Posts by nickverde

Mark Safford, one of the founders of Barebones, has created with the support of many great hearts, heads, and hands: 30′ electric lantern puppet; a seasonal snake over 100′ long; a rickshaw rabbit; fire breathing bulls; a 30′ swan boat showering sparks; giant crow puppets; a series of giant Id-ish baby heads the largest being 40′ in circumference as well as hundreds of masks, pole puppets, bike puppets and the like.

Maren co-founded Bedlam Theatre in 1993 and over the years has worked as an actor, director and administrator with the company and now plays the role of Co-Artistic Director. Maren has been co-director of the Barebones Halloween Show and a member of the Psycick Slutz a capella ritual performance ensemble since 1998.

Douglas Saldana strolled into a Halloween Build at Bedlam Theatre one night with a Halloween mix tape that instantly earned him a place in BareBones’ cadre. Douglas is a staple performer, builder, writer, researcher and dramaturge for BareBones and is occasionally borrowed by Bedlam Theatre for supporting roles in mainstage productions.

Brent joined BareBones Productions in 1999 as a puppeteer for “YDK”, was Halloween Usher Coordinator for seven years, and has been Halloween Site Coordinator and de-facto Fire Safety Coordinator since 2005. Brent has served on the Board of Directors since 2005 and is currently the Treasurer of the organization.