Frits Grimmelikhuizen (Holland), composer and musicologist, presents Variations on Kandinsky, a toy theater performance for colored paper, colored light, and electronic music, based on the paintings and theater ideas of Wassily Kandinsky.

Sam Hack (NYC): Isolation Island, inspired by Christopher Columbus' report of "barkless dogs" on his first trip to Cuba. Music by David Patterson.

Laura Heit (Chicago): Matchbox Shows, the smallest of all toy theaters, performed live via video projection.

Meredith Holch (NY): Hdwd Flrs, No Fee, No Pets,
a video with animated cut-out images which tell a tale of landlords, tenants, and a successful anti-rent rebellion from the mid- 1800's.

Liz Joyce (NYC): an excerpt from Sing a Song of Sixpence, a semi-humorous cantata written by Arthur A. Penn found at a yard sale in Northern Michigan and resurrected on a tea cart.

Karen Kandel (NYC): A Woman of a Certain Age Remembers When... a work-in-progress about love.

Kieran Kinsella (NY), Small Wooden Theater presents rod puppets and their encounter with the devil. Lots of smoke and fire set to an eclectic assortment of sounds. Performed with Giselle Potter.

Robert Poulter, New Model Theatre (London): Konjunktur Boom, a recreation of the 1920s Berlin political theatre expose of corruption in the oil industry, and Beowulfstod, on the death of Beowulf after fighting with the treasure board dragon.

Puppetsweat Theater (CT), directed by Robert Bresnick, with design by Leslie Weinberg. A History of My Clothing: Buttons and Bows, based on stories by Jill Cutler.

Dirk Reimers, Pollidor Theater (Germany), The Brave Little Tailor, or Seven in One Blow, performed on a classic toy theater stage modeled after the Danish Royal Theater.

Michael Romanyshyn (Maine), plays musical interludes with a mobile one-man band.

Stuart Sherman (NYC): Death and the Sharp Eraser, a contemporary retelling of an ancient recent legend involving the likes (and dislikes) of two knights and a day, or two days and a knight, whichever, or whomever, comes first, last and always...

Susan Simpson (CA): an excerpt from Pseudoflora, based on selected stories by Bruno Shulz. Performed with composer Sean Rooney.

Dov Weinstein's Tiny Ninja Theater: A Brief History of D.U.M.B.O. Explore the unique history of this corner of Brooklyn from the formation of the earth's crust to tomorrow's headlines.