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TerraNOVA Theatre Collective Inc.

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Jo Cattell

DON CHIPOTLE by Juan Francisco VillaDON CHIPOTLE by Juan Francisco Villa tells the story of two friends, Celestino and Octavio, on an epic journeyacross New York City in a fantastical adventure. Along the way, they encounter dangerous villains, strange creatures andmemorable characters as they escape into an imaginary world of hope and possibility. DON CHIPOTLE will utilizesilhouette animation and direct manipulation of puppets created from found objects that exist within the scenery.

$50,450

$5,000

DON CHIPOTLE by Juan Francisco Villa

Puppet Designer: Taylor Bibat; Puppet Director: Rachel Singer; Puppeteers: Rachel Singer, DeniseSavas, Wendy Mateo and Angela Oliver.

June 22, 2014Two clips from DCASE workshop of DON CHIPOTLE. Section 1: Three Uncle Operetta withthe shadow puppet exploration. Section 2: MAMI rehearsal prop, used to explore timing and designconcept.

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terraNOVA Collective I PROJECT DESCRIPTIONDON CHIPOTLE bvluan Francisco Vil la

tefraNOVA Col lect ive fespectful ly requesis 55,000 for a Pfoject Grant f rom the Henson Foundat lon for the product ion of a

new theatfica wotk, Dan chipatle by Juan Francjsco vllla, for the fal of 2015 in ChjcaSo.

Don Chipotle is a theatt).al experiefce lnsplred by both the classic story of Don Quixote and playwrlSht.lraf Franclsco

Vi l la s exper ience growlng up in the v lo ent neighborhood of the Low€r Easl5!de in New York Ci ty. l t te l s the story of twoyoung boys, Ce est ino and Octavio, whojourney across New YorkCltyon an epicadventure, encounler lng dangerous

vi la ins, strange creatures, and nrenrorable chafacters. Celest ino, as hls al ter ego Don Chipot le, creates an mag nary wor d

that is fu l lof possibi i ty and good asa means to escape the harsh real i ty of h is v lo lent upbr lnging. Vl l la svis ion is to make

thls story magica and theatr ical , uslng towerlng puppets to ref €ct on a ost t ime, iust as the two boys are loslng the r

chi ldhood.

Through a DCASE development workshop, i t was discovered that the most exci t lnS, ef fectve way to move between the r€al

and imagtned wor ds ls through the use of puppetry. Two dist inct techniques wi I be used: s i lhoL,et te .n imarlon and direct

manipulat ion of p!ppets formed f fom found objecis that exist wi th ln the scenery. Us ng these forms we wi l see how

Celest ino's mind t fansforms the wor ld around him from pedestr lan to mag cal , and enables the audience to see from his

point ofv ew. Inf uences include Liebe Wetzel , Handspr lnS, Bread and Puppet, and the animat lon ol Tony Sarg and Lotte

Relniger- Do, Chipoi le wj l l have a stark, monochromat ic palet te, a v isual fepresentat ion of our hero's chl ld l lke, b lack and

wh te v iew of the wor d. The puppets in Do, Chipode are cr€ated from found objects, assembled to take the shape of the

var lous f igures. These i tems are al l made from objects found on New York streets (pop cans, t rash bass, boxes, basketbal ls,

fast food containers, etc.) and tower over the charactefs and other scenlc elements.

Two arge puppets portray characters c jose to Don Chipot ei THE THREE, hls dangerous uncles, and MAMI, his mother '

Don Chlpot e 's unc es are represented through a s ingle shadow puppet of THE THREE, echoing a mythological thfee headed

creature. The sinister uncles afe shadowy f igures in Don Chipot le 's community and are f i t t ing v represented bv shadow

puppetry The !ncley stor ies are to d through song and digi ta ly proj€cted, stop mot ion s i lhouette an mat ion pfoiected on

the backdrop to create shadow puppet operet tas. Fig Aistheinl t is l representat lonofTHETHREE AS the uncles die, the

puppet morphs to ref lect thelr d isappearance. Figs. 8_E represent key sequent ia l lmages in the te l ing of Uncle Fortuna's

story.

