Zarrilli’s company specializes in building custom modular homes along the Shore. Zarrilli’s wife Kendra, BCCT president, says he walks around rehearsals with his toolbox like an “on-call vet.”ĭiGrigoli has constructed sets for major feature films including “Enchanted,” “The Perfect Murder,” “Home Alone 2” and “Fatal Attraction,” and after retiring, began working on sets for BCCT productions.
The challenge is making something that is durable because we’re working with kids, making it strong enough to last, but also light enough that it’s not too heavy to move around.” “Each elephant is so big it needs two people to walk it. “The children become the puppet,” Zarrilli said.
The pair, both from Brick, worked with a small army to build the scores of puppets that will grace the stage of the Strand Theater in Lakewood from March 31 to April 2.
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In fact, the founder and owner of Zarrilli Homes LLC in Brick built two, working in conjunction with retired movie set constructor Robert DiGrigoli to create large-scale puppets worthy of the African savannah for the Brick Children’s Community Theatre production of “The Lion King Jr.” Zarrilli has crafted a lot of things in his decades as a home builder along the Jersey Shore, but this was his first elephant. “Putting it together and watching the kids on stage is truly what it’s about. (Photo: Courtesy of Brick Children’s Community Theater)Īnthony Zarrilli recently was surrounded by a zoo’s worth of broken animal puppets onstage during a particularly hectic rehearsal.
Asbury Park Press: Ma/ Shore builder crafts large-scale puppets for BCCT production
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