Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jonny Clockworks is the stage name of puppeteer Jonathan Edward Cross. He is also the artistic director of The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre and the ClockWorks Experimental Puppetry Studios.As a student at Emerson College, he was a member of the comedy troupe This is Pathetic, a group that includes such alumni as comedians David Cross, Laura Kightlinger, Anthony Clark, John Ennis and Julie Goldman. He founded the Cosmic Bicycle Theatre in Boston in 1989. Early productions included interpretations of S.I. Witkiewitz's The Madman and The Nun and Molière's The Miser. He also debuted an original production, Stories From the Four Corners of the Wheel.In 1995, Cross relocated to New York City, where he opened The ClockWorks Experimental Puppetry Theatre. Cultivating a distinctive style while utilizing found objects and detritus as the basis for his creations, Cross developed and performed such works as The Mechanical, The Marriage of Mother Earth and Father Sky, NetherWorld, A Morality Vaudeville, The Alchemical Work, and Dr. Kronopolis and the TimeKeeper Chronicles- A Space Opera. The company also developed miniature works, including Clockwork Universalis or The Marvels of the Universe, Venus Envy- A Puppet Peep-Show and Thanatopsis. These pieces were performed together as An Evening of Miniature Masterpieces.In 1999, "The ClockWorks" on 12th Street had to close its doors, but during 2000, the company was in residence at the World Financial Center. There they created and developed Assemblage of Souls: Circus at the End of the Earth.Over the years, The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre has participated in The Henson Foundation's International Festival of Puppet Theater, New York City’s Downtown Arts Festival and has appeared at festivals all over the world, from Zagreb to Croatia and Slovenia to France. They were also the sole U.S. representatives at the 15th International Congress of Arts for Young Audiences in Montreal, Canada.The Clockworks has been the recipients of many awards, ranging from The Off-Off Broadway Review Award for best production of 1996, to an Award of Excellence for the music and sound design of The Mechanical at P.I.F. in Croatia. In 2001 Cross won an UNIMA International Citation of Excellence in Theater, for Doctor Kronopolis and the TimeKeeper Chronicles.In 2011, "The ClockWorks" re-opened its doors in Brooklyn, New York.Cross's other notable credits include working for puppet artist and director Ralph Lee, a collaboration with musician Vic Chesnutt, performing as a member of the company of HEADS, directed by Danny Mydlack and working in television as a puppeteer for such shows as Disney's The Book of Pooh and Court TV's Smoking Gun TV. His work has also appeared as bumpers and promos on both MTV and MTV2.He is a member of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater.In 1990 he was a guest artist in Poland, meeting with internationally renowned directors, including the late Tadeuz Kantor of the Cricot 2 Teatr.His original music for accordion, toy piano, harmonium and homemade instruments won an Award of Excellence at the Puppetry International Festival in Zagrab, Croatia.Other works include ObJete, Edward Lear's Absurd-Ditties and Scenes from the Puppet Freak-Show. He was featured on two episodes of the Discovery Channel's Oddities, and in June 2012, he was commissioned by singer Norah Jones to create a puppet show accompanying the release of her album Little Broken Hearts.. }
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- Jonny_ClockWorks abstract "Jonny Clockworks is the stage name of puppeteer Jonathan Edward Cross. He is also the artistic director of The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre and the ClockWorks Experimental Puppetry Studios.As a student at Emerson College, he was a member of the comedy troupe This is Pathetic, a group that includes such alumni as comedians David Cross, Laura Kightlinger, Anthony Clark, John Ennis and Julie Goldman. He founded the Cosmic Bicycle Theatre in Boston in 1989. Early productions included interpretations of S.I. Witkiewitz's The Madman and The Nun and Molière's The Miser. He also debuted an original production, Stories From the Four Corners of the Wheel.In 1995, Cross relocated to New York City, where he opened The ClockWorks Experimental Puppetry Theatre. Cultivating a distinctive style while utilizing found objects and detritus as the basis for his creations, Cross developed and performed such works as The Mechanical, The Marriage of Mother Earth and Father Sky, NetherWorld, A Morality Vaudeville, The Alchemical Work, and Dr. Kronopolis and the TimeKeeper Chronicles- A Space Opera. The company also developed miniature works, including Clockwork Universalis or The Marvels of the Universe, Venus Envy- A Puppet Peep-Show and Thanatopsis. These pieces were performed together as An Evening of Miniature Masterpieces.In 1999, "The ClockWorks" on 12th Street had to close its doors, but during 2000, the company was in residence at the World Financial Center. There they created and developed Assemblage of Souls: Circus at the End of the Earth.Over the years, The Cosmic Bicycle Theatre has participated in The Henson Foundation's International Festival of Puppet Theater, New York City’s Downtown Arts Festival and has appeared at festivals all over the world, from Zagreb to Croatia and Slovenia to France. They were also the sole U.S. representatives at the 15th International Congress of Arts for Young Audiences in Montreal, Canada.The Clockworks has been the recipients of many awards, ranging from The Off-Off Broadway Review Award for best production of 1996, to an Award of Excellence for the music and sound design of The Mechanical at P.I.F. in Croatia. In 2001 Cross won an UNIMA International Citation of Excellence in Theater, for Doctor Kronopolis and the TimeKeeper Chronicles.In 2011, "The ClockWorks" re-opened its doors in Brooklyn, New York.Cross's other notable credits include working for puppet artist and director Ralph Lee, a collaboration with musician Vic Chesnutt, performing as a member of the company of HEADS, directed by Danny Mydlack and working in television as a puppeteer for such shows as Disney's The Book of Pooh and Court TV's Smoking Gun TV. His work has also appeared as bumpers and promos on both MTV and MTV2.He is a member of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater.In 1990 he was a guest artist in Poland, meeting with internationally renowned directors, including the late Tadeuz Kantor of the Cricot 2 Teatr.His original music for accordion, toy piano, harmonium and homemade instruments won an Award of Excellence at the Puppetry International Festival in Zagrab, Croatia.Other works include ObJete, Edward Lear's Absurd-Ditties and Scenes from the Puppet Freak-Show. He was featured on two episodes of the Discovery Channel's Oddities, and in June 2012, he was commissioned by singer Norah Jones to create a puppet show accompanying the release of her album Little Broken Hearts.".