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Posted 5/5/08	I'm looking for a puppet script titled "The Puppeteer" and featuring two puppet, Spots and Stripes, who learn to live together - despite their differences. I can remember everything about this script except the author! It's an old script, but I'm hoping someone in your organization will remember it. Thanks for any help you can give. Lois Walker: lois@scriptsforschools.com
I'm looking for a puppet script titled "The Puppeteer"
Posted 5/5/08	Visit this amazing site featuring Puppets & Dolls by Louisiana artist Kathy Baus. Specializing in hand puppets, Kathy will create any character that your heart desires. To see examples of her work go to: http://www.kathybaus.com/index.html or e-mail Kathy at kbaus@cox.net.
Puppets & Dolls by Louisiana artist Kathy Baus
Posted 5/1/08	The Geppetto Dreams Puppet Company’s new 40 seat salon theater is now accepting bookings for both adult and children’s puppet shows. Think of it as a working vacation in one of the coolest cities in the US, Austin, TX. We are Austin’s newest non-profit theater and offer sound, lights, promotion and a beautiful stage. You just bring your show we supply the rest. We offer a 50/50 split on the door, and ticket prices are on a sliding scale. Interested puppeteers/troupes should contact Ricki at admin@geppettodreams.com
Now booking shows!
Posted 5/1/08	Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s Institute of Puppetry Arts will offer the third annual workshop program called ANIMOTION III from August 4th – 29th, 2008. The four-week intensive instruction program for performers who wish to learn or upgrade specialized skills offers the opportunity to train with Atlantic Canada’s most celebrated puppet theatre. The program is called ANIMOTION to reflect dual emphasis on animation and the body in motion. A limited number of participants will be selected. Eight-hour sessions will be held daily from Monday through Friday, with students engaged in classroom instruction, group creation, and production duties. Participants will be exposed to a range of puppetry styles, broadening their frame of reference and allowing a common language and set of skills to emerge. The training will culminate with the presentation of scenes and vignettes, featuring new puppets and characters generated over the four weeks. Training will take place at Mermaid Theatre’s spacious headquarters in Windsor, NS. Participants will work alongside Mermaid’s creative team as they develop, build and rehearse the inventive brand of theatre which has delighted more than three million spectators on four continents. More information about ANIMOTION III can be found online at: http://www.mermaidtheatre.ns.ca/puppetry/ANIMOTION.pdf or email: jessemaclean@mermaidtheatre.ns.ca
Summer Puppetry Workshop
Posted 5/1/08	It's musical, magical, IT's PUPPETIME, marionette and puppet variety shows for children's and family style events. Cabaret features a variety in puppet acts where marionettes and others perform humorous and innovative, enchanting vignettes incorporating audience participation. Shows are original, yet many acts come from familiar rhymes, folklore, fairytales and, more. Puppet making workshops are also available. The age appropriate level varies and I do festivities for puppet shows for even 1 - 101. I make all my own puppets, which are hand cast and sculpted. This is great for pre schools, after schools, elementary school aged children etc. Also, featuring, magic, sing a long, face painting and arts and crafts. Be a puppeteer, and help puppeteer your own birthday show. I perform within the Bay Area, Calif. e-mail magicalpuppetime@aol.com I also have a website, I can then give to you to see my shows. I have been doing this for twenty years.
It's musical, magical, IT's PUPPETIME
Posted 5/1/08	In the Bay Area who would like to combine efforts to do shows in the Bay area for puppet birthday parties, school assemblies at pre schools, after schools, day cares, elementary schools. I am looking for a carpentry oriented person who can help with the stabilizing of some of my stage sets, predominantly, who enjoys creativity, children, and who may like to give a hand every now and again. Also, because I build innovative props etc. and I also do parties that combine magic with puppetry. I however, cannot have rabbits and so on where I live, and my persian cat won't go to parties, I need someone who maybe willing to be friendly and who may have another job, who can assist me to borrow a rabbit ? Now and again ? I can pull them out of the darnest places. I build rather interesting puppet props. To change a puppet into an animal is most exciting. Actually, I would like to find a male friend, for potential friendship, who may have another job, and does puppetry as a hobby who is a handy dandy person. And, or, others who can assist to take second shows, and have a small agency. This is also open to women who may do creative puppet ventures with children with also puppetry, music, magic, etc. e-mail if in the Bay Area in Calif. magicalpuppetime@aol.com. I can give my website to you.
