COMING UP Fall 2010 Concrete Temple Theatre presents Bird Machine Limited Engagement Thursday, September 9th Friday, September 10th   Saturday, September 11th at 7 PM & 9 PM   The Secret Theatre 44-02 23rd Street, #104, Long Island City, NY Tickets: $18; $12 for students w/valid id. Purchase tix online at www.secrettheatre.com or at box office.   Bird Machine is a co-creation of Renee Philippi and Carlo Adinolfi. Carlo Adinolfi designs sets & puppets. Renee Philippi directs. David Pinkard is composer and sound designer for the through-composed piece. Julie Seitel designs lights. Casey McLain is stage manager. Cast includes: Carlo Adinolfi, Brian Carson, Ayako Dean, Sook Kim, Zdenko Slobodnik, and Stacey Weingarten. Assistant Stage Managers are: Ashley Andrews and Tess Hole Closest subways: 7 to 45th Rd/Courthouse or E, V, & G to 23rd St./Ely.  Close to N, W, & R trains at Queensboro Plaza.   Support for Bird Machine comes from: The Jerome Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation, St. Ann’s Puppet Lab, Workspace for Choreographers, Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project Commission, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts and chashama. Bird Machine will also be seen at the Orlando International Puppetry Festival, December 3rd and 4th. Hudson to China Dixon Place, NYC Wednesday, December 15th, 7 and 9 PM http://www.dixonplace.org/puppetblok Support for Hudson to China comes from a commission by the Hudson Opera House with funds from the New York State Council for the Arts as well as Concrete Temple Theatre's support from NYSCA and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In addition, Hudson to China was awarded a Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant. March 2011 The Whale Pontine Theatre, Portsmouth, NH http://www.pontine.org