The Doug Friedlander
Puppet Theater
at the
Olivas Adobe

October, 2007

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  The Stage Stopped Here

Tales told about the Olivas Adobe ghosts were no match for the tales of spectral mayhem told during the production of "The Stage Stopped Here" on the weekend of October 27 and 28 in the Exhibit Hall. The play, presented by the Doug Friedlander Puppet Theater, concerned the Los Angeles to Santa Barbara stagecoach, stopped in Ventura on Halloween night by bad weather. The coach passengers spent a hair-raising night in the saloon of Jose Felipe Sanchez listening to stories of strange-but-actual events that happened in the region.

Audiences of all four productions of this free event were universally entertained by the play and by demonstrations of different types of puppets. Doug Friedlander was assisted by volunteer Brittany Bernardi.

This delightful thirty minute show employed three different kinds of puppets and two humans. The puppet characters, in addition to Josè, a horse with sparkling eyes, a gingham dog and calico cat, a hungry fox, and two ghostly spirits.









                            
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