Looking for a male puppeteer, performing artist and also others potentially
Posted 5/1/08	Get paid to do what you love! Talking Hands Theatre is a rapidly expanding children's puppet theatre based in Brooklyn. We are hiring puppeteers to perform solo and duo shows around the New York area. Our puppets are hand and rod puppets. Ability to do funny voices and play guitar a plus. MUST have a car. Pay is $100 per show plus tips. Contact Anna Sobel at anna@puppetree.com
Now Hiring Puppeteers
Posted 4/23/08	Filled with fake science and real puppets, the science fair will feature a variety of stimulating booths: daring corn starch puppets, repulsive live puppet dissection, interactive video x-rays, steamy chemical reaction kisses, stereoscopic puppetEye, micro-organism puppets, and more! But don’t miss the main event: An excerpt from imnotlost’s new science fiction puppet show, DO YOU COPY? Showing at 5:30 sharp. pictures and video at http://www.imnotlost.net/COPY And after that? Stick around. We can make some spontaneous science experiments of our own! WHERE? On the top floor of 10 JAY st in DUMBO F train to York st. TICKETS? This event is a FUNDRAISER for the future production of Do You Copy? Tickets are available at the door and the suggested donation is $10 - $20. More info at www.imnotlost.net
FAKE PUPPET SCIENCE FAIR SUNDAY, APRIL 27th, 4-7 p.m. Brooklyn, NY
Posted 4/22/08	Greg Needham, student of Yvette Edery's puppetry course at NYU, is looking for a summer internship, beginning date flexible, travel flexible. Greg has film and tv experience, building experience, special effects makeup, and writing skills. Past internships include UNICEF communications dept, feature film, production offices, etc. Seeking an internship where he can have learning experience and build as well as potentially perform. If you are in need of an intern or are interested in Greg's help, please contact him at gn377@nyu.edu. If in need of a reference, please contact Yvette Edery at yvette@artistrye.com, who can vouch for Greg's great potential and talent. Resumes available as well as portfolio pictures.
NYU PUPPETRY STUDENT SEEKING INTERNSHIP
Posted 4/22/08	If you have adaptations of Aesope's fables, plays for puppet theater, I'll be glad to contact me. My phd reasearch concerning puppet theater and Aesop so it will be very helpful and of course it will be a reference in my phD Thank you in advance Martha Mavridou Greek phD student marthanoire@yahoo.com
Aesope's fables
Posted 4/19/08	GOOD ( <http://www.goodmagazine.com/> ) is seeking an improv actor / puppeteer to play a celebrated and seasoned news anchor for an online daily news show. Puppeteer/Actor must be a voracious lover of news, be capable of wearing a number of hats, be available for a few hours every weekday, and able to play a character with the integrity of Murrow, Brokaw & Rather combined. Auditions will be held in New York city April 28. Please send link to improv / puppeteering reel or a cv to <mailto:goodvideojobs@gmail.com> . Please do not call. Thank you.
Audition
Posted 4/19/08	MONKEY BOYS PRODUCTIONS (www.monkeyboysproductions.com), Philadelphia’s premier commercial puppet company for film, television and stage, is looking for builders, seamstresses, model makers, doll makers, and other individuals with talents related to puppet construction and the puppet arts. Paid positions and internships available. For more information please send your resume and letter of interest to: Scott Hitz Artistic Director MONKEY BOYS PRODUCTIONS monkeyboysproductions@gmail.com
Philadelphia Puppet builders needed
Posted 4/15/08	Matrix Music Collaborators Performs Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 – A Staging of Chinese Puppets New York’s Matrix Music Collaborators will lead family concerts and a workshop presented by Abrons Arts Center, at the Playhouse, 466 Grand Street, New York on April 18 – 20. Admission is $10 with a Family discount price of 4 tickets for $30. Call Theatermania at (212) 352-3101 to obtain tickets. http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/section/synopsis/show/142770 The program is geared for ages 6-12 and will include a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, featuring puppets from the famed Guangxi region of China to animate this best known of all compositions for children. Puppet design is by Simon Wong, artistic director of Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education Ltd. in Hong Kong. Additional puppets by Mary Robinette Kowal and Jane Catherine Shaw. Sergei Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf is re-imagined by Mabou Mines co-artistic director Terry O'Reilly and Jane Catherine Shaw to speak to the experience of children newly immigrated to the USA as well as young native New Yorkers. The ensemble players of the Matrix Music Collaborators becomes a playground for the puppets - a garden of delight for Peter and his animal friends and safety from the wolf outside the gate. Concert Schedule Friday, April 18 at 7:30 Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20 at 3:00 *Free Family Workshop on Saturday April 19 at 1:00 For more information about Matrix Music Collaborators, please visit: www.thematrixmusiccollaborators.com
Peter and the Wolf - A Staging of Chinese Puppets
Posted 4/15/08	Redmoon’s new Jeff-recommended production explores struggle, sorrow, and salvation, drawing from such varied sources as William Kennedy’s Ironweed, Dante’s Inferno, T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, tramp art, Santos sculpture, and other period literature, music, and art. Boneyard Prayer tells a Depression-era tale of one man’s fractured life and ultimate redemption using various forms of puppetry and shadow images, along with extraordinary music inspired by the songs of the age. The production runs to May 11th., 2008, Chicago, Illinois. “A haunted and haunting production… a masterful work of art” -The Sun-Times “Redmoon’s latest marvel… engaging and frequently heartbreaking” -The Chicago Tribune “A haunting and forlorn meditation on loss, regret, and the longing for redemption… deeply affecting” -The Chicago Reader “An artfully crafted meditation on loss and grief and human failure and forgiveness… wonderful theater” -The Daily Herald “Beautiful show… an audio visual treat and a fine piece of artistic story telling” -Chicagocritic.com “A visual spectacle intended for grown-ups… original, arresting visuals rendered with ramshackle-yet-confident elegance” -Time Out Chicago Visit www.redmoon.org for more information.
