Membership Letter
Mystic Paper Beasts Theatre Company8 Hancox Street, Stonington, Connecticut 06378http://www.dragonseggstudio.org; marya: 860 444 7247mybeasts@aol.com; dragonseggstudio@gmail.com Board of Directors: Mystic Paper BeastsDavid Jaffe, president David Dorfman Co-Producer: Dan PotterKato McNickle, vice president Ara Fitzgerald Co-Artistic Director: Marya Marya Ursin, secretary Jessica Cerullo Daniel Potter, treasurer Shannon Sexton Potter Dragon’s EggExec.Director: Marya Ursin Greetings! August…. and […]
Livingroom Playreading Series Continues
Continuing our Living Room informal playreading series – an almost monthly reading chez nous at 8 Hancox Street in Stonington, Ct. The Way of the World, by Congrevewill be on Sunday, October 12th, from 2-5. I serve tea, minimal snacks – we are here to read the play!! Do please join us – it is […]
George White has died.
George White, the founder of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Centre, died yesterday. What a gift he has been to the theatre community, to blessing young or new playwrights with creative support, with extending theatre beyond our borders in so many ways. I met George and Betsy in 1972, when I taught their younger son and […]
Beasts are about
The Beasts have been popping up out and about. Upcoming on Saturday, August 9th, at 2 pm, is a brief vignette by Marya, at MOAF – the performance portion of the Mystic art fair. It is a great event, with alot of variety of very fine performers throughout the day (rain or shine) in […]
Dragon’s Egg is…
The Dragon’s Egg is under reconstruction, or, we hope, about to be! After the fire on May 24, 2024, which caused such grievous damage. PatCo is in the permitting phase, which is quite a long drawn out complicated exciting process. So. We hope that the Egg will re open this year. Meanwhile, the Hygienic Egg […]
Living Room Playreading Series
We shall continue with our (nearly) monthly Living Room Playreading, in which we gather together, a group of unpracticed readers, to read a play together. We have so far read Dead Man’s Cellphone, Cloud 9, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, The Importance of Being Ernest. This time we shall read “Blithe Spirit” by Noel […]
Stonington has announced: Christie Williams
Christie Williams will be the First (!!) Poet Laureate of Stonington! He has graced many an event as an actor, as a viewer, as a poet, as a generous participant, at the Egg, and at Egg events, as well as out and about more widely. He will be our poet laureate for two […]
Dragon’s Egg Will Rise Again
The Dragon’s Egg is moving slowly but surely through the permits process, to enable rebuilding. It is simply taking time, but I trust that the actual work will begin soon. There are lots of code upgrades required, it being 2025, and not 1998. It has been 13 months since the fire. Wishing all blessings […]
Stonington Poet Laureate is established!
Poet laureate Press Releasethe TOWN OF STONINGTON ESTABLISHES POSITION OF POET LAUREATE Under the direction of the Stonington Cultural District Commission (SCDC), theTown has officially established the position of ‘Poet Laureate’. Aligning with National Poetry Month, an application and selection process willbe publicly rolled out for this two-year post. Cultural District Commission Chair Paul Geise.expressed […]
Hygienic Egg Programme
Dragon’s Egg PresentsThe Hygienic EggOn March 9th, 2025, at the Hygienic Galleries of New LondonA nearly annual collaboration with the HygienicWe provide the performers, they provide the amazing venues, as we promenade through the Galleries, taking in the art, and creating our own. This yea’s work is in response to the prompt of Pygmalion. […]
The Hygienic Egg!
The Hygienic Egg!March 9th, 2025, at 12:30 pmThe Mystic Paper Beasts/Dragon’s Egg is back, with the “Hygienic Egg”, a promenade performance through the Galleries of the Hygienic at 78 Bank Street, in New London, Ct. You may remember: this is an event in which it is the Audience that moves. In each of the […]
No Egg yet, but Active
Greetings, on this snowy February snow moon day, Full Moon in Leo! Beauty is around us, and within us. Beauty abounds – we must remember that, and bring kindness and peace and honor into the world. Marya did a Beastie show in Abington, Mass, to an enthusiastic K-5 audience. They were a delight, engaged, full […]
Samhain
Samhain blessings The moon will be transiting scorpio from about midday on Thursday through Saturday eve. It will be “void of course” in the middle of Saturday night for a short time. The moon will be dark and then new early Friday. Coinciding with the dark moon this Friday Nov 1, the next few […]
Tellabration!!
