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By Jessica T. Gable<\/p>\n

On a darkened stage in Chicago\u2019s Columbia College Dance Center on Jan. 16, four lifelike puppets bound to tiny wheelchairs stared out across the sea of empty seats with a gaze that seemed too penetrating to come from something inanimate.<\/p>\n

Their three handlers, Ines Zeller Bass, Eric Bass and Kirk Murphy, took their places behind their counterparts to begin rehearsal for D-Generation: An Exaltation of Larks, a show the Sandglass Theater brought from Putney, Vermont to Chicago as part of the city\u2019s International Puppet Theater Festival. The show runs from Jan. 16-17.<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/a>
Eric Bass holds aloft a puppet in a segment about a woman with dementia who used to be a dancer. Though wheelchair-bound, in her mind she soars through the air.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Using puppets, audio and visuals, \u201cD-Generation\u201d offers a glimpse into the day-to-day lives of five people living with dementia. The actors and creators of the show strove to portray the creativity, imagination and the lively workings of their minds of those living with the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe subject of the play is not sadness,\u201d puppeteer Eric Bass said. \u201cThe subject of the play is playing. The subject of the play is living in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

To collect material for the play, the team used a technique called \u201cTimeslips,\u201d an exercise that let real people with dementia contribute pieces of scenes for the play.<\/p>\n

\"Kirk<\/a>
Puppeteer Kirk Murphy smiles as he manipulates a puppet portraying Henry, a man with dementia who has a difficult time remembering family members but finds immense joy through painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The technique is portrayed in the show as a \u201cstory circle.\u201d Each puppet in the circle represents a character with dementia. Their caregivers, played by the actors, give the puppets an image and ask them to come up with a story behind it. The team went to real nursing homes to gather those stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t demand memory at all,\u201d Bass said. \u201cIt demands imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s Chicago run ends Saturday, Jan. 17.<\/p>\n

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