Don Chipot le 's mother, MAMI, ls an ever-present f lgure who moves from a trusted and oved posi t on to his betraver, and ls

represented by three progressively Srotesque puppets. Af tef rea lz lng how Marnl has betrayed hjm, Don Chipot le 's v is ion of

her k that of a parasi t ic wasp (F19. F). The two dimensional shapes are textured with household i te. .s, such as urnbre las, a

toi et seat, spoons, cut t ing bosrds, books, puzz es, p at t€rs, and prayer candles They are painted in the same

monochromat ic pa et te, and afe operated from behlnd by puppeteers. The MAM puppets progress n s ize as the danger

that Don Chipot le f lnds hlmsel f progresses. lv laml 's v isual presentat ion changes through Don Chipot le 's journev and shows

us the increased space she occupies ln his mind, and her t fansformat ion f rom a f l8ure of t rust to that of destruct ion and

Flg.6showsrhef inalMAMlenve oplngthe ci ty in thesearch forherson. n th is t ransformat lon, we f l rst see a s i lhouetted

repfesentat ion of the face of a wasp.Ihe eye shaped ho es are then torn f rom the backdrop and two puppets wi be

manipLr ated to make Mamj 's eyes dance. The set, which conslsts of found objects palnted wh te set lnto whi te fabr ic, s

torn awavtoform giantwings. Digl ta v ldeolsprojectedontothesewhitesurfacesshowingavlolentremlxoftheunc€s'

stor les, seen pfeviously, unl t lng the anlmated puppet and physical puppet wor ds Final v a co or project ion of the face of a

wasp is projected onto the backdrop. Thls is rhe f i rst t ime we see color in the design whlch br ings th is er.ot ional mornent to

the oresent in a wavwe have not seen befor€.

The project support of the l lm Henson Fo!ndat ion would be an honor as we embark on thls mosr ambit ious endeavor '

terraNOVA Col lect ive Don Chipatle by Juan Ftancisco Vil a Project Grant September 2014

retraNOVA Collective I PROIECT AUDGETD0N CHIPoTLE byluan FranciscoVl a

1.500.0cr,500.0cr.500.0cr.000.0c1 000.0c1,000.0cr,000.0c2.000 0cr,500.0c

6,000,0cr,200 0c1,800.0c6,000.0c1,200.0c

1,000.0c1,500.0c

300.00500.00150.00

2,500.0c2,600.0c2,000.0c1,200.0c1,200.0c1,000.0c2,000.0c5,000.0c

500.00800.00

50,450.0c

1r,450.0c6.000.0c6.000.0c5.000 0c5,000.0c

DCASE Store FrontTheater Grant 10,000.0c2,500 0c

l ino sArts counc l - Arts Toura.d Llve Music 4,500.0c

DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION TOTAL INCOMF 50,450.00

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terraNOVA Collective I ARTIST DESCRIPTION

DON CHIPOTLE by Juan Franciscovi l la

TAYLOR BIBAT- Puppet Desi8ner

Taylor Bibat ls a Chicago born, Ober l in Col ege educated, interdiscipl inary art lst wi th a focus of puppetry. Puppet credi tslnclude work wi th Blair Thomas and Company/ Redmoon, The loshud 5how, Adventure 5tage, Noah Glfex Puppet Cornpany,

Stephanie DiazlMariposa Nocturna, Che sea Warren/Skokle Val ley Symphony Orchestra, and others. Her rdependent and

col laborat ive work has been seen oca ly at Nasty, Brut ish, and Short Puppet Cabaret, Puppet Plsy ist (NYC), the O Nei l

Nat iona Puppetry Conference (2012 14), and the Nat lonal Puppetry Fest ival (2013). 5he ls also a co curator lor Nasty,

Bfut ish, and Short and oir the curator ia lconrmit tee for the Chjcago nternauonalPuppetTheaterFestval ln lanuary2015,

wheresheisco-curat lngf lveunlquepuppetprogramsoverthecourseofaweek,aswe as planningthe lnternat iona Slam

which wi l lg lveal the v is i t ing puppet art ists an opponuni ty to present short form work in a more lnfofmaland accept lng

sett ing.

