In Rag Dolly, a little girl named Marcella is dying of a mysterious illness. Her father makes her a rag doll to comfort her, and his stories of the doll come to life in her dreams to guide her through her grief and fear. Marcella and her new friends confront wolves, witches, and incompetent doctors on their way to outwit death and mend her broken heart.

Rag Dolly: The Raggedy Ann Musical (book by William Gibson, music and lyrics by Joe Raposo) is a 1986 Broadway musical notorious for its run of only five shows—making it a certified “flop”. We refuse to let this be the end for this charming, surreal fantasy that speaks to the maturity in children and the child inside all of us. After its closure on Broadway, Rag Dolly has never been performed with the music and script intact. This is because, originally, there was no licensing available—no licensing, no perusal script, no public sheet music, and no official cast album. Until, hopefully, today. RARE Theatricals has spent the last four years working diligently, culminating in our successful direct contact with William Gibson's and Joe Raposo’s estates to make our bid for the licensing of this show.

We just did our first staged reading!

In February 2025, RARE Theatricals produced a reading of the revised Rag Dolly: The Raggedy Ann Musical script at Ohio University. Thanks so much to the incredible cast and crew that made it such a fun experience! It's truly amazing to see how far we've come and finally get a prototype of our script in front of new audiences. You can now watch the whole thing on YouTube!

As an artistic director of the group, I help organize archives, create posts for our social medias, arrange community events, and assist in managing funds and people for our workshop productions. I am also part of the writing team working on the revised script of the show, and often do in-depth research into the playwright's process and previous works to keep our changes as faithfull as possible. Rag Dolly and the revival effort has been a major part of my life since 2021, I've met many of my closest friends and learned so much about producing theater through our endeavors.

If you're interested in learning more about the musical, our group, and how to support us, visit the official website:

The Fogtown series is a live-action puppet series (so, no, not stop-motion) started by Sean Parker and Austin Hillebrecht! Currently in the development and pitching stage, the show re-imagines the adventures of Sherlock (in this case, Sherblock) and his friend Watson (Blockson). They're also working on a choose-your-own-adventure full-motion-video game using the same puppetry techniques! The team is a close-knit group of writers, artists, puppet makers and film people, and I'm honored to be part of their volunteer crew making puppets, costumes, and puppeteering on set.

Projects I've done as part of the Fogtown production:

Events:

• Rose City Comic Con (September 2023)
  • Assistant
• Emerald City Comic Con (January 2024)
  • Assistant
• Adventure Game Fan Fair (July 2024)
  • Assistant
• Tomorrow Theater’s Fogtown Grand Showcase (August 2024)
  • Assistant, Tech, Panelist

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