Posts Tagged ‘children’

Egg and Barn Fire Update

    Greetings! We are surrounded by messages of love and support from all of you, from the artists of the Egg, from community, from colleagues, from friends – thank you! And we are also surrounded by a team of professionals who are generous with their time and expertise – the fire department, the insurance […]


Award Winning Film of Anabella Lenzu

I just want to let you know that Anabella Lenzu’s film“BECOMING” ( that was filmed at The Dragon’s Egg) has received the following AWARDS: Award Winner, Best Artistic Short Film at Madonie Film Festival, Region of Sicily, Palermo (2023)Finalist (Best Child Actress) at New York International Film Awards, NYC, USA (2023) From the filmmaker: Thanks […]


Happy Solstice!!

  Winter Solstice 2022 Happy 2023! 2022 was rich, and full, for us. Dan had a wildly successful one man show at the Hoxie, and has been in fivegroup shows, as well. He continues to manipulate refuse and wit into clever new beings. Marya wrote/won four grants for the Dragon’s Egg/Beasts, two from the State, […]


Three Grants Awarded to the MPB/Dragon’sEgg!

Mystic Paper Beasts Theatre Company/ Dragon’s Egg 8 Hancox Street, Stonington, Ct. 06378 860 535 3346; mybeasts@aol.com www.dragonseggstudio.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: 
Marya Ursin, Artistic Director, Mystic Paper Beasts/Dragon’s Egg
Phone:860-535-3346; cell: 860 444 7247 (better)
Email: mybeasts@aol.com The Mystic Paper Beasts/Dragon’s Egg Receives Three Grants!! In winter 2021/ 2022 With great gratitude ***CT Cultural Fund Operating […]


Join the MPB/Dragon’s Egg Community

Greetings! Autumn, 2020 This has been an unusual year for the Dragon’s Egg, as it has been for all of us. The Egg was shuttered beginning in March, and has remained so until recently, when we have carefully and guardedly opened in a minimal way to small, longer residencies, a few rehearsals, and a couple […]


Join the Dragon’s Egg/MPB as a Member!!

Mystic Paper Beasts Theatre Company 8 Hancox Street, Stonington, Connecticut 06378 860 535 3346; www.dragonseggstudio.org mybeasts@aol.com; dragonseggstudio@gmail.com Board of Directors: Mystic Paper Beasts David Jaffe, president David Dorfman Producer: Dan Potter Kato McNickle, vice president Ara Fitzgerald Artistic Director: Marya Marya Ursin, secretary Jeremy Pickard Daniel Potter, treasurer Shannon Sexton Potter Dragon’s Egg Jessica Cerullo […]


Hallowe’en Frolics

We danced, we went on swings, we drummed, we rode dragons and flew on balloons – we had a fine time at the Egg Hallowe’en Dance.   It was attended by a small group of extremely lively small ones and various bigger people, too, and nearly all were in some costume. I hope to see […]


Hallowe’en Dance of the goblins – you?

Friday, October 27th, from 6 – 9 pm, family friendly time! Masks! Drumming! Dancing! Acro Yoga demo! Parachute play! Swinging! Apples and popcorn! All Ages!  Come to the Dragon’s Egg to celebrate and to ready yourselves for Hallowe’en!  from 6 – 9 pm on Friday, October 27th. All ages.  $5 suggested donation will benefit the […]


Beasts at Gallup Hill

  Marya had a fine time with two Third Grade classes at Gallup Hill School for their Day of the Arts.  The kids were willing, active, creative, sweet.


Earth Day! May Day!

Earth Day – May Day!!   at the Dragon’s Egg,  May 1, 2016       Activities will include   Boules (like Bacci) timed according to desire Drumming Circle with Dwayne Green and friends  2:45 pm Guitar with Kato and Deb  from 2 pm for an hour or so Hooping with Serena (and friends) whenever […]


Quixotic Dreams!!

The Quixotic Project will be at the Dragon’s Egg on November 7th (Saturday) at 4 pm = a one time only event, suitable for all ages.  This is a series of riffs and reflections on Don Quixote, and will include local and distant dancers, actors, monologuists, puppeteers, hoopers.   Please join us!  Donations encouraged.See Don Q […]


Marya Solo at the Day School

Marya will be performing excerpts from her solo version of Skytails tomorrow, September 17, at the Fay School, in Massachusetts, as a part of the Young Audiences Massachusetts arts and performance festival!  yay…


Music for Children!

 Music and Movement for Children!     contact Nicole with any questions and to pre register (see her contact info at the end)   June 19th, 2015 11am-1pm   Instructor: Nicole Clarke- PK-12 certified music teacher, early childhood music specialist   Schedule   11am- 12- Ages birth-5 with caregivers   12pm-1pm- Ages 6-11- Music and movement   […]


Hygienic Kids’ Art Show

The Hygienic Gallery presents Kids’ Art at the Garde Gallery, this Saturday, January 31, from 12 – 4 pm, and we Beasts shall be rambling about, as well as dressing hopefuls in masks and costumes to trail dreams and mystery through the gallery of art.  There will be many activities, crafts, storytelling, hooping.  Do come […]


Beasts in Marlborough!

The Beasts will be performing on Union Square in Marlborough, Mass, on 8/9 at 1 pm. Yay! ‘Twill be fun!   Come join us!   


Beasts at Montessori!

The Mystic Paper Beasts will be performing at a Montessori School pavilion in Winchester, Mass., tomorrow, May 9th, and then teaching four workshops! Yay! Lots of prowling cats and sounds and dreams will be afloat in the world of small and large!And the Dragon’s Egg will be hosting Janet Aisawa in residency this weekend.May is […]


Flourishing May Egg!

The Egg is flourishing, with dancers and actors, presentations of work in progress by NuDance, Rejectdance, high school residencies, workshops such as the Robert Moss Dream time, Paul Dunion’s  Mystery School, Anne Belliveau’s Sacred Sound!  Classes in yoga, hooping, and children’s dance continue with glee.   L’Ana Burton’s Children’s Dance Continuum will have its 25th […]


Circus? Hooping? Come to the Egg!

Jen Taylor & Maia Rose of the Om-FLY Circus Collective are coming to The Dragon’s Egg in Ledyard, CT on Saturday February 22 for A Day of Play! Join us for the magic of fusing the fun with the mindful. With a little focus, we can do exciting things with our bodies, and we can […]


SkyTails! Beasts are in the Air, and in Groton!

The Beasts will be performing tomorrow, Saturday, June 22, as a part of the Groton Public Library Solstice Midsummer Festival!   There will be tons of activities from 10 am to mid afternoon, for all ages. We shall be roving out and about from 11-12, and then The Mystic Paper Beasts will present SkyTails, a series […]


Earth Day!!

This Sunday, come join us at the Dragon’s Egg to celebrate the Earth.  We shall have vendors, poets, information about GMO’s, films, dance, conversation and play. Sunday, April 28, from 2 – 5 pm, at the Dragon’s Egg!   namaste…