Silo When I was Young—part 3 of 3

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:00:00 -0400

Previously, on Silo When I Was Young, Mabel met Shiloh Grenier, a ten-year-old hospital patient, who asked Mabel to help find her missing sister, Addison. Mabel decoded a secret message from Addison that said “Three oclock on Sunday.” But which Sunday, and where?

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org
Phyllis Chen: Three Lullabies. Performed by Phyllis Chen with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra. |  Albert Zabel: Fantasy on Gounod's Faust, performed by Emmanuel Ceysson. | Johann Sebastian Bach: Andante from Italian Concerto, performed by Catrin Finch. |  Ekaterina Walter-Küne: Fantasy on Tchaikovsky’s 'Eugene Onegin', performed by Emmanuel Ceysson.

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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Silo When I was Young—part 2 of 3

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:00:00 -0400

Previously, Mabel met hospitalized ten-year-old Shiloh Grenier, and her mother Adele. In this episode, Mabel sees her own doctor, and decodes a secret message from Shiloh’s missing sister, Addison.

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org
Phyllis Chen: Three Lullabies. Performed by Phyllis Chen with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra. |  Albert Zabel: Fantasy on Gounod's Faust, performed by Emmanuel Ceysson. | Johann Sebastian Bach: Andante from Italian Concerto, performed by Catrin Finch.

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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Silo When I was Young—part 1 of 3

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:00:00 -0400

A young girl asks Mabel to find her missing sister. And time is running out...

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org
Phyllis Chen, Three Lullabies. Performed by Phyllis Chen with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra.

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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A Fine Romance, Part Two

Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0400

Mabel unravels a hidden plot behind the series of suspicious romantic picnics at Princess Louise Falls.

Additional voices by Rosemary Nolan and William Ballik.

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Songs BB 68, arr. for string quartet, performed by A Far Cry
Bedřich Smetana: Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 15, performed by The Eroica Trio

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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A Fine Romance, Part One

Sat, 13 Apr 2024 13:00:00 -0400

Mabel suspects that a series of romanic picnics at the Princess Louise Falls could have sinister overtones. 

Additional voices by Rosemary Nolan and William Ballik.

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org 
Antonín Dvorák: Two Waltzes, Op. 54, performed by Musicians from Marlboro
Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Songs BB 68, arr. for string quartet, performed by A Far Cry

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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The Mer Bleue Bog Body

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:00:00 -0500

 A sensational discovery could be a perfectly preserved 3,000 year old mummy, or much more recent foul play.

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org 
Chopin: Nocturne for piano No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1, 
performed by Cecile Licad, piano
and 
David Anderson: Four Short Pieces, 
performed by DaXun Zhang, double bass

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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Maid of Orleans

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:00:00 -0500

A voice on the phone tells Mabel that if she doesn’t act quickly, a close relative could end up in jail.

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org Beethoven, Opus106, performed by Jeremy Denk
and Leoš Janáček, Sonata 1, performed by  Charlie Albright

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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Theoretical Rhododendrons

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0500

Mabel breaks into a stranger’s house with the best of intentions and discovers an attractive, naked dead man in an upstairs bedroom.

Music from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, www.gardnermuseum.org Beethoven Piano Sonatas, performed by Paavali Jumppanen.

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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Call Before You Dig

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0400

Mabel wonders about her friendly neighbour, Eric, when, after two suspicious fires, construction workers unearth a grow-op and a corpse in his house. 

Music from The Open Goldberg Variations, performed by Kimiko Ishizaka.

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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The Fault Line

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:00:00 -0400

A police investigation reminds Mabel of her first visit to Orleans.

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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The Body in the Dumpster

Sat, 23 Sep 2023 16:00:00 -0400

When you leave your safe, suburban house in the middle of a pandemic, you’re taking your life in your hands, but you don’t expect to be suddenly on the run from a murderer.

from Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre. Story by Kathy MacLellan, read by Kathy. Production by John Nolan.
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