August Phoenix Hats
– Handcrafted by Heather Daveno –
Category: The Storyteller
Before I was a hatmaker, I was a storyteller…
Once upon a time in the early 1980s, my brother Payne gifted me with a small volume titled: “The Adventures of Monkey,” translated by Arthur Waley. It’s probably safe to say that the sequence of events that occurred after that, can be blamed on Master Payne…
This page will house my research on medieval Chinese theater, fused with a retrospect of my performances as the Monkey King. The six-part series started in June 2021 and leads up to the airing of my performance on August 22, 2021.
The One Monkey Show…
“…She brings Monkey to life with costume, makeup, a big fancy fan and her voice. With a few props and a painted backdrop, [she] plays all the parts…” from The Daily News, Longview, WA
Drama in China: The Painted Face….
Part VI of a six-part series on the theater arts of medieval China and how I applied them to my One Monkey Show.
Drama in China: Music and Dance…
Part V of a six-part series on the theater arts of medieval China and how I applied them to my One Monkey Show.
Drama in China: The Costumes…
Part IV of a six-part series on the theater arts of medieval China and how I applied them to my One Monkey Show.
Drama in China: Props and Movement…
Part III of a six-part series on the theater arts of medieval China and how I applied them to my One Monkey Show.
Drama in China: “The Journey”…
Part II of a six-part series on the theater arts of medieval China and how I applied them to my One Monkey Show.
Drama in China: An Applied History…
Part I of a six-part series on the theater arts of medieval China and how I applied them to my One Monkey Show in the early 1980s.
Phoenix Rising
Every so often, the hatmaker would host a “Phoenix Rising” soiree on the date of the August Moon…