https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/home daily 1.0 2022-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/d366aa2b-6ceb-4235-838a-13aee1cb5c81/56096F13-49B2-425D-97C5-86CA770D2FE5.jpeg Home - Val deGroot Revolve Concert - 2026 https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/about daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/de8706a5-ba4c-4f29-89c6-3bf75f602d71/IMG_0534+2.JPG About Val deGroot is a multi-media artist based in Chicago, Illinois. She is a writer, puppeteer, puppet fabricator, and occasional painter/illustrator. She exposes the psychological and social ramifications of living in an extended hyper-reality in her writing. She proposes alternative futures through her puppets. She loves to disturb a bit. She is inspired to resuscitate the universal human experience on stage, with an emphasis on psychologically driven, complex interiorities with her characters. She’s here to combat alienation and beat down hopelessness. She is fascinated by the internet, psychology, and ecology. Her fabrication work prioritizes secondhand materials, and sustainable practices to create puppets that battle it out in whimsical and bizarre arenas. She is medium funny. https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/writing daily 0.75 2021-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/1620782519377-C1E5QHZYCWQVZ0H0U5D3/IMG_3023.jpg Writing - why are you laughing? Cecelia and Christopher play pretend during the wedding of their close friends, and quickly lose control. A play about irony poisoning, and group memory. staged reading performed at United Church of Rogers Park april 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/1620783213638-57P24TNTMVH48ZVSBUTM/IMG_3011.jpg Writing - What About Rooster? the chronically online face off and meet a god. the world ends, and they find out what happens next. developed in Pocket Theatrics Inc program staged reading performed at Theatre Y dec 2026 https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-05-20 https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/finearts-1-2-1-1 daily 0.75 2026-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/aafb7dc2-f5e6-4743-93dc-a244b0cade6b/IMG_5856.jpg Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/168698c6-e7cd-41b3-9770-f21ed1adc60d/IMG_2749+2.jpg Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/394661a9-d72c-468d-a71e-d2900fdd579e/5271E920-E87E-4CB8-9305-15EB03C5116B.JPG Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/3412110e-3d14-426f-8be5-c2e11eb28629/69BCC122-4F1F-47FD-A5CF-940B240F43B8.JPG Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/3a78c65f-64f1-4f1e-8629-ac08c0f1a911/IMG_5302.jpg Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/0319fea1-0e8d-4177-a367-1324043fa877/IMG_4910+2.jpg Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/d4fb636f-be28-41b5-b622-123756f83ed2/IMG_2745.jpg Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/66dcfe73-b81b-4bdc-8406-a083df8aa3a5/IMG_3005.jpg Fine Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/a3209e5e-1ae9-410b-a08d-f78083dd0b97/IMG_6650.jpg Fine Arts https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/puppet daily 0.75 2026-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/69b25b37-cbee-4f35-b4b9-583112bef330/IMG_8619.JPG Puppets 'Dead Dove (do not eat)' - 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