Dr. Mecurio's Mythical Marvels & Traveling Menagerie!

Hello my friends and welcome to season 2 Chapter 11 "Middleof Trouble! & Chapter 12 "Everything's A Pippin!"  of Dr Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels and Traveling Menagerie!It’s taken forever to get this episode up because… well… You know why… We’re based out of California so still on locked down so we all recorded are parts separately and I stitched them all together to create what I think is one of our best shows to date!One of the reasons I like this particular show is because we’ve added some new voices! Michelle Avenell (who also co-wrote Chapter 12) & Collette Harrison are dragoneers in our live performances so it seemed only fitting to add them to the podcast. Speaking of the live show, if you haven’t heard we have a channel on you tube now where you can not only listen to the podcasts, but see the many creatures in Mecurio’s world on our new mini series The encyclopedia Mecurium. There’s two episodes up there and working on more to put up in the coming weeks!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1cl82CK45L5vJMnWaq8gKwFinally, for those of you who didn’t know, before the new normal, the show itself was also an inspirational school assembly. We’d bring larger than life dragons, unicorns, and other amazing creatures to elementary & middle schools with an hour long show and a lecture afterward about how every incredible feature of our puppets would not be possible without math, science, engineering and even language arts as we had to write the story they just watched. The goal being to show a practical use for the skills they’re being taught! With that said I’m pleased to announce that we are in the process of creating a virtual version of that show which will be followed by a 30 minute live Q & A and virtual behind the scenes tour of The Puppetry Institutes Studio where you can see things like “what makes a 13 foot Yeti puppet work”.The show will be available to stream to your school, remote learner, home school group, or learning pods this September. Click the links in the show notes for more information and details on how to bring this show, plus The Puppetry Institutes other live streaming workshops to your students.With that said let us settle in, adjust our headphones, and turn it over to our good friend the DR. Commercial Links:https://www.thepuppetryinstitute.org/online-classes I’d like to talk for just a minute to those parents with kids learning from home, about The Puppetry Institutes online, and live streaming workshops. For the past 4 years the Institute has taught puppetry, costuming, and effects art to children and adults on the central coast, both at our big studio in Capitola and in schools and low income housing communities.Times being as they are, we have converted 75% of our classes into online and Live stream workshops. Our classes are not just your basic art class, but address VAPA standards such as Design, construction, puppetry, theater and concept artistry as well as  a True STEAM experience as all our classes involve two or more standards from Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and the Arts to be taught AND assessed in and through each other.Each class and workshop comes with a kit containing everything you’ll need to turn your imagination into reality, easy to follow instructional videos, and up to 10 hours of live instruction from one of the Institutes talented instructors! Workshops are affordable and group prices are available with  a portion of all fees going to support the Puppetry Institutes scholarship program which provides free kits and workshops to low income-special needs-and kids of essential workers. What could be better? You learn something and pass a little art along to someone who needs it. Check the show notes to find out more and help make the world a cooler place… One Puppet at a time… Credits:The Podcast is a Production of Geppettodreams.art in association with the TPI“Middleof Trouble” Written by Ricki Vincent“Every Thing’s A Pippin” Written by Ricki Vincent and Michelle AvenellStarring the voice talents of Annamarie McLeod as PenelopeRicki Vincent as Dr Mecurio, the Guard, and Mayor Squigglebottom.Ray Esquerra as PercyStar Hagen Esquerra as SadieCollette Harrison as PippinMichelle (sharkledog) Avenell as Judge Judith.Episode Art: Sharkledog!Dr Mecurios Mythical Marvels and traveling Menagerie is protected under a creative commons license which means don’t change it, sell it, steal it, but by all means share it with everyone you know!

This episode we are joined by famed Unicornologist and Ruler of the floating mountains of Neverwas, Lady Star Esquerra! She's here to give you a look at my astounding new addition to the Menagerie, GYPSY the Aries Unicorn!  Remember you can see actual footage of the show on our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1cl82CK45L5vJMnWaq8gKwThis episode of The Encyclopedia Mecurium is written by Ricki Vincent & Michelle (Sharkledog) Avenell - Lady Star is played by Star Hagen-Esquerra, Dr Mecurio is played by Ricki Vincent Produced and Directed by Ricki Vincent Taped on location at The Puppetry Institute www.thepuppetryinstitute.org Puppets Created by Geppetto Dreams see more of how to bring your imagination to life please visit www.geppettodreams.art. We encourage you to subscribe and leave comments and to listen to the Podcast wherever you get your podcasts from including Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-mecurios-mythical-marvels-traveling-menagerie/id1353511459?mt=2 While your there leave some stars and a comment to score some free schwag! Finally to all our listeners stay safe-stay well-stay creative!