Boneyard Prayer - Redmoon Theater, Chicago
Posted 4/15/08	A full week of puppetry workshops and performances will be available to all puppet enthusiasts this summer. PuppetFest MidWest, an annual puppetry festival, will be held once again in Trenton, Missouri on the campus of North Central Missouri College on July 8 -13, 2008. Festival Directors Peter Allen and Debbie Lutzky Allen from Jamesport, Missouri are pleased to announce the workshops for this season. This event is funded by the Rumpelstiltskin Society, a not-for-profit corporation created to inspire, strengthen and renew commitment to good puppet theatre. Puppeteers from all over the U.S. and Canada attend PuppetFest MidWest. Attendees have flown in from Japan, Belize, Brazil and Israel as well. Festival registrants stay in the NCMC dorms and attend an entire week of puppetry workshops taught by some of the best puppeteers in North America. This year, as in past years, there will be workshops on marionette manipulation as well as construction and performance techniques for rod puppets and shadow puppets. There will be a workshop on scriptwriting for the puppet theatre, and on making and using needle-felted puppets, moving mouth puppets and hand puppets. There is even a workshop for beginning ventriloquists. A new workshop this year is PUPPETRY 101, designed for educators and beginning puppeteers. Registrants will learn how to make and use four different types of puppets and techniques for creating assembly and classroom programs that meet curriculum and performing arts standards while touching the hearts of their audiences. In another new workshop, Director Art Grueneberger will teach TECHNIQUES IN TABLE-TOP PUPPETRY. Registrants become cast members in a performance of Grueneberger’s “Perspectives” that will take place at the end of the week. Up to date information about all of these workshops is available on the PuppetFest MidWest website at www.puppetfestival.org. If you have talked to anyone who attended any of the last five PuppetFest MidWests, you will find converts to the philosophy that puppets are not just for children. The skill of the puppeteer is to help the audience into the belief that the puppet they see before them is actually thinking, feeling, moving and living at that very moment. PuppetFest MidWest offers performances as well as workshops. There will be a different puppet show every night beginning Tuesday, July 8 and ending on Saturday, July 12. All performances will be held in Trenton at the Hoover Theater on the third floor of the Grundy County Jewett Norris Library. General Admission is $5.00. These puppet performances are for family audiences. The week’s performance schedule is available online at www.puppetfestival.org. An exhibit of puppets will be featured at the Dorris Rider Art Gallery at North Central Missouri College in Trenton. Admission is free but donations will be accepted. Large groups such as church/fraternal organizations, Scouts or Red Hat Ladies are encouraged to reserve a guided tour. During the Grand Opening of the Puppet Exhibit on Wednesday, July 9 at 4:30 p.m., the exhibitors will be on hand to answer questions and maybe even demonstrate their creations. For more information about PuppetFest MidWest, please call (660) 684-6825 or go online to www.puppetfestival.org.
A WEEK OF PUPPETRY AT PUPPETFEST MIDWEST
Posted 4/15/08	Deadline for Applications Extended to May 1st. Sandglass Theater and The University of Connecticut’s Puppet Arts Program are offering an intensive three-week Puppet Arts Training Program June 29-July 19, 2008. The workshop will be offered to puppeteers, teachers, actors, directors, designers and writers who want to expand and deepen their skill and understanding in the art of the puppet. For more information or to download an application go to www.sandglasstheater.org
Summer Puppet Arts Training Intensive 2008
Posted 4/11/08	I'm looking for puppeteers in the San Diego area for a special event for 2009. If you are local, please email me at d_baan@yahoo.com
Looking for Puppeteers
Posted 4/10/08	Spectrum Puppets is downsizing! - Custom puppet show packages for sale 'Turn Key' puppet productions ready to tour schools and festivals - All puppets, scenery and props are in excellent condition ‘Peter and the Wolf’ Theatrical Production - Peter and the Wolf characters and puppets (rod puppet, marionette and hand), trees, duck pond, flowers, props and sound track make up this high quality show. All the puppets and costume characters are hand crafted, the scenery is beautifully designed and constructed to last. This timeless show has been performed with symphony orchestras and other venues throughout the USA and Canada. ‘Broadway’ - 23 beautifully handcrafted marionettes (2 hand puppets) feature vignettes from 8 Broadway musicals; Cabaret, Annie, Grease, A Chorus Line, The Wiz, Barnum, Little Shop of Horrors and Cats. Puppets are constructed of neoprene heads and bodies, beautiful costumes and have airplane controls. Show comes with wooden show posters and sound track. ‘Santa's Magic Toyshop’ - A sweet, Holiday hand puppet show with scenery and original sound track. Training upon request for an additional fee. Also for sale: Turn of the Century Puppet Wagon. - Perform intimate shows on top of this beautiful puppet wagon. It has large spoke wheels and fold down performing area on top and a removable play board. It is in good condition and a 'one of a kind' performance vehicle. Life Size 'Humanette' puppets - Several male and female life size puppets (5' plus tall), hand crafted and used for private parties, corporate parties, annual meetings, etc. Great characters for great comedy routines, advertising and other purposes. Please call Spectrum Puppets for further information and pricing 757 491-2873
Puppet shows for Sale
Posted 4/10/08	From June 20-22, 2008, puppet troupes and audiences from all over the globe will gather at the Main Library for Nashville’s inaugural International Puppet Festival. Performers from China, France, Germany, Italy and across the United States will delight audiences with their craft, offering both traditional shows and interactive audience workshops. Tickets are free (and limited) – but some can be reserved online for a very small handling fee. For more information, visit: http://www.nashvillepuppetfestival.com
International Puppet Festival in Nashville
Posted 4/10/08	I'm making a glorified sock puppet chameleon. Are you familiar with how their eyes move? If not check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owwd6rjizd0 See how they move completely independent of each other and kind of "snap" from one spot to the next? Any mechanical ideas as to how I could reproduce this effect?
