Fall of Freedom! On zoom
And – it was wonderful!! Hi! It is coming – and we are going to put on our Fall of Freedom/poetry of protest –this Saturday, November 22nd, at 4:30 pm.,On Zoom! This is a part of the Fall for Freedom project. We shall have poetry, dance, hooping, song..Join us!Thank you!And please share this below. xo marya Artists participating […]
Tellabration at – gasp – the Egg!!
Tellabration 2025 at the Dragon’s Egg went great, and was well attended – it was our first return to the Dragon’s Egg since the fire of March, 2024. What a great way to re invite energy into the space (which is not yet complete). I thank the tellers all, for their unique ways of telling […]
Fall for Freedom/Poetry of Protest – on zoom
I am hosting a poetry reading on Zoom of poetry, prose, painting, dance, theatre of protest on Nov. 22 at 4:30 pm. This is a part of the Fall of Freedom project. Artists participating include: Serena AraDianAlison cook BeattyJane johnsonClaire porterBarbara mahler Jeanne ruskinPhyllis RSVP if you would like to be.a reader. If an audience, […]
Tellabration – at the EGG!!
Tellabration! 11/16 at 1 pm at the Dragon’s Egg!! Tellabration is an annual, state wide celebration of Storytelling in which the Mystic Paper Beasts/Dragon’s Egg have participated for many years. It is organized by the wonderful Ct. Storytelling Center, in New London.ctstorytelling234@gmail.com We are very excited to announce that we shall meet again at […]
Dragon’s Egg Presented and Yay
Dragon’s Egg Presents Presented!! At University Settlement in NYC yesterday – Saturday, Sept. 20th! The program was varied and moved from quiet to dramatic to comedic, reflecting, as this concert does, the wide variety of work that is dreamt and developed at the Dragon’s Egg. It was a fine afternoon for all, […]
Bios for Dragon’s Egg Presents, 9/20/2025
Here are the bios for Dragon’s Egg Presents at University Settlement at 2 pm on Saturday, September 20th, 2025. They are arranged in the order of the performers. Enjoy! Xo marya The Celestials Clare Byrne is a dance educator, choreographer, writer, and musician. Her work in song and dance has been performed across […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents at University Settlement!
Dragon’s Egg Presents!at 2 pm on September 20, 2025at University Settlement, Speyer Hall, 184 Eldridge Street, NYC, NY 10002All of the performers have been artists in residence at the Dragon’s Egg in the past years. We thank you for being here, for completing the circle of creative endeavor. May we all walk in peace […]
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 […]
Dragon’s Egg at University Settlement!
Mystic Paper Beasts/Dragon’s Egg8 Hancox Street, Stonington, Ct. 06378www.dragonseggstudio.org: visit for more events!! The Dragon’s Egg is under construction! And will hopefully re-open this winter. Beasts continue to romp! NYC: 9/20/2025, at 2:00 pm: Dragon’s Egg Presents!at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge, NYC, 10002.Tickets $20; Contact mybeasts@aol.com for tickets/reservation.Cheque, or https://paypal.me/dragonseggstudio. Performers: Adams Company Dance, alexx makes […]
Dragon’s Egg Presents 2025
The Dragon’s Egg is under construction! And will hopefully re-open this winter. Beasts continue to romp! NYC: 9/20/2025, at 2:00 pm: Dragon’s Egg Presents!at University Settlement, 184 Eldridge, NYC, 10002.Tickets $20; Contact mybeasts@aol.com for tickets/reservation.Cheque, or https://paypal.me/dragonseggstudio. Performers: Adams Company Dance, alexx makes dances, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Anabella Lenzu/ DanceDrama, Ara Fitzgerald, The Celestials, EPs Theatre, Garet&Co Contemporary […]
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 […]
Ara at the Hygienic! Plays at home! Christie at LaGrua
Hi!This Friday, Ara Fitzgerald, dancer, choreographer, writer, inventor, will be doing a reading of her book this friday,May 9th, at 6 pm, at the Hygienic!! Please join us! Clare Byrne and I (Marya) shall be accompanying her as readers. It will be fun – and I would love to see you. details are below. Also, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Which comes first, the dragon or the egg?
Greetings and wishes for well being and peace, in this new year! The Dragon’s Egg continues to be (slowly) under reconstruction. I think of dances in which the stillness is key to the rhythm, and can only assume this is part of the song of the Dragon’s Egg, this pause. And then there will […]
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 […]
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,
Maia and Medea at Theatre for a New City
CONJUNCTION This is a tale of two travelers, told through a blend of aerial, dance, contortion, text and video. One is on a quest to find a place in the world through responsibilities to history, moving from alienation to purpose and meaning. One is on a quest through the wilderness of the psyche, moving from […]
