Artistic Director....Ruthanne E. Ankney

Ruthanne Ankney

The Missing Swamp Children. A play written by Ruthanne for students at Independence School and Doylestown Community Conservatory of Music and Theater. Katrina causes mayhem and reveals a seceret community of some rather unusual, but very colorful swamp things. The play was performed with original music written by Ruthanne and students at both schools. This was the best summer fun!

Frank R. Burns (Production Manager, Set Design, Actor, Publicity)

Ruthanne and student (University City Highschool CAP Artist in Residence Program.)

Ruthanne at Musikfest...songs and stories. Great audience!!

Jack and the Cat performed at the Walnut Street Studio Theater. Large scale shadow puppetry, storytelling and live traditional music.

Jack and the Unicorn. Another mountain tale featuring Jack and his adventures with a wild unicorn.

Appalachian Folk Tales continue with a production of Mutsmeg. Featured here is the evil witcher woman. Munsmeg was performed as part of the DramaRama Festival in New Orleans, the New Orleans Children's Museum, Kraine Theater in New York City , Community Arts Educaion Center of Philadelphia, Puppeteers of America International Theater Festival in Asheville, North Carolina, the Fringe Festival and the Walnut Street Studio Theater. (Large scale shadow puppetry, masks, live traditonal Appalachian Music, Storytelling and physical theater.)

The King Man from Mutsmeg.

This Properties Condemned performed at the Tennessee Williams Fesitval. Blue Rose Moon was thrilled to be selected to perform at the Tennessee Williams Festival in Clarksdale Mississippi. The theater festival weekend was spent with noted scholars, novelists, friends of Tennessee, brother Dakin Williams, regional musicians and visual artists.

Spring Things....and The Butterfly Brothers and Sisters (adaptaion of a Hans Christian Anderson tale.)

Pandora's Box...the little evils got tired of being not so nice...they wanted to try on the angel wings! Whew!

The Tale of Old Raggedy Bones. (Devils trying to temp Jack with a card game.) A wonderful theater event at Wilmington Friends School.

The Dancing Princess ...an English Folk Tale.

The Story of The Dancing Princess

How Owl Came to Be....Native Tale. A play performed at Independence School with masks, giant puppets, hand made instruments and more!

Frankford Arts Festival...Old Timey Songs .....some great singers to help me!!

Pandora and Friends....Evils being naughty!!

A Pageant of Seasons.

We made chicken shakers..... drums....and danced as you see. What a great time we had calling the Great Creator to come down to Earth.

Nasty Wolf ....From Mountain Tales.

Aztec tales at Independence school. Colorful Ancient tales performed with music, dance and pagentry style puppets.

Ruthanne was selected to perform Ophelia as part of the Bloomsberg Ensemble Japanese Noh Theater programs.

Fancy paper masks by students.

Pretty Goes on a Picnic..... by Chloe Weber. Ruthanne's students loved learning about shadow puppetry. We developed tales of nature using shadow puppets and stories all created, written and performed by students.

Cheltenham Shadow Puppeteers

Sun spirits and Moon spirits ...made by the talented students at The Arts at Stockton.

The Brave Duck and the Knight that saved the world....by Robert Kern

Giant Summer Birds...made by students At Stockton Arts.