Geppetto

Geppetto is a puppeteer who, dealing with the loss of his puppet and life partner, must learn to move on and make art on his own. What ensues is a charming and inventive work as Geppetto finds himself desperately improvising to overcome the challenges of performing solo, while at the same time scrambling to devise new storylines, new characters, and even new limbs for his puppet hero. Geppetto: Extraordinary Extremities was inspired by an NPR story on Hugh Herr, whose legs were amputated after a climbing accident, and who now designs technologically advanced artificial limbs.