The Reptile Under the Flowers (Dioramas 5-7)Created by Janie Geiser
Music by Valerie Opielski
Lighting by Brandon Stirling-Baker
The Great Small Works Toy Theater Festival (May 2008) and the Santa Monica Museum of Art (July 2008).

A Diorama-Performance work-in-progress, The Reptile Under the Flowers explores issues of truth and illusion, the relationship between power and love, and the emotional trauma of war. In today's political climate, these issues are constantly in front of our eyes. The Reptile Under the Flowers is a walk-through diorama-performance in 13 scenes, using puppetry, peepshows, mechanical performing objects, miniature projections, and a spinning dollhouse, crumbling in the snow.