PUPPET SHOW FUNDRAISER
Omnipresent Puppet Theater will perform its production of ìThe Three Little Pigsî as a fundraiser for The Empty Space Theatre in Plymouth Hall at the First Congregational Church at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 14.
Admission to the show is $3.00 per person. There will also be a number of raffles, including a 26-inch mountain bike, an Omnipresent Puppet show for your birthday party or event, and tickets for the Bakersfield Condors. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. All proceeds go to benefit The Empty Space Theatre.
The Empty Theatre, located at 706 Oak Street, is Bakersfieldís only theatre company that relies on public donations. Its purpose is to ìkeep theatre free,î giving people a chance to afford to see theatrical performances they might not be able to go to. Among the productions in the theatreís five-year run are Shakespeareís Macbeth, the musical Hair and David Mametís American Buffalo, as well as original plays written by Bakersfield writers. It has played host to rock bands, improv and sketch comedy troupes, stand-up comedians, and Omnipresent Puppet Theaterís bi-monthly public performances.
In addition to its stage plays, The Empty Space has had benefits supporting such causes as the Kaiser Permanente Latino Association funding mentoring and scholarship programs, The Kern Lifeline Projectñ an AIDS program, The Bakersfield AIDS Project, Bakersfield College Jazz Ensemble, and also worked with the Save-A-Teacher campaign to present The Miracle Worker at The Empty Space. For the past four years, the theatre has taken part in the Worldwide V-Day Campaign to end violence against women and girls, and has raised more than $14,000.00 for The Alliance Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault in that campaign.
Omnipresent Puppet Theater, Founded in Phoenix in 2003, has been performing in Kern County since 2006 at local libraries, schools, and other community events, including functions for the Bakersfield Association of Retarded Citizens (BARC) and the Bakersfield Museum of Art.