Dr. Mecurio's Mythical Marvels Presents: The Encyclopedia Mecurium Volume 2 Basilisks! Today we'll learn all about these astounding creatures!

Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels & Traveling Menagerie is an adaptation of the original story by fantasy artist Ricki Vincent, and takes you into the dimension of Improbable, to the land of Middleof, located in the ocean of Nowhere. There you will find the nefarious Dr. Elphias Mecurio and his ragtag group of airship pirates in a race against evil forces to find the last four remaining dragons in existence... And just what will they do with four living breathing dragons? Why, exploit them to the fullest extent possible of course! This episodes artwork is from the multi talented Terra Saura Elizabeth who also designed our new web page at https://www.thepuppetryinstitute.org/dr-mecurio You can also check out pics and clips of our live events at https://www.facebook.com/DrMecurios/

Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels & Traveling Menagerie” is an adaptation of the original story by fantasy artist Ricki Vincent, and takes you into the dimension of Improbable, to the land of Middleof, located in the ocean of Nowhere. There you will find the nefarious Dr. Elphias Mecurio and his ragtag group of airship pirates in a race against evil forces to find the last four remaining dragons in existence... And just what will they do with four living breathing dragons? Why, exploit them to the fullest extent possible of course! Written and directed by Ricki Vincent, Starring Annamarie Macleod, Claire Whitaker, Elliot Kaiser, Ray Esquerra, Star Haggen-Esquerra, and Ricki Vincent as Dr. Mecurio! For more info on the Podcast and live performances gp to https://www.facebook.com/DrMecurios/ or https://www.thepuppetryinstitute.org/events

Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels & Traveling Menagerie” is an adaptation of the original story by fantasy artist Ricki Vincent, and takes you into the dimension of Improbable, to the land of Middleof, located in the ocean of Nowhere. There you will find the nefarious Dr. Elphias Mecurio and his ragtag group of airship pirates in a race against evil forces to find the last four remaining dragons in existence... And just what will they do with four living breathing dragons? Why, exploit them to the fullest extent possible of course! Written and directed by Ricki Vincent, Starring Annamarie Macleod, Claire Whitaker, Elliot Kaiser, Ray Esquerra, Star Haggen-Esquerra, and Ricki Vincent as Dr. Mecurio! For more info on the Podcast and live performances gp to https://www.facebook.com/DrMecurios/

Sorry it's taking so long to get next episode up . But while your waiting please go to Itunes and leave us some stars and a review to help us move up the charts! For more info on the Podcast or to have our Dragons and Mythical Creatures perform at your next event, go to: https://www.facebook.com/DrMecurios/ And to find out more about our other projects please feel free to visit https://www.thepuppetryinstitute.org/ Want to help support our efforts? then head on over to our Patreon page and pledge as little as $1 a month to help make the world a better place One Puppet at a Time ! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5148966

Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels & Traveling Menagerie” is an adaptation of the original story by fantasy artist Ricki Vincent, and takes you into the dimension of Improbable, to the land of Middleof, located in the ocean of Nowhere. There you will find the nefarious Dr. Elphias Mecurio and his ragtag group of airship pirates in a race against evil forces to find the last four remaining dragons in existence... And just what will they do with four living breathing dragons? Why, exploit them to the fullest extent possible of course! For more info on the Podcast and live performances gp to https://www.facebook.com/DrMecurios/

Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels & Traveling Menagerie” is an adaptation of the original story by fantasy artist Ricki Vincent, and takes you into the dimension of Improbable, to the land of Middleoff, located in the ocean of Nowhere. There you will find the nefarious Dr. Elphias Mecurio and his ragtag group of airship pirates in a race against evil forces to find the last four remaining dragons in existence... And just what will they do with four living breathing dragons? Why, exploit them to the fullest extent possible of course! To see the good Doctors Dragons as well as pictures of the members of the crew go to https://www.facebook.com/DrMecurios/ or to Book the traveling menagerie for your next event check out or page at https://www.thepuppetryinstitute.org/

Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels & Traveling Menagerie” is an adaptation of the original story by fantasy artist Ricki Vincent, and takes you into the dimension of Improbable, to the land of Middleof, located in the ocean of Nowhere. There you will find the nefarious Dr. Elphias Mecurio and his ragtag group of airship pirates in a race against evil forces to find the last four remaining dragons in existence... And just what will they do with four living breathing dragons? Why, exploit them to the fullest extent possible of course!