Earth Paper Cut at Red Poppy Art House
A Shadow Play & Hands-On Puppet Building Workshop
Photo by Jess Nguyen
Created and performed by ShadowLight’s Jess Nguyen, Earth Paper Cut is a youth-scripted, surreal story translated into a shadow show: Earth Paper Cut follows two children navigating the moral quandaries around staying or leaving their planet behind at the end of the world as we know it.
This performance will be followed by a guided exploration of transforming a story into a shadow play and a puppet building workshop.
This event is part of Red Poppy’s Family Art Program (Arte entre Familia).
Featuring:
Jess Nguyen, Puppeteer and Teaching Artist
Sunday, June 14th, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm – 4: 00 pm
Admission: FREE
Note: RSVP guarantees admission but does not guarantee a seat. Seating is first come, first served.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Jessica Nguyễn specializes in movement and visual arts disciplines ranging from dance, puppetry, and circus to science illustration and sculpture. As a core member, performer, and frequent collaborator with Shadowlight Productions Jess specializes as a shadow puppeteer and designer, but is also versed in other forms of puppetry. She has performed and collaborated with Facing West Shadows, OddSavvy, Driveway Follies, SF Youth Theatre, and the SF Opera. Jess is always up to shenanigans with the youth, and is a multi-disciplinary educator across the Bay. You can often catch her, unsurprisingly, mulling over fun facts to share with you.
Artist Links
Jess Nguyen
FB:https://www.facebook.com/phantomcardium/
IG:@phantomcardium
Website: www.ghosthearted.com
ShadowLight
Instagram:@shadowlightproductions
Facebook:www.facebook.com/ShadowLightProductions/
Website:shadowlight.org
ABOUT RED POPPY ART HOUSE:
The Red Poppy Art House is a neighborhood center for the intersection of cultural and inter-generational artistic engagement located in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District. The Poppy is an artist-driven organization that seeks to empower and transform society by addressing current social issues that impact our community and society at large through creative processes.
Operating from a neighborhood storefront in San Francisco’s Mission District, we demonstrate the unique, powerful, and irreplaceable capacity of intimate community spaces through hosting over 150 diverse performances, exhibitions, workshops, and artist residencies annually.
The Poppy exists as a true hub, facilitating relationships among cultural visionaries, institutions, communities, arts advocates, and, of course, artists. Acting as an incubator for artists of multiple disciplines, we provide a fertile, informal space for gathering, discussion, and artistic cross-pollination, out of which myriad collaborations form. The intent of Red Poppy Art House is to forge a bridge between high-caliber artistic work and community life through visibility and inclusiveness.
Website: https://redpoppyarthouse.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedPoppyArtHouse
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redpoppyart/