Hi Folks,

LWT offers the most affordable puppet making workshop in the city, and now–for a limited time— we’ll make it a little bit sweeter.

Sign up by May 21st, and save $5 off the full price. Just click on the DISCOUNT link through Paypal. You can’t beat this deal!

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This is a super fun class where you’ll be expertly led to create a puppet of your very own design and making.

Sign up today and we’ll see you (and your puppet character) soon!

Hello puppeteers,

I’m currently casting for an older male puppeteer who can sing. The piece is a very silly musical comedy which will be performed at FringeNYC this August.

I’m also seeking other singing actors of all types AND a set designer (if any happen to lurk here!), but this individual would be the only puppeteer.

The ideal actor would be at least in his 40s but able to play much older (the character is about 65, so the older the actor, the better!). His role requires a lot of nuanced acting ability in that he has to play both the puppet and himself onstage – and the two are locked in battle!

Please contact me at thesnarkascending@gmail.com or aislesixmusical@gmail.com for more information. Thank you!

- Nicola McEldowney

Hello Puppet collectors and enthusiasts!

I have had three stunning puppets in my possession many years, a gift from my father.

Recently they were found in the basement and sadly some moisture damage had occurred.

While I was cleaning up these beautiful pieces I discovered the label and numbers. I promptly googled the maker and was so excited to learn about Gia Wallace and her sister! I never would have found the info if this had not occurred. Happy accident.

The puppets will need some restoration to their costumes. I would consider selling them to the right home and to someone who could care and repair them properly.

Thanks so much for any info you may provide. I do not know much about puppets only have loved and enjoyed these for many years. So fun to learn of Lea and Gia and sad timing to hear of Lea’s recent passing.

Tacee Webb
Taceewebb@yahoo.com
503-964-1730

My associates and I just released a music video for a talented musician named That 1 Guy. Modern Man took three years to build, film, and edit. Our star is a 7ft tall, 4 person operated, remote controlled animatronic astronaut named Ovid.

Filming on weekends, building for each shoot after we got off our day jobs, which normally took us into the late hours of the night. We created almost 95% of everything you see on screen by hand, everything we could build and shoot we did, even down to colored oil in water for our gas giant planet. 

We are only asking to please take a few minutes of your time to watch the video which we worked so hard to create. We hope you enjoy our video, thank you. 

Create your very own puppet !

From a picture or your imagination, tap into your creative potential and learn to sculpt your very own puppet!
Limitless character possibilities await you in our fun hands-on carving workshop at the Lone Wolf Tribe studio in Brooklyn.

Our workshops are an engaging and personal way to discover the universal art of puppetry and learn the specialized techniques of one of New York City’s most unique puppeteers. From the novice and uninitiated to the advanced performer, curiosity and a willingness to learn are the only criteria. Our workshops make a great gift for a friend or family member, as well as a memorable afternoon date for friends and couples.

Our next workshop will be Sunday, May 26 2-5:30pm.

For any other info, email: workshop@lonewolftribe.com  or call 718-398-3701

Limited space is available, so sign up today!

Registration fee is $65 (materials included)
*Sign up a friend and receive a discount*
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For those familiar with the talented puppetry work of author/illustrator Edward Gorey, ’nuff said. But for the rest of us…here’s a chance to create something entirely new!

Beginning in February 2014, the Loyola University Museum of Art (right on Michigan Avenue in the heart of it all) is presenting: Elegant Enigmas:The Work of Edward Gorey. LUMA would like  to include in the companion programming  a puppet show of one of Gorey’s plays.

Contact Ms..Pamela Ambrose Director of Cultural Affairs, Loyola University Chicago 312.915.7630 or pambros@luc.edu

CPG knows of no one in the Midwest doing any Gorey-themed work, so we’re posting this on behalf of Ms. Ambrose and LUMA to ask around and invite inquiries.

Retired Puppeteer selling all kinds of puppets, marionettes and puppet books. Also, shows – Little Red Riding Hood, Aesop Fables, Acquarium, 3 Bears, 3 Pigs, Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, Holiday Shows, Season’s Greetings Around the World, Halloween, Purim, Nursery Rhymes, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Carnival of Animals, Pinocchio. Peter and the Wolf.

