Loren Kellen

Loren was Prometheus as inventor, Sisiphus as performer, Apollo as the bringer of the sun, Lover in the truest sense of the word and a vital energy that this world needs to stay in balance. There are few who live life so well.

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JoAnn Blohowiak

JoAnn is a South Minneapolis resident, artist, and graphic designer. She has created the BareBones tabloid for several years, and has played her trumpet with the BareBones Music Ensemble at the Halloween Extravaganza.

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Rah Kojis

Rah Kojis is the founder and director of Inflammati Fire Circus, and has worked as the BareBones Halloween Fire Section Designer for several years.

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Rachel Nelson

Rachel is a writer and performer, from the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. She has worked as Production Manager for the Barebones Halloween Extravaganza. Although she doesn’t have much experience with puppets, stilting, or fire, Rachel has lots of experience with communication, talking it out, and making it happen.

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Christopher Allen

Christopher Allen is a Twin Cities born actor, community arts teacher, printmaker, and set builder. Christopher has performed in and built for Barebones Annual Halloween Show since 2006. He was co-director of Barebones Halloween 2009.

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Lelis Brito

Lelis Brito is a Venezuelan-American director, choreographer, performer and educator of movement-theater who has worked for national and international venues for over 25 years. Lelis performed in Fleeced in 2008, and was co-director of Devoured in 2009.

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Soozin Hirschmugl

In 2004 Soozin returned from Vermont to continue to develop her own work and to nurture her relationship with BareBones Productions, a group she helped found sixteen years ago. She has co-directed, designed, and performed in various BareBones productions.

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Mark Safford

Mark Safford

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.

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Maren Ward

BareBones Halloween 2008

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.

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Malia Burkhart

Malia has designed puppets and performed in the Halloween Extravaganza through Barebones Arts Collective. Currently, Malia works independently as a residency teacher, puppet-builder and performer for multiple organizations.

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