Betsy Tobin’s “Moment in Time”

Inspired by real-life situations captured in black and white photographs, Moment in Time paints an evocative portrait of the human condition. Through the artistry of puppets, masks, movement, and imagery, Tobin & Gunst eloquently tell stories in a universal language without words. Unfolding like the pages of a cherished photo album, each meticulously crafted scene emerges from black and white photographs, inviting the audience into a realm where the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary. The stark contrast of black and white enhances the drama, creating a hauntingly familiar yet entirely unique experience.

This performance is part of our Thursday Nights @ the Museum series. Join us every Thursday from Jan. 23 – May 1 for concerts, films, and free talks in the Longmont Museum’s Stewart Auditorium.

Learn more about our other Thursday Night programs. 

The Museum galleries are also open late on Thursday nights. Explore the Picasso exhibit with extra hours from 5 – 9 pm before your program.

About the Artists

Betsy Tobin has toured in festivals, theaters, and cultural centers in the United States and throughout Europe where she won awards at puppetry festivals and earned an international reputation as a solo puppeteer. She has also performed in Canada, Guinea, Turkey, Bulgaria and Bali. Since 2007, she has been creating multi-media productions like “Shadows & Journeys,” performed in canyons across the Southwest. She participated in the Art in Embassies program in Guinea where she directed an original shadow theatre show with local actors. Tobin’s original theatre productions, like “The Auspicious Adventures of an Improbable Princess” and “Tales from the Tipping Point,” feature a variety of theatre techniques and strong visuals with layered shadow and video imagery.

Michael Gunst is an actor, director and mask-maker living in Boulder, CO. He tours his award-winning show “Four Wishes” adapted from “Gluskabe and the Four Wishes” by Joseph Bruchac, locally and nationally. He has performed locally at the Germinal Stage, Nomad Theater, Denver Civic Theatre, with Band of Toughs (associate member), Theatre 13, DragonFly Productions, Now Or Never Theatre, and Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s “Living Shakespeare” program. Michael toured “The Mask Messenger” throughout North America with Faustwork Mask Theatre. He also performed with the International Pantomime Company of New England and Pocket Mime Theater Company. Michael has performed in NYC in Off & Off Off Broadway. He has an MFA in Acting from Brandeis University.

Jesse Manno is a composer, improviser, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Boulder where he is part-time Music Director of the University of Colorado Dance Department.  He has received over 150 commissions for original scores from Theatre and Dance companies. He has performed at venues all over the U.S. and in several countries in Europe and Asia. He dips into many musical styles, especially Musique Concrete and Balkan and Middle Eastern Music, which he performs frequently with the regional ensemble SHEREFE and the Kailin Yong Peace Project.