Puppetry Festival Workshops

A Parade of Stages - Susan Neidert 
Susan has not only tried a wide variety of puppet types, but has also been intrigued at the idea of building the perfect stage. With a little bit of  sewing and wood working skills,  and a moderate mastery of a cardboard cutting tool, she has designed stages made of and for almost anything.  From shadow to back pack to marionette stages, she has tried them all.  Learn the  pros and cons and tips that help make stages handy and portable . . . and fun.

Puppetry in the Classroom - Susan Neidert
With over 18 years of experience making puppets in school classrooms and with small groups for over 1000 students a year, Susan will review ideas for  offering puppet story telling  and puppet making experiences in the classroom setting. Class includes samples and some hands  ideas  that cover cost and time saving tips to  pointers that help tie puppet making to curriculum  and allow for creative and inspirational experiences for youth. Great ideas and projects for librarians and scout leaders, too.

Eric Bass Style Table-top Puppets – Tyler Morgan
Class focusing on the construction of Bass Style Table-Top puppets.  Some manipulation instruction provided. Pre-registration required as Materials are provided. $15.00 materials fee.
 
TV Puppetry – Tyler Morgan
Learn the techniques and tricks for more natural movement, voice, and on-screen interaction with moving mouth puppets (bring your own puppet to work with, please).  

Making Latex Hand Puppets (lecture/demonstration) - Millicent Lewis
Latex is a flexible casting material that is easy to work with, safe and very forgiving. Learn how to sculpt your own characters, make a simple plaster mold and cast your own latex hand puppets.

Wannabe Puppets - Lorie Hawley
Turn stuffed animals into hand puppets, rod puppets, or marionettes. $1.00 materials fee for stuffed animals.

Fleece Big Mouth Puppets - Linda Gold
Make a fleece big mouth hand puppet. $10.00 materials fee.

Puppets & Parts Using Varaform - Nat Reed
Learn how to use Varaform (thermoplastic netting) to make mascot heads, puppet parts and masks. Demonstration and hands on.  $2.00 materials fee.