HomeGrown Theatre

03/26/2022

CLARA UMBRA screens TODAY at Filmfort! See you at 2:30 at the Flicks!

03/22/2022

Don’t miss CLARA UMBRA; ANTIQUITY screening at Filmfort this weekend! Check out the lineup of Local Gems Saturday at 2:30 at the Flicks! Treefort Music Fest

01/01/2022

Happy New Year and Beware the Auld Lang Syne!!

06/15/2021

CLARA UMBRA is filmed entirely with
handcut shadow puppets on overhead projectors.

Every shot is practical and made by hand
without the use of any computer effects.

Episode 1: "Antiquity" available now

Episodes 2-5 Coming Soon

05/29/2021

A HomeGrown Theatre Original Production

CLARA UMBRA
Episode 1, "Antiquity"
by Dakotah Brown

Directed and Shadow Puppetry by Chad Ethan Shohet
Assistant Puppet Design by Jaime Nebeker

Puppeteers:
Leah Reynolds, Temple Gladstar, Joel Hroma

Original Score by Mike Ward

05/28/2021

The first episode of CLARA UMBRA, ‘Antiquity,’ drops tomorrow night!

05/21/2021

Greetings! We decided to move the arrival date of Clara Umbra to May 28 to spend the appropriate time fine-tuning and editing our first episode to ensure a badass premiere!

05/05/2021

preview CLARA UMBRA, our upcoming series -

HomeGrown Theatre is participating in Idaho Gives, a weeklong program of the Idaho Nonprofit Center, designed to bring the state together and raise money and awareness for Idaho nonprofits. HGT is raising funds to produce "Clara Umbra" a new series in shadow written by Dakotah Brown, premiering ...

05/04/2021

"Clara Umbra" written by Dakotah Brown
a new series in shadow premiering May 21

puppets by Chad Shohet, Jaime Nebeker, Leah Reynolds, and Temple Gladstar
music by Mike Ward

01/01/2021

the Horrific Puppet Affair presents
FOR OLD TIMES (2017)
written and directed by Chad Ethan Shohet

featuring the voices of Stitch Marker and Justin Ness
vocals by Thomas Newby
instrumentals by Mike Ward

puppeteers: Christy Rolfe Brown, David Collins, Edith Grace Dull, Joel Hroma, Taylor Renee Johnson, Luke Massengill, Matthew Melton, Jaime Nebeker, Leah Reynolds, Susan Shake, and Ashley Townend

sound design by Laura Sunderlin
light design by Chaz Gentry

10/31/2020

puppets by Chad Shohet, Jaime Nebeker, and Leah Reynolds
music by Anthony Parry and Mike Ward

09/10/2020

HGT is proud to join this Antiracism Coalition and commits to these Action Steps for the future of our operations. It is our collective aim to dismantle white supremacy and to make Boise a more inclusive home where Black lives and Black art matters. We invite you to make this commitment as well, and welcome you to join us at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNgjWs78qNc9f9FjyHLCu75ZRjAWnEo1EJRSajG5eT27XMjA/viewform. Thank you to the Boise City Department of Arts and History and to the Morrison Center for providing a safe space for these important conversations. This work is not done, we are only beginning.