Hygienic Egg 2019:  inspired by T.S. Eliot’s 

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

Performers are artists local and distant, all associated with the Dragon’s Egg.  

We are here in the galleries through the generosity of Hygienic Arts – thank you!! 

The project is conceived and assembled by Marya Ursin, of the Dragon’s Egg. 

entrance: Gus, the Theatre Cat, by T.S .Eliot ; read/performed by Christie Williams

downstairs to left: Feelings Feel, inspired by Gus the theater cat, created by Clare Byrne 

performed by Clare Byrne and Amy Larimer

downstairs to right:  “For Grizabella, who was omitted from the book…..a god aweful small affair”

Choreographed and Performed by Cristin Cawley Gill; Music: David Bowie performed by Seu Jorge

downstairs to left:  THE AUTHORITY looks for MACAVITY  by resurrection espinoza

with: Julie Reid, Mitchell College Players; Resu Frink, Teatro Latino de New London

top of stairs: “I Know Who I Am”, says the cat who lives on Animal Farm (George Orwell, 1945). She declined to give her name. Created for the 2017 Dragon’s Egg Assemblage; 

written and performed by Golden Ratio (Bernadette Golden and Larry Kern).

end of entry: Topsy the Rat Cat, with a couple of roving cats; poem written/read by poet Lana Orphanides

end of entry: “Cats in the Early Morning Kitchen” 

play by Melanie Greenhouse; performed by Milt Angelopoulos and Marya Ursin

mid gallery: The Panther, Mask piece created by Bobbi Nidz

poem by Rainer Maria Rilke read by Christie, Milt, Marya; guitar: Clare; tourist: Ara Fitzgerald

mid gallery: The Old Gumbie Cat – a riff, created by Serena Judge, 

with music by Parov Stelar’s CatGroove.

mid gallery:  First, Middle and Last. (inspired by “The Naming of Cats”) 

written and performed by Ara Fitzgerald 

front gallery: I’ve Got Dreams to Remember,  choreographed by Leah Moriarty

dancers: Leah Moriarty, Morgan Bryant, Jasmine Mattar; music by Otis Redding

front gallery: from Getting Along like cats and dogs: Kitty and Puppy at the Hay House  by David Brown

front gallery: Moon, thoughts by Mull Itover; written and performed by Amy Larimer 

to “Morning Has Broken” by Cat Stevens

front gallery: How to Ad-dress a Cat, by T.S. Eliot

finis

We thank the performers, who have given of their dreams, their time, their presence, to us,

and to you, for being present for these explorations.  

And we thank the Hygienic Galleries, here in New London, for all they do!   xox mcu  

www.dragonseggstudio.org, Join to help support the artists and activities of the Dragon’s Egg!  contact Marya at mybeasts@aol.com

March 10, 2019