Chameleon Eyes Advice
Posted 4/10/08	Liz Evans Renaissance Artist, Renaissance Artist Puppet Company's production company offers their design and building services to other Puppet Companies, Theatre, Film, and Commercial companies. We can provide all style of puppet except Marionettes. We can also provide performers for commercials, promotions, or Expos. Visit ourperformance company web site http://www.RenArtPuppetCo.com to see our Custom Build page and to view the work we have produced for Renaissance Artist Puppet Company. K. Elizabeth Evans, Artistic Dir.
Design and Building Services
Posted 4/6/08	Included in this sale are 10 marionettes (approximately 23-24") 6 males 2 females, 2 donkeys (one spits golden coins), a magic table (filled with wonderous food) a magic club, 4 background scenes painted on eleven masonite boards 2' x 4' front and back, a written script and props to make a magical presentation. I can send photos to anyone interested. thanks. e-mail yenohbee@verizon.net
I would like to sell my puppet show "The Treasures of the Three Brothers.
Posted 4/6/08	This is an invitation to Arts and Entertainment - PUPPETEERS CLUBHOUSE If you are on AOL and take a break from your puppets lets chat about our art! I have been a puppeteer all my life and am currently working on Rod and Marionettes Hope to see you! Whomever puts this on Faves can click and open the room.
AOL Chat Room
Posted 4/6/08	The Sofia Puppet Fair is seeking puppet companies from the USA to participate in their international puppetry festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, this September 17-22. Guidelines and application forms in English can be found at http://www.sofiapuppet.com/?p=22&m=38&lang=en
Call for Artists: Sofia Puppet Fair, Sofia Bulgaria, Sept. 17-22
Posted 4/6/08	Qualified candidates will have experience with children's puppet theater and be willing to book and or perform 12 shows a year. We're a small theater and so we can't offer a salary yet but we will supply you with a venue, lights, and sound, as well as split the door with you or any performers. Tickets will be on a sliding scale basis 3 to 5$ for those who can afford it and 1$ for those who can't. Also looking for crafty folk to help with our children's puppet workshops. If you're interested feel free to send me an email admin@geppettodreams.com with a short bio and we'll set up an interview
New non-profit puppet theater in Austin looking for volunteers to run the children's theater dept.
Posted 4/3/08	My name is Giovanna and I am heading up the entertainment for the 15th Annual Sicilian Festival on May 18 in San Diego. I was told of the existence of an Italian/Sicilian puppeteer in the area, but have been unsuccessful in locating them. Can anyone help with information? Our web site address is: www.sicilianfesta.com My email is: sicilianfesta@cox.net
Looking for Italian Sicilian Puppet Show for Sicilian Festival San Diego
Posted 4/3/08	The Puppetry Arts Theatre of New York City is seeking talented and professional puppet makers- construction of puppets like that of the Muppets, Dark Crystal, and Lion King. Minimal 3 years professional experience. Three very different styles but very significant to our productions. If you live in the New York City area we would welcome new puppet makers to be part of our on site workshop. You must be familiar with the style, textures, and supplies used for Muppet and Dark Crystal hand and body puppets, and that of the more artistic type of Lion King using Antron Fleece, Latex, Scott Foam, etc... This is a paid job and you must be local. NO marionettes! Please send resumes/links/photos to: info@puppetryarts.org Thanks!
Hey puppeteers and puppet lovers-
Posted 3/26/08	40 foot puppet stage for sale now! Must sale ready to go puppet stage. It was customed made for large size hand puppets. The stage folds up to a 20ft tailer size to pull, self contained unit. Equipt with confetti canons, and a sprinkler system, also has smoke machine in it for specials effect in your show. For picture of the unit write abaconrodriguez@yahoo.com. or call for more questions 210-520-7991 or 210-902-0325. Price is $7,000.00, paid $18,000.00
40ft ready for fairs puppet stage for sale now!
