You could call south side native Allyson Gonzalez a puppeteer, but “alchemist” is not wholly inaccurate. How else to describe an artist who can turn used Styrofoam cups and shredded loofahs into tiny ballerinas? “I try not to buy anything,” Gonzalez says of the materials she transforms into idiosyncratic creatures on grand adventures. “Once I copied an Alexander McQueen gown. It was mostly paper towels and wire. I loved that dress.”
Puppeteers are among the most intersectional of artists: “It’s acting and comedy and storytelling and sculpture and sewing,” Hinson says. Most of the cabaret artists, she adds, juggle day jobs with their art. There are lawyers, grade school teachers, and marketing consultants performing at NB&S.
Mon 12/10, 7:30 PM, Links Hall, 3111 N. Western, roughhousetheater.com, $10-$40, $8 students, seniors, and artists.
