Mummenschanz to Launch U.S. Tour

The world-renowned Swiss performance troupe Mummenschanz will return to the United States for a multi-city, U.S. tour this fall and winter, from October 2010 through January 2011.

The American tour will include the previously announced holiday engagement at The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, December 20-January 8.

The troupe creates a playful and uniquely memorable experience through an inventive use of forms, shadow and light, and manipulation of sculptural, expressive masks. Common materials and everyday objects — such as wires, tubes, boxes, and even toilet paper — all spring to life as fantastical characters. This tour will mark the company’s return to North America for the first time since 2003.

The tour will launch at the Stockton Performing Arts Center in Pomona, NJ (October 19), with additional stops in Keene, NH (October 22), Kingston, NY (October 23), Great Barrington, MA (October 24), Worcester, MA (October 26), Burlington, VT (October 27), McLean, VA (October 30-31), Sarasota, FL (November 3), Wickenburg, AZ (November 14), Santa Barbara, CA (November 19), Irvine, CA (November 20-21), Berkeley, CA (November 26-28), Arcata, CA (November 30), Philadelphia, PA (December 16-18), New York City, NY (December 20-January 8), Morristown, NJ (January 14), Princeton, NJ (January 15), and Valhalla, NY (January 16).

For more information on the New York engagement, click here.

For complete tour details, visit www.mummenschanz.com.