Posted 3/24/08	Bonjour, Mathieu Rene here, offering you my services as a creator, builder or workshop assistant for your current and future creations. I work a multitude of mediums and produce extremely diverse results. I build every puppet types, and a multitude of masks for Theatre. I can work from a distance, (contant communication via pics and videos during the process) but also love to travel and work abroad. I will let the pictures speak for themselves. I invite you to visit my complete online portfolio (link below). If you feel inspired by what you see, let's talk. I can design from scratch, start from your ideas/sketches to see what evolves, or build exactly what designs you have. Let's talk possibilities, it costs nothing... PORTFOLIO: www.creaturiste.blogspot.com
Creaturiste: Puppet Maker
Posted 3/24/08	The Orlando Puppet Festival is seeking adult oriented puppet acts for its event, "Puppets From the Edge" Saturday, April 26th, 2008, 8pm at Mad Cow Theatre in Orlando, Florida. We are still looking for a few good puppet acts that are: edgy, funny, off-beat, fringe, avant-garde, political, smurfy, burlesque, art-damaged, subversive, fury, uncanny or sublime. Does this sound like you? Read on! Please email info@ibexpuppetry.com or call 407-286-1457 ASAP with the Subject Line: "PUPPETS FROM THE EDGE!" Please include contact information (name, email, phone) & anything else about your act (technical considerations, pictures, websites, etc.)
Orlando Puppet Festival Call to Artists
Posted 3/24/08	I have DVD's - How- to make and do, and how to make handicapped puppets and parts for them. all kinds of workshops, if you are working with children or adults, groups, in schools, churches, day care centers, rest homes, or children's hospitals are were ever it may be, all kinds of marionettes, Patterns for workshops or just making puppets, Sock puppet starter kits, the same type I used on the David Letterman late night show, you can buy and resale if you like to. I have copyrights to everything here and only use what I have with copyrights. You can go to our website, there you will find more information on the DVD'S, by scrolling down the page till you get to the puppet DVD's website is; WWW. VICKIESSKIRTSFASHIONS.COM. if you are any questions my E - Mail is JACKFISETTEPHD@AOL.COM I. Have some old marionette, that may be hard to find or what you are looking for.
Puppets - Marionettes - Workshops - DvD's - Puppet sock starter kits - Patterns - plus more.
Posted 3/21/08	Puppets in Prague has been offering marionette carving workshops since 1999, where hundreds of students from around the world have designed and created their own marionette based on traditional Czech technology. The workshop is led by Miroslav Trejtnar with a team of other professional Czech puppet artists ... all in the beautiful city of Prague where the puppet tradition is still very much alive. At the end of the workshop, all students go home with their own hand-carved wooden marionette. Some spots are still available in the 2008 Puppets in Prague summer workshops! WHEN are next workshops? 1-15 June, 20 June - 4 July, 16-30 August, 6-20 January NEW! We are also offering a one-week workshop on PUPPET FILM ANIMATION in late July! Students will learn how to design for a stop motion puppet film (including how the interior skeleton is constructed), and then will make test films in a professional animated film studio. for more info please email us For more information, go to www.kidpraha.cz or email info@kidpraha.cz
Create your own wooden marionette in Prague this summer!
Posted 3/21/08	Looking for professional puppeteers with hands and body puppets experience. Must have some singing background and be able to relocate to Shanghai, China for 3-4 months. For more information, please reply to harryduyoung@dreamtubeentertainment Harry Du Young, Co- Producer Dream Tube Entertainment, Ltd. 2F, Block A, No. 1147 Kang Ding Road, Jing An District Shanghai, China 200042 china mobile: +86 13764746265 china fax 8621.64702476 skype: duwiggles email: harryduyoung@dreamtubeentertainment.com www.dreamtubeentertainment.com
Looking for professional puppeteers to work in Shanghai, China for 3-4 months or longer
Posted 3/21/08	Talented puppeteer wanted to participate in a short production to be shot on Saturday, April 5th. Female, Range 18-27 You will receive screen credit and be giving the opportunity to see your work, along with a general audience, at the Kendall Square Cinema later that same week. You may also get the chance to work with the same team in future projects featuring puppets. Contact: Peter A. Cancilla 617 640 1619 vaudevillepictures@yahoo.com
Female Puppeteer Wanted Boston/New Hampshire
Posted 3/19/08	PuppetHub.com is a new online community for puppeteers and puppet enthusiasts. The site features many ways to share and interact, including forums, blogs, groups, and photo and video galleries. Membership is free, all you have to do is sign up. Please, come check us out! www.puppethub.com
New Online Community for Puppeteers
Posted 3/17/08	I am a puppeteer and I just found the neatest item and wanted to pass the info. along to others who might be interested. It is a beautiful handmade pin (brooch) of a Punch and Judy Puppet Theater and you can really move Punch and Judy. (The artist calls her jewelry 'interactive'.) You can see it at her shop: www.jamienoel.etsy.com I was really impressed with her creativity and top notch craftsmanship. Mine arrived yesterday and it is even more gorgeous in person!
Punch and Judy Pin
Posted 3/14/08	I am submitting this web page of latest project to be put on your bulletin board. For perhaps some critical review from your group. http://www.buzzoplex.net/2007_butterflys_evil_spell.html
New project from buzzOplex
Posted 3/5/08	We are looking for puppeteer/ stage hands for the show at Lamama ETC, NYC. The show titled "After The Rain"based on japanese short stories written by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. Shadow images interact with actors. Opens 4/4, runs 3 week ends, need to work during the show, a few weeks of rehearsal. some pay, not fortune. watoku contact; watoku@earthlink. net
Looking for puppeteer/stage hand for the show at Lamama NYC.
