Directing for puppetry has different challenges than directing actors. We'll be discussing techniques and tips on making sure your puppet projects looks as professional as possible.
Come learn how to make short puppetry films on a budget by playing around with some puppets, a hat full of words, and our imaginations to create a story that can be filmed and performed in one take.
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Learn with Sesame Street puppeteer & filmmaker, Tau Bennet, to discover how he creates short puppet films. Attendees will get to use puppets to create a complete story and if theres time, film your work at the end of the workshop. Fly by the seat of your pants and create something amazing!
Hand Sewing for Plush & Puppets with Stacey Gordon
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Would you like to get a start making puppets or other crafty soft things, but don't quite have a grasp on sewing by hand? Good news! This sewing for beginners workshop is perfect for you!
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Join toy designer, Stacey Gordon, to learn at least 3 of the most useful and strongest stitches and techniques used in plush and puppet-making to hide your seams and impress your friends. You'll also learn a couple of tricks for threading needles & tying knots as well as how to cut and sew faux fur and fleece.
How Did I Get to Sesame Street? 40 Years on the Street
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Join Pam Arciero for a retrospective of her time on Sesame Street & others including Between the Lions, Allegra's Window, Blue's Clues - Blue's Room, & Eureeka's Castle and many more!
Pam Arciero has been a puppeteer for over 35 years with the Muppets and Sesame Street. She will share intermediate techniques and styles of puppet performance on Video/Film.
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Learn hands-on video techniques with Pam Arciero, a veteran performer of Sesame Street. You will learn intermediate level lip sync, focus, movement, character placement, vocal performance, styles of puppets and puppeteering, how to practice at home, audition techniques and more.
This hands-on puppeteering workshop is perfect for beginning & early-intermediate puppeteers, librarians, teachers, or anyone who just wants a refresher on their puppetry skills.
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Learn what makes puppetry such a magical experience & why puppeteer Stacey Gordon is passionate about teaching others to be effective storytellers, communicators, counselors, & educators through puppetry. In this workshop you will be led through skills like focus, breathing, posture, movement, lip sync, listening, & emotion to help make your characters come alive & your audiences more receptive.
Hilarious & slightly naughty skits from some of the funniest puppets around. This is an adult puppet show, prepare accordingly.
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Quirky edgy puppet shows from quirky, edgy puppeteers! Puppeteers from around the country are converging on Gen Con for the best 4 days in gaming--and puppetry! But here's the best part: they're saving up all of their adult material just for this puppet slam! All of those things that we can't do in front of kids? We're going to do in front of you. (Okay maybe not *all*--but a bit of it!) Be prepared to laugh, to cry, to think, to gasp, to laugh again, to weep, and then laugh some more. You'll see beauty, you'll see talent, you'll see silliness, and you'll see hilarity.
Lions, Tigers, & Bears: Stories of Kindness & Friendship
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Runaway Puppet Theater & their goofy cast of characters tell three tales about helping others in their show "Lions, Tiger, & Bears: Stories of Kindness & Friendship"
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Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey filled with laughter, friendship, & heartwarming tales with Runaway Puppet Theater's show. In this delightful 30 minute performance, Runaway Puppet Theater will use hand puppetry & shadow puppetry to bring 3 classic tales to life. You'll be transported to ancient Greece in Androcles & the Lion, to the deep jungle for the Tiger & the Mouse, & into the Hundred Acre Wood for Winnie the Pooh & the Honey Tree! Young & old alike will laugh, guffaw, & cackle as they learn that an act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted! Runaway Puppet Theater has toured throughout the country delighting audiences by telling timeless tales with a twist! Runaway Puppet Theater tries to entertain as well as foster a love of reading & literacy. Find out at: www.runawaytheater.com. Facebook at RunawayPuppetTheater & Instgram at runawaypuppettheater.
Lions, Tigers, & Bears: Stories of Kindness & Friendship
Summary:
Runaway Puppet Theater & their goofy cast of characters tell three tales about helping others in their show "Lions, Tiger, & Bears: Stories of Kindness & Friendship"
Description:
Get ready to embark on an unforgettable journey filled with laughter, friendship, & heartwarming tales with Runaway Puppet Theater's show. In this delightful 30 minute performance, Runaway Puppet Theater will use hand puppetry & shadow puppetry to bring 3 classic tales to life. You'll be transported to ancient Greece in Androcles & the Lion, to the deep jungle for the Tiger & the Mouse, & into the Hundred Acre Wood for Winnie the Pooh & the Honey Tree! Young & old alike will laugh, guffaw, & cackle as they learn that an act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted! Runaway Puppet Theater has toured throughout the country delighting audiences by telling timeless tales with a twist! Runaway Puppet Theater tries to entertain as well as foster a love of reading & literacy. Find out at: www.runawaytheater.com. Facebook at RunawayPuppetTheater & Instgram at runawaypuppettheater.
Make a simple human figure marionette from cardboard, foam and string. Learn the basics of stringing and weighting and take home patterns to make more puppets for a show!
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Learn to make a simple human figure marionette using cardboard, foam and string. Learn the basics of stringing and weighting and take home patterns to make more puppets for a show! Each student will have the opportunity to customize their puppet & learn basic manipulation. Try out your new puppeting skills at Marionette Manipulation Mayhem!