Tellabration! 11/9 at 3 pm To honor storytelling, the Ct. Storytelling Center hosts storytelling events throughout the state during the month of November. The Dragon’s Egg has consistently been a part of this event. This year, we shall have a Living Room Tellabration!!! With a number of tellers, on Saturday, 11/9, at 3 pmAt our […]
Upcoming Living Room Events!
Next Sunday, on October 20th, we shall have tea and read, together, The Birthday Party, by Harold Pinter, in our Living Room at 8 Hancox Street in Stonington. You may read or listen. I look forward to seeing you! Do please RSVP. Then, on November 9th, Saturday, at 3 pm, we shall have our […]
Tellabration is coming!
As usual, we plan to host Tellabration 2024, but we have no Dragon’s Egg this year. I am thinking of alternative ways to honour and celebrate storytelling during November: These would be in our Living Room in Stonington, so it would be informal, and would be a bit more like a small gathering/party for friends.I would […]
Luminaria!
Luminaria walk at Copp Family Farm last night, October 4th – magic was indeed afoot! yay Aarya, Anna, Grace, Adeline, Indigo, Madeline, Frida, Jennifer, Rachel, David, Dan, and moi!
Closing Party at the Hygienic is Thursday, Sept. 26
Painting by Janvier Miller Greetingsi! I so look forward to seeing you all for our Closing Party for the show at the Hygienic, which has featured work by Eva Leong, Gus and Jan Miller, Dan Potter, Marya Ursin,on Thursday – 9/26 – from 4-6 pm. The Hygienic Galleries is located at 79 Bank Street […]
Dragon’s Egg Presented yesterday!
It happened! We came, we opened our hearts and minds to dance and theatre and music, and the audience came to complete the circle. I am in awe of the performers, and so very grateful to all for performing, watching and listening, coming to the egg, supporting one another. It was a wonderful […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents!
The Dragon’s Egg Presents at University Settlement performance is on This Saturday, the 21st, at 2 pm ( in NYC) and promises to be a rich experience of dance, music, theatre! Experience new worlds!Give yourself time to get there, and be on time, as late entry may be tricky.You can pre pay and reserve […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents! 2024 – at University Settlement
Please come!! be in touch with Me for tickets: $15 pre paid reservations, $20 at the door.xo m Dragon’s Egg Presents!at 2 pm at University Settlement, Speyer Hall, on September 21, 2024184 Eldridge Street, NYC, NY 10002All of the performers have been artists in residence at the Dragon’s Egg in the past years.For more […]
Living Room Playreading series continues
Our next informal Living Room Playreading, sponsored by the Mystic Paper Beasts, will be onSunday afternoon, Sept. 15, from 2-5 pm, at 8 Hancox, in Stonington. We shall be reading British playwright Caryl Churchill’s play,Cloud 9. There are a number of characters, so let me know if you might be willing to read a part, […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents – tickets on sale!
Yes! We are doing the concert in NYC, Dragon’s Egg Presents! NYC: 9/21/2024, at 2:00 pm: Dragon’s Egg Presents!at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge, NYC, 10002.Tickets $15; at the door: $20.Contact mybeasts@aol.com for tickets/reservation. Performers: Alison Cook Beatty, Clare Byrne (Celestials),Stroller Scene, TINATA, Ara Fitzgerald, Haus of Glitter, Morgan Griffin,Anabella Lenzu, Catherine Messina, Garet […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents at University Settlement
Just a head’s up: Dragon’s Egg Presents at University Settlement, NYC, a concert of past Egg residents, will be on Saturday, September 21, at 2 pm. Tickets can be reserved and paid for via email to Marya,
