little shop of horrors
Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman presented in 2020 by Saranac Lake High School Music Theatre in Saranac Lake, NY. Directed by Bonnie B. Brewer, puppet fabrication design by Matt Sorensen, based on Martin Robinson’s original designs , assistant puppet fabrication by Nikki Olsen, Ruth Denicolo Mader, Patricia Monroe, Ricky Williams, Karina Williams, and Marianne McCreadie. Costume design by Kent Streed, scenic design and lighting design by Bonnie B. Brewer.
SHE KILLS MONSTERS
She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen presented in 2020 by the University of Utah Department of Theatre in Salt Lake City, UT. Directed by Jamie Rocha Allen, puppet fabrication design by Matt Sorensen with Zach Broome, assistant puppet fabrication design by Heather Rogers and Ailish Harris, costume and character design by Peter Terry, scenic design by Thomas George, lighting design by Rachael Harned. Photos by Todd Collins Photography.
legend of the snow queen
Legend of the Snow Queen, my MFA project, presented in 2019 by the University of Connecticut Dramatic Arts Department and the UConn Puppet Arts Program. Written by Leslie Dame and Matt Sorensen. Directed by Matt Sorensen, featuring Tracy Becker, Felicia Cooper, and Esme Roszel. Puppet design and fabrication by Matt Sorensen, Tracy Becker, Abby Bosley, Felicia Cooper, Maggie Flanagan, Neda Izadi, and Esme Roszel. Scenery by Zach Broome and Matt Sorensen. Photos by Abby Bosley.
Toto
The Wizard of Oz
Toto was built in 2013 for The Wizard of Oz, produced by Community Theatre Players, Inc., based out of Saranac Lake, NY. We had a thrust stage with stadium seating, so I had the opportunity to develop a more abstract version of the time honored, lovable companion.
ToTo 2
Australian Toto
I was commissioned to make a new Toto puppet for an Australian theater company in the summer of 2016. I didn't replicate the original Toto exactly, but gave him a more literal appearance, and found the opportunity to make improvements to structure and form that allowed for even more expressive movements.
Puppeteer Lucky Cerruti as Toto
ABOUT MATT SORENSEN
Matt Sorensen has been performing and teaching Theatre in Saranac Lake, NY since the fall of 2000. He was granted a BA in theatre from the State University of New York at Potsdam in 2006, working as a professional theatre artist in the Adirondacks and in western New York since. His love of design and his imagination have steered him down the path of puppet design and creation with the hopes that, along the way, he can grow as an artist and begin a career in puppet design and performance. Matt is pursuing a MFA Graduate degree at University of Connecticut’s Puppetry program.