The Dragon's Egg

03/27/2026

I went to the opening night last night, and wow - such a strong play, beautifully directed and acted, and a play for our times. Do plan to go - it will be well worth your time and energy and focus!! It is at the Thames Club in New London. You can reserve your tickets below.

Oh, and the Egg is open - and it is now 2 years and 3 days since the fire. Not that I am counting. heh.

And marya yoga this week will be on Monday and Friday.

xox marya





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Tickets available for The Walls
March 26-29, April 2-4 at the Thames Club
Mar 12


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The Walls
by Griselda Gambaro
Directed by Derron Wood

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March 26-29, April 2-4
All shows at 7pm

The Thames Club
290 State Street
New London, CT

Limited seating available, tickets required. General admission.
Tickets: $35 adults. $30 students, seniors, active military

A young man is held captive in a room where nothing is what it seems or what he’s told it is. The Usher and the Functionary are keen to have him confess something and yet insist he is free to go. An allegorical play, ripe for our times, by a lauded Argentine playwright whose work concerned events in her country’s political and military turmoil in the 70’s-80’s.

CAST:
Steve DePasque- Young Man
Brian Olsen- The Usher
Bryan Sears- The Functionary

Barbara Bloemink- Dramaturg, Assistant to the Director
Kristen Rowe- Stage Manager
Laura Galgowski- Costumes

Sponsored by the Frank Loomis Palmer Foundation

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03/26/2026

The Egg the Dragon's Egg is Open!! and spring is here, chilly and sprouting. Come join us for an afternoon of re opening celebration, music, dance, games, on June 7th, from 1-5 pm, but, meanwhile, come make dance, theatre, music, at the Egg!
Ahhhhhh...
Welcoming you.
Blessings,
and
be at the No Kings Rally, wherever you are. I shall be in New London, Ct. Let Peace and justice and love overcome the current climate of separation and mistrust and violence.

xo namaste, marya

02/04/2026

Still awaiting our certificate of occupancy - pant! Soooooon... I shall keep you apprised. Meanwhile, enjoy the bright crisp light of the snow! The lunar new year of the Fire Horse approaches! xo marya

11/23/2025

And - it was wonderful!!
�Hi!
It is coming - and we are going to put on our Fall of Freedom/poetry of protest -
this Saturday, November 22nd, at 4:30 pm.,On Zoom!
This is a part of the Fall for Freedom project.

We shall have poetry, dance, hooping, song..
Join us!
Thank you!
And please share this below.
xo marya

Artists participating include:

Serena �Judge

Ara� Fitzgerald

Dian� Parker

Alison Cook Beatty�

Jane Johnson�

Claire Porter�

�Jeanne Ruskin�

Phyllis

Marya

Dan Potter

Chris Sinnett

This is a part of the Fall of Freedom project. There were 600 such events registered across the country on Nov. 21 and 22 - probably more. What an honour to be a part of this.

11/19/2025

11/19/2025

Hi!
It is coming - and we are going to put on our Fall of Freedom/poetry of protest -
this Saturday, November 22nd, at 4:30 pm.,On Zoom!
This is a part of the Fall for Freedom project.

We shall have poetry, dance, hooping, song..
Join us!
Thank you!
And please share this below.
xo marya

Artists participating include:

Serena �
Ara�
Dian�
Alison Cook Beatty�
Jane Johnson�
Claire porter�
Barbara Mahler
�Jeanne Ruskin�
Phyllis

Dan Potter

This is a part of the Fall of Freedom project.

We are hosting a poetry reading on Zoom
of poetry, prose, painting, dance, theatre of protest
on Nov. 22 at 4:30 pm.

Marya Ursin is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Fall of Freedom/Poetry of Protest and Hope
Time: Nov 22, 2025 04:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 838 8468 3795
Passcode: 379187

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(Also NB our next Living Room Playreading will be on Sunday the 23rd from 2-5 at 8 Hancox Street, Stonington. We shall be reading the Restoration Comedy: "She Stoops to Conquer" by Oliver Goldsmith. rsvp. This is in person.
xo m)

11/05/2025

The Dragon's Egg rebuild, post fire, is almost at an end, enough so that we shall host our First public event on

Sunday November 16th at 1 pm
Tellabration!!

Tellabration is an annual, state wide celebration of Storytelling
in which the Mystic Paper Beasts/Dragon’s Egg have participated for many years.
It is organized by the wonderful Ct. Storytelling Center, in New London.
ctstorytelling234@gmail.com

We are very excited to announce that we shall meet again at the Dragon’s Egg!
At 401 Shewville Road, in Ledyard (1.4 miles from rte 184)
On Sunday, November 16th at 1 pm

This will be the First Event to occur at the Egg since the fire on March 24, 2024. We are in the final stages of rebuilding, and the Egg is basically empty,
so the event will be a BYOC - or bring your own chair or cushion!

this year’s roster of Tellers - yay!
Elizabeth Gruber
Steve and Ako Long
Seamus Philip Berrigan Sheehan-Gaumer
Aarya Ursin Kaur Tiwathia
Marya Ursin (MC and maybe teller)

Please join us!
Xo namaste, marya

again - This is a bring your own cushion or chair (rubber footed, or with a towel to protect the new floor) event, as we no longer have either to offer, at least not as yet.
One step at a time, but this one is a happy little dancing hop of hope and celebration!
I hope to see you there.