Contact me by email for photos and prices

Production company seeking mature individual or couple for puppeteer position. Commission pay plus training expenses. Need good comedic and improvisational abilities, be able to perform elderly male voice and handle large equipment. Experience helpful in acting or theater or with hand puppets. Will train. Position requires travel. Various tour lengths available. Seasonal tours blend perfectly with local church ministry, builds finances, knowledge and experience. Send resume & references.

* Be sure to check out our new website!  www.BrooklynPuppetConspiracy.com

8 Week Puppetry for TV, FIlm and Video – NYC

Tuesdays from 7 – 10pm starting June 11, 2013
Location: Ripley Grier Studios – 520 8th Ave, New York, NY
Class size: 10 -12 students
Cost: $350
*No previous puppetry experience is required.

In this course we will be covering:
• Basic puppetry skills including stance, eye focus, mouth synch, walks, rod manipulation and more.
• Working with the monitor
• Working with human actors
• Character Building
• Vocal Characterization
• Choreography
• Preparing for an audition
• And More!

Everyone who signs up will be provided with “practice eyes” and a hand made, professional-style practice puppet that are theirs to keep!

If you would like to sign up, send an Email to DAVIDFINONYC@GMAIL.COM and I will send you payment info!

A bit about me:
David Fino has been involved with puppetry since 1993 when he trained with master puppeteer Paul Vincent Davis of the Puppet Showplace Theatre in MA. David has been through numerous training workshops with The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop. He has performed on Comedy Central, MTV, CBS and Atom.com. On stage, David played the title character in “Bear in the Big Blue House, Live!,” a national tour based on the hit program by Mitchell Kriegman and the Jim Henson Co. Other credits include Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” by Trilobite Pictures, and “Seemore’s Playhouse” by King Features/S4K Entertainment. Most recently he starred with Jon Gabrus and Rachel Bloom in “The Fuzz” – a feature film by Waverly Films/Greencard pictures that is soon to be released as a web series on Yahoo Screen. David’s has built puppets for Avenue Q, Comedy Central, MTV, CBS , Funny Or Die, Disneyland and more…

Hello! I am the Community Outreach Associate with Concrete Temple Theatre and I’d like to invite friends and members of Puppeteers of America to our upcoming show, Geppetto, being performed at HERE Arts Center, NYC: June 13th-30th, Thursday-Monday at 7 PM and Saturdays at 2 PM and 7 PM.

Scotty Swan’s puppet lab workshops

Come spend the day with master Puppeteer Scotty Swan as he teaches you how to make your own “Muppet” style puppet. You will take the  be tracing ,cutting and hot gluing. Then we will add some features to give your puppets “life”. By the end of the day you will have a professional puppet! Ages 16 & up. Limit 12 per class (includes all materials plus patterns) Bring your own glue gun & scissors!

$110.00(A deposit of $80 to hold your place andto cover materials)

classes start mid june!

http://scottswan.wix.com/scottyswanpuppets#!shows/component_71401

Up and coming production company seeks puppet building interns for the month of May. Interns will be part of the build team for the workshop production of The Seven Dwarves: A Survival Story that will take place this June at the National Puppetry Conference at The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. The production will include elements of Toy Theater, Cantastoria, Shadow Puppets and projections. 

Puppet building interns WILL NOT be part of the production team attending the conference, but will work with a top notch puppet building team in the West Village and various other locations around the city. Some work from home may be requested. Like experienced builders, interns will be asked to bring some of their own tools.

Interns will be required to work a minimum of 2-3 days per week and possibly some weekends.
This is an unpaid internship, but college credit will be considered.

Ideal candidates can demonstrate:
Strong illustration skills
Knowledge of various papers and adhesive materials
Strong sculptural skills
Knowledge of various sculptural materials
Experience in puppetry preferred but not necessary

Applicants are required to include 3-5 images of their best RELEVANT work, a resume, and a cover letter which indicates why you are right for this production, what you will bring to the team and what you hope to learn from this experience.

Please send all applications to 7dwarvesproduction@gmail.com.

Buck’s Rock has additional openings for instructors.  See below.

