The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Oddfellows presents ‘Bubblemania’
Contributed story
MIDDLETOWN — Oddfellows Playhouse is kicking off its 2018-19 season with a guest performance of Bubblemania: Comedy With a Drip!, presented by Casey Carle, comic bubble artist, Saturday, at 2 p.m., at Oddfellows Playhouse in Middletown.
Intended for children ages 5 and up, BubbleMania: Comedy With a Drip! is high-energy entertainment that combines comedy, soap-bubble science, music and a fascinating exploration of bubbles of all shapes and sizes. Carle’s ingenious bubble creations range from intricate shapes to those that are large enough to “trap” a lucky audience member.
BubbleMania: Comedy with a Drip! features giant floating spheres, up to six feet in diameter; 25-footlong soap-film “serpents;” fog-filled bubble art, bouncing bubbles; hands-only bubbling; balanced columns of bubble foam; cube bubbles; the mesmerizing Crystal Ball; and the spinning/ flying Bubble Spacecraft.
Carle, who is a cum laude graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo, began his career as a clown in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. There, he became the first circus entertainer in the country to encase a person in a bubble.
To learn more about BubbleMania! and Carle, visit his Web site at www.bubblemania.com.
Tickets for BubbleMania: Comedy With a Drip! are $10 for adults, $5 for kids, or $25 per family and may be reserved in advance atwww.oddfellows.org or by calling 860-347-6143. Seating at Oddfellows is limited and advance reservations are strongly recommended. Patrons may pay for their tickets at the door, just prior to the performance.
Oddfellows Playhouse is at 128 Washington Street in Middletown. Parking is across the street in the Municipal Lot behind Kidcity Children’s Museum. Oddfellows Playhouse, founded in 1975, is a non-profit theater organization which promotes the growth of young people through the performing arts. Learn more at oddfellows.org