Suitable for all ages.
as I say, bring something to sit upon.

09/22/2025

We just presented 11 dance/music companies on 9/20/25 in NYC = Dragon's Egg Presents at University Settlement. It was glorious.
And we have a date for fall 2026, already!
Meanwhile, the rebuilding and repair of the Egg proceeds slowly. I hope it will be soon hosting dancers and actors, musicians and puppeteers, poets and storytellers, before the end of the year!
Onward!
Happy Equinox! and the dark of the moon.. or actually, the baby crescent for new beginnings.
xo marya

04/26/2025

The Dragon's Egg is moving slowly but surely through the permits process, to enable rebuilding. It is simply taking time, but I trust that the actual work will begin soon. There are lots of code upgrades required, it being 2025, and not 1998. It has been 13 months since the fire. Wishing all blessings on the venture, and may you all walk in peace. xo marya

04/26/2025

Christie Williams has been named the first Poet Laureate of Stonington! yay... there will be a welcoming ceremony open to all on May 19th, from 4-6, at LaGrua. Come!! xo m

04/01/2025

First it was the small lizard in Dan's studio, lurking under the generator, then it was the slightly larger one on the tree by the compost, then it was the one that scuttled across the path of my little granddaughter when we went to the paddock. Swift they are, with those sharp little nails and body-close-to-earth manner of being...
I looked them up. Lizards in Connecticut. There is only one lizard indigenous to Ct. and it has stripes down its back. These do not.
I thought pet stores. People flushing reptiles and amphibia - those of the double life - down toilets. I thought infestation or invasion.
There were questions on google - things like: what do they eat? are they poisonous? how big do they get? what do you do if they get into the sheets of your bed? what happens if you swallow one? will lizards take over the world (again) and how should I prepare, and so on. Questions by excitable sorts. I am not going to be they.
The kitties just watch. No pouncing.
A bit of a back away, truth be told.
And still, I worry. It is a Concern.
So this morning, when I slid open the back door into the garden - it is getting warmer now - the kitties and I, we all three balked, we started, we stared, for there, on the picnic table, was a Group of Lizards (which you must know is called a "lounge of lizards"!), festively attired, arranged picturesquely as for a long exposure photograph...Others were at the far end moving in a circle in a perfect Pavane, a dizzying mix of the manners of the 16th c and the couture of ohhh from Balenciaga to Rei Kawakubo. The photographers were flitting about; the subjects were lounging about. While designer gowns were a plenty, some eshewed all such and appeared more au nature, in the all together, shall we say. Unsung emperors.
Then, they noticed us.
They all, all,
--- Looked Our Way.
Beady little black eyes (do they blink, I thought to myself..and then - is this something where the one who blinks first....oh, no, then what.). All focussed on us. As a performer, this may seem desirable, but, in the moment, not so much.
The two kitties, Sita and Misty, levitated, then disappeared, only to come stalking rigidly out from around the corner with eyes peeled wide and wondering. They did not hiss. What next?
Of a body, the lizards swiftly rose and bowed, and said some pleasing words of beauty and greeting, quickly gathered their lounge things, and disappeared into the crevices of the rocks, under the sculptures, behind the ivy. Such polite guests. (They had not even been served water as a cue.)
Shocking? A dream? nay, we say.
It was all in a fool's play, on this day of Fools.
And I wish you well!
xo marya

10/31/2024

Samhain blessings

The moon will be transiting scorpio from about midday on Thursday through Saturday eve. It will be "void of course" in the middle of Saturday night for a short time. The moon will be dark and then new early Friday.

Coinciding with the dark moon this Friday Nov 1, the next few days are an especially potent time for a home ritual. Samhain (aka Halloween or All Hallows) is the halfway point between fall equinox and winter solstice.

Lunar Samhain is traditionally the dark moon closest to the halfway point between fall equinox and winter solstice.

The dark moon spans 3 days when the moon is not visible, so you could celebrate this Thursday, Friday or Saturday.

You could burn white sage

Samhain ushers in the dark time of the year, when like the plants, you're naturally pulled down to your roots—to draw inward and rest.

Many cultures consider this to be the time of the year when the veils between the worlds are thin. So it's a powerful time to connect with your beloved dead and ancestors.

It can also be a time of letting go—perhaps an old way of being, or your experiences over the past year.

In whatever way you choose honor Samhain this year, this seasonal marker is a powerful opportunity for healing.

(taken from Corinna Wood's message)