Puppetry Instructors Summer 2013

BUCK’S ROCK PERFORMING AND CREATIVE ARTS CAMP, a unique, freedom of choice program for teens in New Milford, CT seeks Puppetry artists/instructors to work with & relate to campers, ages 9-16. Need to be able to craft, manipulate and perform with a variety of puppets. Video filming and editing skills are a plus. 21 years or older; strong communications skills and sensitivity to the needs of young artists; teaching experience preferred. 

June 20, 2013 – August 19, 2012

Salary negotiable and includes plus room/board/ studio space/extras. Please complete an application at www.bucksrockcamp.com or for more info contact bucksrock@bucksrockcamp.com

To whom it may concern…

I am a undergraduate performance student studying violin at the Hayes School of Music of Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Our opera studio did a production of W.A. Mozart’s opera Bastien und Bastienne this past semester, and those of us in the pit orchestra had the idea of creating and performing a version of the opera with puppets. There would be a reduced pit orchestra (all members of the Appalachian State Symphony) to perform with the puppeteer(s).Our orchestra director Dr. Chung Park is very enthusiastic about this idea and would like to take it on the road as a way of introducing kids to classical music and the performing arts. If you are interested, please contact me via Email. Cheers!

Sincerely, Alex T.

Home of Grace Care Centre, a youth development organization based in Kenya and Canada is requesting donations of puppets.  If you are interested in contributing, please contact Patrice Owuor: grtvictoryms@yahoo.com

Greetings, Fellow Puppet Enthusiasts!!!

On behalf of Windcast Pictures, I am proud and beyond excited to announce our upcoming puppet film, “Rosco The Flying Rhino”!!!

We are currently running an Indiegogo campaign to raise the money to produce the film, and we want to reach out to the larger puppet community to recruit puppeteers for the production, as well as promote the campaign!

For more information on the film and how to join the Rosco family, please go to http://igg.me/at/roscotheflyingrhino/x/13101

Hello,

My name is Beverly Gonzalez and I’m the Founder and CEO of Meals On A Mission, The fundraiser changing the world, one bite at a time!  :)

I’m ever so pleased to have been directed to this amazing website. I had no idea that there was a following of puppet loving people and professionals. You guys rock! Puppets rock!

With that being said, I’m seeking help from someone out there that may know of someone in Las Vegas that would be interested in doing a video with me.

Details as follows:

• Professional Video Production Studio at World of Life Chrisitan Center.
• Two hours paid time at $25 an hour. 
• I will provide skit
• I am seeking someone that can pull off a cute ITALIAN MALE voice.
• I will provide the puppet (professionally made) – his name is Chef Pepe Roni (he is a chef hat…with a cute mustache) :)
• The time will be announced 2 weeks prior to the date. I will have final confirmation at the end of April.
• The video will be a pre-launch to our crowdfunding seeding campaign, as we are a start-up company.  I have worked hard for two long years to deliver this to the world, and one lucky puppeteer gets to help make this a historically successful crowdfunding campaign that no one will forget!
• I will have an animated explainer video for those who are interested, but it won’t be available until the end of April.

I’m sure someone…knows someone…who knows someone…that could help.

Ill return back and update this post with the video link once it’s completed for those who wish to check back and view more.

Blessings to all you awesomely crazy folks who understand that the key to life is imagination!!!

Beverly Gonzalez

www.meals-ona-mission.com (site it currently being developed for the Third Phase [pre-launch] in May.

Hello Everyone.

I’m looking for someone in NYC to split half of a 450 sq ft workspace within Standard ToyKraft in Brooklyn (just steps away from the Graham Ave. stop on the L.)
If this sounds interesting and you would like more details, please write to me directly at davidfinonyc@gmail.com

Thanks!

https://www.facebook.com/StandardToyKraft?fref=ts

Dear friends,

we are french profesionnal pupeteers from south west of France

we belong to : THEATRE PAS SAGE

see our website : www.marionnettes-pas-sage.com

We sell a big box of 152 Wayang Kulit (some are dated : 1964, 1945)

the price is : 15 000 € (to negociate)

you can contact us by mail 

and we’ll send you photos

hope somebody’s interested, because they are wonderful, but in the box, so they need somebody to be shown to most of people. What we can’t do here in France.

