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Dan Jones

@dandemoniumjones

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trash magic ✨ big stories 🌈
puppets, from cardboard creatures to b'way
✒️playwright
🎨designer
📚dramaturg
🎭 teaching artist
Queens, NY 🌐

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Feel like riding the rails.

Some cardboarding while dogsitting, with special build assistant Arlo.

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#cardboard #cardboardart #crafts #crankie #boxes #boxcar #scenicroute #queer #queerart #starlight #trains #ridingtherails #kingcharlescavalier #crafting #trashart #pan #toytheater #liveanimation #cozy #washingtonheights #brownpaper taken in Washington Heights by @dandemoniumjones

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Throwback--Hound in process for BASKERVILLE at @everymantheatre. This was a tricky one, just a few days to build a pretty big creature for a single operator who was a character in the scene. (We called the hound Howie and he was less friendly in the show.)

I have sooo much timelapse from this build. Maybe I'll get around to putting it together one day

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#puppet #puppetdesign #dog #dogsofinstagram #hound #puppetdesigner #sherlock #sherlockholmes #farce #theater #theatre #foam #fabrication #theatricaldesign #l200 #baskerville #kenludwig taken in Everyman Theatre by @dandemoniumjones

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3 years ago

Metala Victorious! by @dandemoniumjones

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5 years ago

Who is she with the exquisite taste, the luxurious lashes, the eye for fashion, and the attitude in need of adjustment? She is THE FANCY PERSON, of course! The Junk Drawer’s first visitor of the day is bringing a broken (and out-of-fashion) possession in need of a new use. Can you guess what she has for us?

The Fancy Person is voiced by JUNK DRAWER co-creator Dan Jones. by @dandemoniumjones

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4 months ago

Hello! The Junk Drawer is deep into post-production. We can't wait to share all the bits and bobs inside with you and your preschoolers! #puppets #preschool #indiefilm #junkdrawer by @dandemoniumjones

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It is snowing today, so by LAW OF SEASONS I can still post a winter-themed video in March! Dogsitting Nicholas over the holidays, I made him a little Holiday House. ☃️🏠❄️

In full stapler gremlin mode here, excuse me.

Thank you @marcjhecht for cutting it together! by @dandemoniumjones

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7 months ago

I am thinking of my Minneapolis community, collaborators, and friends every morning this week (even keeping my hands busy during long calls during which I can't really remember what an Ox looks like).

No other place in the country has treated me with so much kindness. No other place is filled with such commitment, civic-mindedness, and creativity. The worst people alive keep trying to make an example out of Minneapolis because Minneapolis keeps showing America what is possible. by @dandemoniumjones

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9 months ago

2025 moments because I refuse to start this year on a deadline. by @dandemoniumjones

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Production photos from MAGGIE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS, my collaboration with the New Victory Theater and the New School's School of Drama!

Photography by Nathaniel Johnston

Maggie At The Middle of The Mess, 2025
School of Drama at The New School College of Performing Arts

Dan Jones (Playwright/Director)

P. Tyler Britt* (Production Stage Manager)
TaTyana Smith* (Assistant Stage Manager)

Michael Ruiz-del-Vizo^ (Scenic Designer)
Amanda Roberge^ (Costume Designer)
Carolyn Wong^ (Lighting Designer)
Tyler A. Berg (Sound Designer)
Michi Zaya (Projection Designer)
Dan Jones (Puppetry Designer)
McKelvey Courtney Collins (Production Assistant)

Cast: Hannah Agyarko, Sydney Gerlach, Jayla Glover, Aanshikha Loiha, Sadie Redmond, and Sophia Corral (swing).

*member of Actors Equity Association ^member of United Scenic Artists 82 taken in The School of Drama by @dandemoniumjones

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Sneak peek 👀✨MAGGIE AT THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS by @dandemoniumjones and THE SEVEN RAVENS by @marisolmakes open today and run all weekend at Bank Street Theater.

Created in collaboration with @newvictorytheater, this family-friendly double feature brings big imagination, puppetry, and heart, perfect for kids and adults. Come hang with us! 🎭💫

Maggie at the Middle of the Mess Cast:
Hannah Agyarko
Sophia Corral
Sydney Gerlach
Jayla Glover
Aanshikha Lohia
Sadie Redmond

The Seven Ravens Cast:
Annabelle Daniel
Emily Davis
Kari Ergmann
Sahana Harsha
Harper Jones
Felicia Presti
Shay Shalem

Creatives:
Dan Jones, Director, Playwright, and Puppet Designer, Maggie At The Middle Of The Mess
Marisol Rosa-Shapiro, Director and Playwright, The Seven Ravens
P. Tyler Britt, Production Stage Manager
Tatyana Smith, Assistant Stage Manager
Michael Ruiz-del-Vizo, Scenic Designer
Carolyn Wong, Lighting Designer
Tyler A. Berg, Sound Design & Original Music
Amanda Roberge, Costume Designer, Maggie At The Middle Of The Mess
Mae Berg, Costume Designer, The Seven Ravens
Michi Zaya, Projection Designer
Jordan Laroya, Fight Director, The Seven Ravens
Alba Quezada, Voice Faculty
Nora Woolley, Movement Faculty
Ka-Ling Cheung, Acting Faculty

Photo by @njohnstonphotography by @dandemoniumjones

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a year ago

Thank you @cmomnyc (and Tamar!) for inviting me back to do one of my favorite things: make something big in an afternoon while dozens of kids scream their ideas and collaborate with their art. The request this time was a maze.

Thank you for giving my zoom-addled brain the improvisatory creative time it is presently starving for, and for making sure that I still made a little time for Halloween this year.

And thanks for taking pictures! Photos by @stewphotographynyc by @dandemoniumjones

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✨ Meet Maggie… and her trusty robot co-pilot, Qoob! ✨

November 14–16 – Join them on a whirlwind journey through imagination, where messy bedrooms transform into mysterious worlds and every cluttered corner holds a new adventure.

In collaboration with @newvictorytheater, written and directed by @dandemoniumjones, and starring our incredible student cast from The School of Drama, Maggie at the Middle of the Mess is perfect for kids and adults alike who love adventure, creativity, and a little bit of mess!

🎟 Free with RSVP by @dandemoniumjones

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