Posted 3/5/08	May we share information with you about Multimask; a simplified method of making masks in class or communities. To find our more about the special nature of the Multimask System, please visit the Maskworx website http://www.maskworx.co.nz/
Unmasking Creativity in Youth
Posted 2/27/08	2 Development weeks of My Name Is Hal, a science fiction puppet show for adults produced by imnotlost.net April 14th – 27th, 2008 in NYC Seeking: 6 puppeteers, 1 directorial assistant, 1 video assistant, 1 puppet build intern, and 2 performing interns. The April development weeks for My Name is Hal will focus on integrating live video with puppetry and choreographing specific puppetry sequences. Following this rehearsal process imnotlost will host a fundraising party with a work in progress showing on April 26th or 27th. I am currently seeking exciting and engaging artists and performers to work on the continued development of this multimedia puppet show. (Some positions will begin work in March if available.) The assistants and puppeteers will receive a small stipend. Information, pictures, and video about My Name is Hal and its background are available at http://www.imnotlost.net/HAL There is more info on the development and information about past imnotlost productions and events online at www.imnotlost.net Please send a letter of interest to Kate Brehm at mail.us.here@imnotlost.net . Be sure to include some information about your background. Thank you so much! Hooray for puppets!
Seeking puppeteers in NYC for April Gig
Posted 2/25/08	Los Angeles production company is seeking puppeteers for a one week shoot in May in Los Angeles featuring hand and rod puppets. Male and female puppeteers. Must be able to sing and do voices. Height requirements between 5’4” to 5’10”. Send resume to Michelle@Ivesstreetentertainment.com or mail to Ives Street Entertainment 178 South Victory Blvd # 206 Burbank, CA 91502. No phone calls, please.
Los Angeles production company is seeking puppeteers
Posted 2/18/08	I present a Christian puppet ministry with Kid Cool, the monkey puppet who loves Jesus more than he loves bananas. I am interested in locating individuals in various parts of the country who would be willing to set up puppet performances for me. Must be able to interact with pastors of various denominations. If interested, email me at kidcool4jesus@yahoo.com.
Christian Puppet Ministry
Posted 2/15/08	Equilibrio Films, LLC is seeking individuals in New England and the surrounding region with expertise in the theatrical art of puppetry. We are currently working on an instructional video project for the largest “how to” internet database in the world and searching for volunteers to participate in creating a series of tutorials dealing with a diversity of different subjects in this field. We are especially looking for people with the following skills: Techniques of performance, Crafting of puppets, marionettes, stage props and backgrounds, Individuals who may have experience in the traditions and art of puppetry found in other cultures. Previous on-camera experience is not required, but it is important that participants feel comfortable speaking clearly and directly to a camera. Compensation for this project can range between $120 and $240 per day and shoots usually last between 4-6 hours. Our shooting schedules are flexible but we are looking particularly for people who are willing to do multiple shoots. If you feel you may be interested in this project please contact hans [at] equilibriofilms.com. Equilibrio Films, LLC www.EquilibrioFilms.com
Call for Puppeteers and Theatrical Artisans to Participate in Instructional Video Project, Compensation Provided
Posted 2/12/08	Raleigh, North Carolina puppet theater looking for summer interns. Are you interested in young child education? Or do you want a fun project this summer instead of camp? Do you like puppets or are you starting a puppet ministry and want some behind the scenes experience? The Carolina Puppet Theater will be taking on one or possibly two interns this summer. We are extremely flexible with time, both with how many weeks and how many hours per week. The intern will participate in all aspects of the theater. There is no cost for this and also no payment. College age and older preferred, but we will accept ages 14 and above. Please email MsEster@nc.rr.com for more information.
In Search of Summer Interns
Posted 2/12/08	Cincinnati based advertising agency Focus/FGW and we¹re currently seeks an individual who is very skilled in making hand shadow puppets (specifically animal shadow puppets using just their hands) for a television commercial for one of our clients. The basic premise is that the artist will have to move as fluidly possible from one animal or object to the next and to be able to skillfully portray 8 or 9 different silhouettes. Only the shadows from the artist's hands will be seen in the spot. Our criterion is based purely on dexterity and skill, not on voice or looks. This is a fully paid job and will require several hours to possibly a full day of shooting in a local studio in Cincinnati with travel expenses covered. If you yourself fit this description or have anyone you wish to recommend please have them contact us via this email address or call at 513-241-3900 and leave a message for Brian McMahon. Any recommendations or leads you have to offer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
Hand Shadow puppet artist needed!
