Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Ice Ice Baby

In some tellings of the old Russian folktale Snegurochka, or the Snow Maiden, Father Frost sculpts a girl from snow and ice, and Mother Spring breathes life into her. In others, a childless couple build the maiden like a snowman and she magically becomes their living, doting daughter. In No Strings Marionette Company’s production, the title character is made of wood, rods and strings, adding a mesmerizing puppet component to the centuries-old fairy tale about the power of love. Classical Russian music — both Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov scored the story in the late 1800s — and 15 whimsical marionettes accent Barbara Paulsen and Dan Baginski’s all-ages adaptation.