THE CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATRE (CAMT) is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of traditional and not-so-traditional puppetry. CAMT’s first New York season in 1990 featured Johannes Dokchtor Faust with a cast of antique Czech puppets discovered by Vít Hořejš in the Jan Hus Church, nestled in the heart of Manhattan’s Czech neighborhood. At La MaMa E.T.C., the company perform.
..ed Once There Was a Village; The Life and Times of Lee Harvey Oswald; Don Juan, or The Wages of Debauchery; The Prose of the Transsiberian and of the Little Joan of France; Rusalka, the Little Rivermaid; and Golem, which was co-produced by La MaMa and was later featured in the 1998 Jim Henson International Festival. Other works for New York seasons and tours include The Very Sad Story of Ethel & Julius, Lovers and Spyes, and about Their Untymelie End while Sitting in a Small Room at the Correctional Facility in Ossining, N.Y.; The Bass Saxophone; Hamlet; Twelfth Night; Kacha and the Devil; The White Doe, Or, The Piteous Trybulations of the Sufferyng Countess Jenovefa; A Christmas Carol, OY! The company has played in 27 states in the U.S.A. and at international festivals in Poland, Turkey, Pakistan, and the Czech Republic.
