Blue Silk
UCCS Artist Residency and Philly Fringe Festival with Cinco Placensia
April 2023 and September 2024
Roles: Puppet Designer, P Consultant, and P Director
Director: Cinco Placensia
Blue Silk began as an artist residency at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). Cinco Palcensia envisioned a show featuring haunting puppetry and music to narrate the story of drug abuse. After recently losing his cousin to an overdose, Cinco created Blue Silk. Katy was brought on early in the residency as a puppet consultant, providing direction, education, and insight into the puppet elements of the storytelling.
In September 2024, Blue Silk traveled to Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. It was a fully realized production with a team of young, talented designers and theater makers.
Audiences were in awe, as the show possessed an uncanny and exhilarating ability to transport them to another world for 45 minutes.
The two puppets were brought to life by three actors from Pig Iron.
Photos by Wide Eyed Studios