Welcome to shoreside, Beware the Dog Fish

In this delightfully macabre take on The Adventures of Pinocchio, the cricket is killed, a blue poltergeist haunts us all, the legendary Dogfish monster preys on our greatest fears and a little wooden puppet struggles to discover what it means to be real.

This new production of Wood Boy Dog Fish is more dangerous and immersive than ever before, with new scenes, music, puppets, masks and special effects. The action is set in the tumbledown town of Shoreside, a tourist trap built around the legend of a terrible sea monster — the Dogfish. The Wood Boy Dog Fish experience begins one hour before show time, just inside the gates of the Garry Marshall Theatre. Audiences are immersed in the mysterious and quirky carnival world with games, food, drink and surprises before they even find their seats.

Wood Boy Dog Fish is a visual feast that combines masks, highly expressive physical performance, dance, interactive sets, multiple puppetry traditions, projected media and sophisticated special effects and illusions — including 3D enhancement — to transport audiences inside an old carnival ride.

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PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES

Garry Marshall Theatre, 2018
 The Bootleg, 2015 
 Mack Sennett Studios, 2013 (Staged Reading)
L.A. Mart, 2012 (Workshop)

PRESS

“WOW!... DELICIOUSLY TWISTED… terrific news for those who like their fairy tales dark and dirty and theatrically magical.” - Stage Scene LA
  “SPECTACULAR... amazing visuals… a heartfelt illustration of the redemptive power of love.” - Broadway World 
“A THRILLING spectacle of sight and sound” — Ivan Steel Presents
“A WILD AND ZANY RIDE… astounding costumes and masks, original music and phenomenal stage effects” — LA Splash
“A BREATHTAKING FEAT OF THEATER… wildly imaginative… A dizzying fusion of sound, lights, puppets, masks and music… the Pinocchio puppet is a spectacular creation.” — Los Angeles Times
“RECOMMENDED… STAGE RAW TOP 10… a toy-box of visual wit” — Stage Raw
“BLEW ME AWAY… delightfully dark in all the best ways…one show you do not want to miss.” — Horror Buzz
 “MAD INVENTIVENESS… magically combines its [grim] vision with buoyant comedy and colorful spectacle…  an overwhelming sensory feast… a dazzling romp through the dark side” — Theatre Ghost