Concrete Folk Variations: Chapter 1 Written, Directed and Designed By Susan Simpson Concrete Folk Variationsis an urban folktale set in the lesbian bars of McCarthy era Los Angeles. Originally a three episode puppet play mapping the labyrinthine culture of 1940's Silver Lake - secret codes, clandestine homosexual societies, flamboyant transgressions and soul crushing silence. Concrete Folk is performed with small-scale puppets, projections, and a minimalist mid-century Los Angeles cityscape.
