JERRELL L. HENDERSON

Date: 26 Sep 2022

Local Start Time: 6:00pm

Location: Bryant Park, Manhattan

Borough: Manhattan

In Bryant Park Amal is welcomed to a special performance of The Creation by James Weldon Johnson, celebrating an art movement by which NYC is known all over the world: the Harlem Renaissance.

When The World Sounds Like A Prayer

Created by Jerrell L. Henderson & The Classical Theatre of Harlem

Theatrical performance

Free – no booking required

Outdoor

Time: 6:00pm

Location

All of Amal’s events are suitable for children and families

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Little Amal Walks NYC is a co-production between The Walk Productions and St. Ann’s Warehouse in association with Handspring Puppet Company. Between 14 September – 2 October Amal will be welcomed at 55 events across the five boroughs of New York City.

A wintry morning. A walk to work. A curious encounter. A terrifying exchange. I Am The Bear is a brief allegory on what it means to be Black in America today.

Developed with Blair Thomas and Chicago International Puppet Festival: The Living Room Tours.

Puppet Designed by K.T. Shivak.

Sound Design by Dan Ison.

Photos taken by Caitlin McLeod.

I Am The Bear (Film, 2021)

Developed with Blair Thomas and Chicago International Puppet Festival: The Living Room Tours.

Puppet Designed by K.T. Shivak.

Co-Directors: Kenneth Richardson & Jerrell L. Henderson

Co-Cinematographers: Kenneth Richardson & Kelly McEligott

Video Editor: Riley Hulligan

Sound Design and Music Composer: Dan Ison.

Sound Technician: John Ibarra

Production Assistant & Prompter: Dominic Campo

Producer: Sandy Smith Gerding

Photos taken by Elias Carmon

Filmed at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

Butterfly puppets flutter in the wind as a musician plays. Drums sound as dancers enter. Puppetry, plus music, plus dance creates a sacred space meant for mourning and celebrating two men whose achievements represent the spirit of their generation.

Pop-up puppetry event organized by Art Of Spontaneous Spectacle (Jerrell L. Henderson, Jessica Thebus, and Tria Smith).

Artwork by Sydney Lynne.

Puppeteer: Jerrell L. Henderson

Puppets designed by Mikalina Rabinsky

Music by Fred Jackson

Dance by Move Me Soul

The Welcome Table: Featured in the New York Times (July 2020), The Welcome Table is a Juneteenth protest piece.

Ancestral spirits walk through the world carrying signs meant to question old traditions and raise awareness. The spirits then gather around a table set with food historically associated with Juneteenth, with open arms, while also encouraging the crowd to seek spiritual nourishment.

Pop-up puppetry event organized by Art Of Spontaneous Spectacle (Jerrell L. Henderson and Jessica Thebus).

Masks created by David O’Donnell.

Puppet food designed and built by Carolyn Rose (Sully) Ratke and Caitlin McLeod.

Music by Andre Pluess.

Puppeteers: Jerrell L. Henderson, Rachel Dubose, Lewon Johns.

Ancestral Procession: International Physical Theatre Festival. Nichols Park, Chicago.

Ancestral spirits walk through the world carrying signs meant to question old traditions and raise awareness. The spirits then gather around a table set with food historically associated with Juneteenth, with open arms. This moment of spiritual nourishment focuses on communion. Communion with our past. Communion with our present. Communion with ourselves and each other.

Masks created by David O’Donnell.

Puppet food designed and built by Carolyn Rose (Sully) Ratke and Caitlin McLeod.

Puppeteers: Jerrell L. Henderson, Kevin Aoussou, Jacinda Ratcliffe, Elliot Sims.

Diamond’s Dream

A Toy Theatre Film Production with Chicago Children’s Theatre.

Created by Jerrell L. Henderson and Caitlin McLeod

Directed by Jerrell L. Henderson

Designed by Caitlin McLeod

Music and Sound Design by Daniel Ison

Cinematography and Editing by Jeff Paschal

Diamond: Davu Smith

Elder/Luella: Amira Danan

Producers:

Jacqueline Russell, Artistic Director

Will Bishop, Director of Production

Hamlin: La Revue Sombre

A Toy Theatre Film Production with Handmade Puppet Dreams

Dedicated to William R. Henderson, 1940 - 2012

Adapted by Jerrell L. Henderson based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning.

Puppet Design, Set Design, and Art Direction by An-Lin Dauber

Assistant Direction and Cinematography by Jeffrey Paschal

Original Music and Sound Design by Dan Ison

Edited by Jerrell L. Henderson and Jeffrey Paschal

Puppeteers:

Jerrell L. Henderson

Jeffrey Paschal

Will Bishop

Caitlin McLeod

Special Thanks to Blair Thomas, Jessica Thebus, and the Chicago Children’s Theatre

Executive Producer: Heather Henson

Producers: Sam Koji Hale, Alex U. Griffin, Jessica Simon

This film was made possible with support from The Green Feather Foundation.