Taylor has been puppeteer ing s ince she was fortunate enou8h to be asked to perform ln an adaptat lon of The Se fsh Giant

at Puppetropol ls Chicago in 20O1as a high schooler. Since then l t has been a passlon of hefs and, f inal ly in 2012 at the

O'Nei l l Nat ional Puppekv Conference, she found h€r t r ibe- a faml ly of col aborators f rom near and far. That year at the

O'Nei l l , she studied with Mart ln Rob nson and three sesslon mast€r c ass wi th PaulVlncent Dav s, .s we asc,eated aparucipant project ent i t ed louch, whereshe exper imented with communicat inga slmplestoryofsensua i tythrough pleces

of foam of var ious random shapes. ln 2013 she was ln the Resldent Company where sh€ helped develop Anna

Firzgetald's Reverse Cascode (which pfemiered at The Ba lard nstltute and Museum of Puppetry in 2014), and co laborated

with Beau Brown and loe Ther ien (unfortunate y rained out) on part ic pant projects. n 2014 she was asain ln the Resldent

Company this t ime helping cfeate lesslca Simon's Ruby dnd char l ie. She is curent ly working on a nat ional col labofat ion

with other O'Nei l a lums ent l t led Os;f ls- a piece that explores reblr th through the tel l lnC of stor les that span t ime afd

She is the proud producer of the main stage at Oracle ProdLrct ions-a company that has won var ioLrs awards and accolades

thlsseason fortheir h lgh af t ls t lc qual i ty andthelr business mod€, publ ic access theatre, which providerfree ort forol l(www.pLrb lcaccesstheatre.org). She has started intesrat ing puppetry programnrins lnto the season at every opportuni ty

She is a so a t€achl fg anlst and €nsemb € membef wl th Barrel of Monkeys, where she teaches creat ive wr l t ing to students

in the chicago Pub ic Schools and then adapts them into p ays wi th her fe l low Monkeys

When she teaches puppetry, she focuses on the mater ia ls around us and transforming the thlnSs we see ev€ry day into

l lv lng, breathing belngs, forever changing the way we ln ieract wi th the wor d.

'lcreoft wrth dn ever expanding tool belt of d iscip nes:theotet, puppetry, donce, nusic, visuol ort, wtiting, event cteation,

ond nore. lon especiolly interested in the intersectian ofvarious artt'arns dnd haw they can wotktogetherto express ond

touch. lenvision a wald of honesty, trust, and magic. One where rclatianships ore natJostered in adetto getdheod, butta

sincercly knaw and invest in a humon being. Ane thdt is nat Wimarily influenced by pawer and wealth, butby beouty, owe,

ond care. tbelieve it is aur iob as artists dnd leadersto creote this vercion olthe world ond spreod the templote osfaroswe

con reoch in hapes it catches.'Taylor Bibat.

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s_ffA\terraNOVA Collective I COMPANY DESCRIPTION

DON CHIPOTLE by Juan Francisco Vi l la

t€fraNOVA Col lect iv€ s devoted to nurtur ing dlst inct , innovat ve th€atf ical voices, and maintainlng a g obal perspect ive in

a l facets of our art . We are dedicated to cul t ivat ing envi fonments where the art ofstorytelLlng thr ives and act ive y seek

stages for our eveLexpanding theatr cal col €ct lve.

