THE BALLAD OF LULA DEL RAY is a contemporary Shadow Puppet Show directed by Julia Miller

THE BALLAD OF LULA DEL RAY is a contemporary shadow puppet show following the journey of a young girl in search of something that is not as far away as it seems.

Adapted from original text by Brendan Hill

Shadow Puppets and Puppeetering By Drew Dir and Julia Miller

Original Score by Ben Kauffman and Kyle Vegter

Music by Oh+Ah

Title Animation by Gretta Johnson

Puppets and Puppeteering by Drew Dir and Julia Miller

Music by Oh+Ah (Ben Kauffman, Kyle Vegter, Marcelle Pierson, David Unger, and Mel Gonzalez featuring Maren)

What people are saying:

‘The fascinating textures of the music, and the amazing simplicity of the visual medium – black, paperlike figures moving slowly across a bright-white background – held the live audience spellbound at The Hungry Brain.”

-ELLEN McSWEENY, Chicago Q Ensemble

“beguiling”

-JUSTIN HAYFORD, Chicago Reader