Paul Zaloom
House of Horror
The Public Theater
September 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Researched, Written, and Performed by Paul Zaloom
House Design by Joseph John and Paul Zaloom
Lighting Design by Lori A. Dawson
House and Furnishing Built by Joseph John
Puppet Heads Sculpted by Paul Zaloom
Puppet Heads Painted by Dale Wittig
Puppet Heads and Armature built by Steven Kaplin
Puppet Bodies Designed and Built by Barbara Pollitt
Dad and The Boys Bodies and Costumes by Margaret Brown
Puppet Costumes Designed and Built by Donna Langman
Additional Sewing by Mildred Del Rio
Press Stills Photography by Jim Moore

The House of Horror was developed as a work in progress at the Unicorn Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA. The show was first presented by Dance Theater Workshop in New York, September 1988, and subsequently played at the Vineyard Theater for an extended run.

This performance has been made possible in part with commissioning funds from the New York State Council on the Arts through Dance Theater Workshop¹s First Light commissioning program, and by a grant from Art Matters, Inc.

Paul Zaloom would like to express his thanks to all the people whose hard work and inspiration have made The House of Horror possible: Doug Aibel, Vince Anthony at the Center for Puppetry Arts, Marion Appel, Art Matters, Inc., Leslee Asch, the Bread and Puppet Theater, Larry Brown, Margaret Brown, Lori A. Dawson, Mildred Del Rio, Joanne Dillon, Gordon Edelstein, Cheryl Henson, the Jim Henson Foundation, Joe John, Jane Isreal, Steve Israel, Steve Kaplin, Ron Jenkins, Susan Kinney at the Center for Puppetry Arts, Donna Langman, Jim Moore, Don and Janna Osman, Barbara Pollitt, Marilyn Skoaglund, David White and Dance Theater Workshop, Dale Wittig, and Amanda Zaloom.

PAUL ZALOOM joined the Bread and Puppet Theater in 1971 and has worked in the company on and off ever since. He has performed at many venues in New York - from Alice Tully Hall to King Tut¹s Wah-Wah Hut - as well as across the states - Kennedy Center, D.C.; American Repertory Theater, Cambridge; Spoleto Festival U.S.A., Charleston; and Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis. Zaloom has also schlepped all his junk on eight European tours - Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Les Semaines de la Marionette (UNIMA) Congress in Dresden, D.D.R., amongst others. Zaloom¹s work has been awarded a Village Voice Obie Award (for The House of Horror), an L.A. Weekly Theater Award, a New York Dance and Performance Award (the Bessie), an American Theater Wing design award, three UNIMA-USA Citations for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Mr. Zaloom currently appears as Beakman in CBS-TV¹s Beakman¹s World.