ter faNOVA gives voice to hundreds of emerging and estab ished art ists annualy, providing each lndiv idual the f re€dom to

take r isks and deve op their work wl th ln a support lve environment. terraNOVA provides a forum for bold, controversia, and

chal lenel fg theatr ica stor ies f rom f i rst dfaf t to fu l lprod!ct ion. We celebrate the energet c diversi ty of l ive performance by

sLrpport lng a var lety of dynamic .nd contrast ing works. We be leve theatre 's hlghest purpose is to entedaln by examining

and discussing the h! man cofdi t on, cfossing l ines of race, status, gender, sexual i ty, and cul ture. We be ieve in the power

of creat ing communtty arolrnd our art 'making, and act ively seek opportuniues for the new theatfe we cuklvate to expand

HISTORY:Founded in 1996 under the direct ion of Ray Yeates ( fofmer Art ist ic D rector of the Abbey Theatre ln l re land), terraNOVA

Co lect ive began as a ooseiy structured col lect ive ofactors, a l ofwhomwerelnspiredtocr€atenewworkanddeveloptdeas in a col laborat lve, nurtur ing envlronrnent. n 2003, af ter several smal l producl lons in New York Ci ty, lenni fer Conley

Darl ingtookover eadefship of tetraNOVA Col lect ive as Pfoducing art ist ic Director, and began i ts t fansi t ion to a mainstay ol

independent theatre in New York, as i i ls known today.

Ln 2004, an lnforma wri tersgroupbegan,providngaplaceforemefglngpaywrightstobr lngearydraf tsofnewwofkforshar ing wi th othef wr i tefs, and the al t ln ic staf f of tefraNOVA Col lect ive. over the course of the next few years, i t became

clearthattheservlceofearydraf tdevelopmentwasmissingfromtheNYCcommunity ln2009, lesslD Hi l ,adfarnaturg

and director spec a iz lng in new play developrnent, was hlred to formal i re and curate what ls now known as the

croundbf eakers Playwrights Group.

terraNOVA Col lect ive pr imarl iy focuses on the developnrent and product ion of innovat ive n€w wri t ing and l ive pedormance

for theatre. ThroLrgh TNC's GROUNDWORKS pfogram, the company fosters the work of emerglnC playwrlghts & theatre

aft isrs across a range of sty les & fofms. This program encompasses three streams: the Groundbfeakers Playwrights Group,

the New Playser ies, Mainstage Product ions, servingthe development ofplays f fomfi fstdraf t to product lon

Slnce 2003, the company has prod!ced and deve oped new plays at Theatre Row (BABY STEPS by James Carter, d i rected bv

David Tfavls, 2003), The Blue Hefon Cenier for the Arts (BUCK FEVER by luan C sanchez, di fected by lames Carter, 2004),

Center Stage, NY (MASQUERADE: CALYPSO AND HOtlr lE bY Roger Bonair Agard, d i rected by Karni lah Forbes, 2006), DR2

Theater (BLUE BEFoRE MoRN NG bv Kdte Mccovern, d l rected by Gia Forakis, 2008), D Lounge (CREATING LLUSIoN byJeff

Grow, directed bv Jessj D. Hi l , 2009), (HERE Arts Center (FEEDER: A LOVE STORY by lames carter, d i rected bv lose zavas,

2011), and The New Ohio Theatre (P.S.IONES AND THE FROZEN C ry by Robert Askins, d l rected by lose Zayas 2012,

recipient of a Project Grant f iom the Henson Foundat ion), among othefs

n 2014, tef faNOVA co €ct ve establ ished o base jn chicaSo, led by Resldent Director Jo cat te l l This vear, we presented a

reading of ANIMALS COMM T SUiC DE by l . . lu l ian Chr istopher, . deve opment workshop presentat ion of DON CHIPOTLE bv

Juan Francisco Vi l la for whlch a DCAS! space graf t was awafded, and, in November, wi l present two staged readings of

BOOMER'S MILLENN AL I IERO STORY by Steve DiUbaldo as part A Red Orchid Theatre Companyk lncubator Sef es

Ln the 2015 16 season, we wi l l be launching a Chicago branch of the Groundbreakers PlaYwrlghts Group to run concurrent ly

with ihe NYC based gro!p.

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