2 minute clip of a 20 minute show. “She deftly reveals the big emotions lurking within Seemingly tiny details” Joel Del Signore The Gothamist May 25, 2008 Laura Heit walks on stage with a glass of wine wearing a sequined tube top. She takes her place behind a table and begins to bring to life her miniature cabaret. Playing the part of Hostess and star, Heit performs a variety of puppet shows within matchboxes. Each matchbox contains it’s own story, some are dreams being retold, others are circus acts, or nightclub rendezvous, there is a short story of love lost and found, a play written when she was 9 years old, and many others. The tiny matchbox stages come to life with crankies, fire, and pop-up paper engineering. The entire show is projected simultaneously on a screen behind the table making the little tiny details of this portable variety show larger than life. Performer, writer, and director: Laura Heit performing since 2000

The Matchbox Shows

1999 - ongoing

Miniature Raconteur and sequined pyromaniac Laura Heit performs teeny tiny puppet shows inside matchboxes.

“She deftly reveals the big emotions lurking within

Seemingly tiny details” Joel Del Signore The Gothamist May 25, 2008

Laura Heit walks on stage with a glass of wine wearing a sequined tube top. She takes her place behind a table and begins to bring to life her miniature cabaret. Playing the part of Miniature raconteur, sequined pyromaniac, Laura Heit performs teeny tiny puppet shows inside matchboxes. A dead boyfriend, a sausage fairy, a tiger whisperer, a perfectionist, a bath-loving ghost, and many others play their parts in these uncanny micro plays. The miniature stages come to life with crankies, fire, and pop-up paper engineering. The puppet shows are simultaneously projected on a screen behind the table making the little tiny details of this portable variety show larger than life.

25 - 45 min.

contact Laura Heit for booking info.