New Victory Arts Break: New Owner
New Victory Arts Break videos and activities are designed to have your family ready and raring for showtime before you even leave home. Here’s how to use them! All set? Then let’s get creative together and prep your kid for New Owner with the activities below.
New Victory Arts Break videos are filmed at the New Victory Theater. We acknowledge that New Victory resides on the seized homeland of the Lenape people and the intertribal territory of many First Nations. We celebrate and pay deep respect to all Indigenous peoples, past, present and future, and we encourage you to learn more about these vibrant communities.
Did You Know?
Told through tender puppetry and immersive projections, New Owner is the story of an adopted shelter dog named Bart, who suddenly finds himself lost in the big city. Share a few facts about the show with your kid, and take some time to watch the show trailer together.
- New Owner‘s whimsical puppetry is balanced with some sad and heavy moments—including the death of a human character—that might be challenging for younger kids. Think E.T. or the opening of Up!
- New Owner is wordless (but not woofless!). While there are sound effects, like animal noises and music, there is no dialogue. The story is told through puppetry, visuals and music.
- The artists who created New Owner are from Perth, Australia, which is actually the farthest metropolis from New York City. The show team is making a similar long journey as the dog in the show, Bart, to be on our stage.
Try It Out!
In New Owner, you’ll follow the main character, Bart, through all his adventures in the city. Get ready by making your own puppy puppet and taking it on a mini urban odyssey!
Even with their hot dog pit stop, Evangeline and Mr. Biscuit made it to the theater on time! What kind of adventure will you take your puppy puppet on?
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Craft your puppet! Work together to cut some fun shapes out of construction paper for the face, body, ears and paws, and glue them to a brown paper bag. Then add details in marker.
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Ask your kid where their puppet’s adventure will start and end. Maybe it's from the train station to the bodega, or their morning route to school. What stops might they make along the way?
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Journey together with the puppet along your planned route. Take turns puppetering, and have fun sniffing, barking and doing other doggy things as you make your way from one stop to the next.
Two dogs are better than one! Make more puppy puppet friends and take your whole family on a dog-walking adventure.
Talk About It!
As you make your way to the theater, get your kid in a New Owner mindset with some show-themed conversation starters! Ask them:
- If you could have any pet, what kind of pet would you have? How would you make them feel welcome in your home?
- What makes a home feel like home?
- Is there someone really special in your life? Who? Why do you want them around? How would you remember them if they were gone?
- What makes for a good adventure? What makes a bad one?