Posted 2/4/08	Sandglass Theater and The University of Connecticut’s Puppet Arts Program are offering an intensive three-week Puppet Arts Training Program June 29-July 19, 2008. The workshop will be offered to puppeteers, teachers, actors, directors, designers and writers who want to expand and deepen their skill and understanding in the art of the puppet. The objective of the training program is to inspire theater artists to understand and to experience the puppet at a theatrical medium. Sandglass believes in integrating this understanding of the puppet within the larger picture of expressive theater. Sandglass teaches a method of manipulation developed in over 19 years of workshops in Europe and America. Key to the training is the link between the approach to manipulation and the content of the performed work. For more information and to download an application please visit www.sandglasstheater.org
Summer Puppet Arts Training Intensive 2008
Posted 2/3/08	This year’s PuppetFest MidWest (an annual, independent puppet festival) runs from Tuesday July 8 to Sunday July 13, 2008 in Trenton, Missouri. Our dates have been publicized for the last two years, but we now have the latest scoop for you. You can download the registration form and see who will be teaching and performing this year. You can find it all at: www.puppetfestival.org We are excited with our confirmed line-up of workshop leaders and performers. They are: Drew Allison - Grey Seal Puppets, Nick Barone - Nick Barone Puppets, Luman Coad - Coad Canada Puppets, Pam Corcoran - Corcoran Puppets, Art Gruenberger - Puppet Art Theater, Phillip Huber - The Huber Marionettes, Lynne Jennings - San Diego Guild of Puppetry/Puppetry Center of San Diego, Karen Konnerth - Calliope Puppets, Randel McGee - McGee Productions, Paul Mesner - Paul Mesner Puppets, Jim Napolitano - Nappy's Puppets, Pix Smith - Dallas Puppet Theater We will updating the website again soon to tell you exactly what workshops and performances they will be offering. To get an idea of what they have taught and performed at the first FIVE PuppetFest MidWests, please click the link on the website to “past PuppetFest MidWest festivals”. You can read reviews from excited participants of our first Five Festivals. Nick and Rose Sage Barone have done a wonderful job on the website (as usual). We hope you enjoy it. We certainly hope to see you at this year’s PuppetFest MidWest! Thank you, Debbie Lutzky Allen and Peter Allen, PuppetFest MidWest Directors www.puppetfestival.org
The PUPPETFEST MIDWEST 2008 website is now up and running!
Posted 1/29/08	PUPPET PATTERNS for home use wanted by two grandmothers who are avid, experienced sewers - for our mutual granddaughter's birthday. If possible we would like to create as closely as possible the "Alice in Wonderland" characters. If not, a good source for patterns would be greatly appreciated. Thanking you in advance.................Judi & Lee You can contact Judi at (714) 968-8613 or at judigg.gal@att.net
Puppet Patterns
Posted 1/29/08	Renaissance Artist PuppetCompany has an opening for a second Intern for the 2008 summer. This internship begins on June 9th and runs until August 15th. It requires a minimum of 20 hours a week and pays an $80 a week stipend. Applicants must have reliable transportation, be 18 years or older, be in good general health, and have a genuine interest in ALL areas of theatre, especially in the Puppetry theatre. Serious inquiries can contact Elizabeth Evans @ 610-630-4250 or 267-467-6052 or e-mail at Liz@RenArtPuppetCo.com Resumes should be submitted in Word Doc, Pagemaker, or Pdf format. It is suggested that interested parties visit our web site to learn more about our company.
Summer internship Available in Philadelphia, PA Area
Posted 1/27/08	Puppen Meister Productions the largest touring company in the Mid Atlantic state is currently hiring Marionette puppeteers for our 2008 season tour starts on April 25. Seeking 2 male puppeteers, salary plus travel accommodations, company transportation. http://puppenmeister.com/puppen_meister%20home.htm Our new show is Country Kids Jamboree. Tour runs thru December 2008. Contact: EMWachter at puppenmeister@comccast.com or 570-244-2362.
Creative Male puppeteers wanted
Posted 1/27/08	Zanzibar Fairytale Puppet Theater Located in Oakland, CA is looking for puppeteers for its new rod puppet production of *Cinderella*. Experience with puppets is not essential; however a genuine interest and enthusiasm in puppets is. A background in theater is a big plus. We are looking to hire people on a "per-show" basis that are very dependable, with since of musical timing and that can comfortably lift 50pd. One member of show team will need to drive a 10 ft. van and must have a valid CA drivers license that person is paid $25 more. We offer a competitive per-show salary. However we do not pay for rehearsals. *Cinderella* will premiere on May 15th thru the 18th. The compensation for these performances is still undecided. You must be willing to sign a hold harmless agreement. The show uses full lighting and sound, and we are also looking to hire a lighting and sound tech. We seek individuals who are interested in becoming part of our team. If interested please forward a cover letter and résumé along with contact information, including phone number to theodoredawson@gmail.com. Rehearsals begin April 12th. Rehearsals are Saturdays 12-5pm and Monday-Thursday 7-9pm. This enchanting new Broadway style production of *Cinderella* sets a new standard for puppet shows, re-envisioned with a story line that promotes kindness, hope, friendship and that anything is possible if you believe in your self. Wonderfully crafted rod puppets beautifully costumed, exquisite scenery, a lush musical score and dazzling special effects await you.
