MUSIC AND PUPPETS
A 10th Wave Original
composed by Mary Ellen Childs
performed by Monsoon Season and 10th Wave
Two Matinee Performances including activities and a behind the scenes look
Saturday, January 10th 2026
Sunday , January 11th 2026
The Southern Theatre
1420 S. Washington Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55454
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Program under construction
Collaborators
Mary Ellen Childs
Composer
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Mary Ellen Childs is a composer interested in all the senses: her works speak not only to the ears, but to the eyes, and even the nose. She creates distinctive sound worlds, and often writes for specific architecture or environments. Her installation NORTH, based on her time in the Arctic, is currently on view at MSP International Airport in the B Tunnel. Over the last several years she has been building a body of work that combines music and scent, including her installation Aromusic, originally created for Proyecto ‘ace in Buenos Aires. Childs has held artist residencies at Nawat Fes in Morocco; the Arctic Circle Expedition in Svalbard; Bellagio Center in Italy; Djerassi Foundation; and Cafe Tissardmine in the Sahara desert.
Monsoon Season
Oanh Vu
Puppeteer​
Oanh is an artist and educator who first encountered puppetry through Monkeybear's Harmolodic Workshop’s puppetry intensive and mentorship program. Since then, puppetry has become her passion as I’ve transitioned into a career as a puppeteer. Oanh has trained with master puppeteers through the Chicago Puppet Festival,Tom Lee, Rough House Puppets, the O'Neill National Puppetry Conference and Manual Cinema. Locally, Oanh has created and collaborated on a wealth of new puppet works that have been shown across the Twin Cities. As an educator, Oanh has worked for 13 years with the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Erica Warren
Puppeteer
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Andrew Young (he/they)
Puppeteer
Andrew is a Taiwanese-Indonesian-American puppeteer, artist, and educator based in Minneapolis. They received their puppeteer training through Monkeybear’s Harmolodic workshop, a Black, Native, and POC focused puppetry organization, and has since worked for Mayday and Barebones as a staff artist/performer, as well as continued to create their own work. They have also been a guest artist for Parade the Circle in Cleveland, OH, and at the Madeline Island Independence Day Parade. As a part of their work Andrew is interested in collaboration and community building, healing trauma through art, exploring the natural world, and aiming light towards mental health and our inner worlds. As a teacher Andrew has a focus on empathy and mindfulness in learning, respect for gender/sexual/racial diversity, and encouraging students to trust their inner creative voices.
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