Puppeteers Needed
Posted 12/1/07	Elsewhere, an arts production site and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking artists, writers, puppeteers and cultural producers for residencies during its Spring, Summer, and Fall 2008 seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to pursue site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects. Elsewhere's building—two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the third—provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works. Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments become platforms for re-conceptualizing the theory and practice of art-making as an ongoing process of exchange in community. Experimenting with museum-as-medium within a store where nothing is for sale, Elsewhere offers an unparalleled framework for art practices, processes, and productions outside the traditional gallery, museum, and residency systems. The complete call for artists, residency brochure (PDF), and application deadlines are available at http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html. Email George Scheer, Collaborative Director, at residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application. DEADLINES Spring: April 1st to May 31st (final deadline January 25th 5pm) Summer: June 1st to August 31st (final deadline February 22nd 5pm) Fall: September 1st to October 31st (final deadline May 23rd 5pm)
Elsewhere Artist Collaborative 2008 residencies for artists, writers, puppeteers and cultural producers
Posted 11/21/07	Puppeteer for a good cause and add to your REEL! Volunteer puppeteers needed for KidZone TV, the only live Broadcast Studio inside a hospital in the WORLD! KidZone TV is a closed circuit channel and airs 2 live shows daily to the patients and families at Mount Sinai's Kravis Children's Hospital on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. As an interactive TV channel, patients and families can call in to the live show- while watching from their hospital rooms- to hear their voices on TV and participate in the game! Shows are at 3pm and 6:30pm Monday-Friday and 3pm and 6pm weekends. Programming includes Name that Tune; Bingo; Hollywood Squares; Trivia game shows & more. A copy of the show on dvd is usually available for performers at the end of the broadcast. Puppeteers will be called in to audition and meet the Producer. To schedule a time or for more information, please email Karen Sommers, Producer KidZone TV, at karen.sommers@mountsinai.org. Check out more information at www.mschildlife.org/KZTV.html. Be sure to "watch a preview" of our shows!
Puppeteers needed for KidZone TV!
Posted 6/17/06	LA City College film student seeks puppet designer & builder for a short film scheduled to begin shooting in 2008-09. The project is entitled "Influx" and it is science fiction. This film will be submitted to the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' for 'Student Academy Award' consideration. The puppets are extraterrestrail, full-body puppets. For your services you will receive: screen credit, copy of the film, a ticket to the 'Student Oscars', and 10% of the pro merchandising [i.e. if the film wins the award the puppets will be auctioned off on ebay of which you are entitled to a percentage of the profits], you will retain all original designs, and you may keep one of the puppets. Contact the student [Matthew] at Matthew_t_g@yahoo.com
LA City College film student seeks puppet designer & builder
VEE Corporation, producer of Dragon Tales Live!, Sesame Street Live!, and Bear in the Big Blue House Live!, is holding auditions for future tours and replacement positions.	FULL-BODY COSTUME CHARACTERS require dancers who are versatile, with strong technical ability in jazz and musical theatre dance styles, in the height range of 5'0" to 6'1". Gymnastics and tap are pluses. Dance combinations will be taught. LIVE PERFORMERS must be able to dance well, sing, and act. Dance combinations will be taught. Prepare two vocal selections, 16 bars each: ballad and up-tempo (a cappella or instrumental tape). Also prepare a one-minute monologue, appropriate for family/children's theatre. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A LIVE ROLE, ALL PERFORMERS MUST FIRST COMPLETE THE DANCE PORTION OF THE AUDITION. HAND/ROD PUPPETEERS, please prepare a 90-second routine for your own hand/rod puppet. Be ready to perform an a cappella lip-synch song with puppet. Tours run approximately ten months throughout the US and Canada. For consideration, please bring a picture and resume and wear or bring dance attire. Performers must be 18 or older. All available positions are PAID, NON-UNION. ADULTS: CHILDREN: Production Department VEE Corporation 800 LaSalle Avenue Suite 1750 Minneapolis, MN 55402 612-375-9670 x704 www.vee.com ADDITIONAL INFORMATION at VEE Corporation's Audition Hotline 612-375- 9670 ext. 704 VEE Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Tours run approximately ten months throughout the US and Canada. For consideration, please bring a picture and resume and wear or bring dance attire. Performers must be 18 or older. All available positions are PAID, NON-UNION More information is available at web-site www.vee.com. Select a show icon such as "Sesame Street Live!" then select "Auditions and Opportunities"
Birthday Party Puppeteers	I'm Pat Lay Wilson, the P of A consultant for birthday parties. I'm getting more and more requests for puppeteers to do BP all around the US. If you're interested, e-mail me your name, city, phone and e-mail #.Also what big cities you're near. I don't need prices or show descriptions or brochures or anything like that. I'll let you know if anybody in your area is looking for a BP performer. TNX, Pat W. patlaywils@aol.com.
Do you want your book or video reviewed?	I am the editor for Puppet Life the newsletter for the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry. If you have a book or video/DVD you would like reviewed, I might be interested. There are no guarantees that an item will be reviewed. It depends on content and quality. To contact me e-mail ddestler@mailexcite.com Please type "Dan" in the subject box.
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