Thanks a lot

Jimmy (for the group)

Dancing Lantern Shadow Theater is a shadow puppetry company performing in the NY-NJ area. We are seeking a shadow puppeteer for a few shows this summer. Rehearsals will take place on the weekends in NYC. Shows will be on weekdays and Labor Day weekend. This is a paying position. Email Melissa at dancinglantern@gmail.com. Hope to hear from you soon.

Summer Puppet Making and Teaching Job.

Long Lake Camp For The Arts is looking for a Puppet creator to come to our summer Performing and Fine Arts camp to help creative campers learn how to make Puppets this summer. Our campers love all types and style of puppetry and also enjoy performing with them. Please call me at 914 693 7111 asking for Geoff and email me your portfolio of images showing me your Puppets to marc@longlakecamp.com.  If you have a website please let me know the address also. The dates for the job are June 18 to August 26th 2013. This is a live in position and you will be sharing your accommodations. The job is really awesome. We provide you with materials and space to create great puppets both with the campers and for yourself. We love all forms of Puppetry from Soft to Sculpted, Marionettes to hand Puppets. Our website is www.longlakecamp.com and the position has a salary plus free room and board. We even do your laundry for you!

I am expecting a strong response to this posting so please do not delay your response.

Thank you. Geoff Burnett. long lake camp for the arts. 914 693 7111. www.longlakecamp.com

I am looking for someone to create shadow puppets for a dance I am choreographing to the tale of “The Moon” by the brothers Grimm. The performance will be held in September 2013 at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford, CT , but I am looking to start work on the production soon. This is a paid job. Please contact: sonia@soniaplumbdance.org for more information. You can also check out our website at www.soniaplumbdance.org.

Vermont’s PuppeTree seeks a puppeteer to tour Summer 2013 in a production of Caps for Sale based on Esphy Slobodkina’s children’s book with permission from HarperCollins. The show celebrates diversity using diverse puppet styles, mask, table top puppets, 3 Punch and Judy booths on stage at one time, shadow puppets and hand and moth puppets. This production has a cast of 3 puppeteer and we have about 12 performance from Maine to upstate NY. 

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO DRIVE! 

Pay is determined by experience. All housing is furnished either in our farm house or in good motels on the road. We have a sorce for organic food and local produce which is donated to the puppeteers.

Between shows we are building a large toy theater piece and opening a new shadow puppet multi media production of Leo Lionnie’s book Swimmy. There will be creative building plus performaces and workshops with children. Or you can take Plan B and stick around only for the performances which are scattered through out the summer.

The PuppeTree Inc is an equal Opportunity employer and interviews will take place on Skype. No felons of any kind since we are around children.

Please call or email if you have any questions.

vtpuppet@gmail.com 

802-785-3031

Hello, 
My name is Noemie Jacout and I am an independent student film producer based in NYC.  I am currently working on the production of the pilot for the TV show ‘The Mops’, ‘The Mops’ is a TV show which features 4 Muppet style puppets as the main characters. I am therefore looking for 4 experienced puppeteers (3 men an 1 women) for a two-week shoot between July 26th and August 9th. The job is an unpaid one (food and travel paid for however), the puppeteers will have full credit and the opportunity to be part of this project if/when it is picked up.  If anyone is interested please don’t hesitate to email me at themopspilot@gmail.com

Executive Director: Puppet Showplace Theatre

Description: 

The Puppet Showplace Theatre seeks an energetic and passionate Executive Director to lead the organization in fulfilling and expanding the theatre’s mission to present the magical world of puppet theatre to audiences of all ages.  The ideal candidate is an experienced administrator with knowledge of small business operations, staff management, non-profit fundraising, and community outreach/board development. The Executive Director would work collaboratively with the theatre’s small but extremely dedicated staff and board to cultivate and implement the organization’s strategic plan and vision while managing operations in a meticulous and professional manner.

Qualifications: 

-College degree required; degree in arts administration, business or related field preferred

-At least 3 years experience in an executive or managerial role. 

-Experience with grant writing and managing successful fundraising campaigns

-Demonstrated experience with budget management and financial accounting

-Exceptional professional communication skills; comfort and professionalism interacting with diverse stakeholders (parents and children, school administrators, donors, community partners, other cultural executives).

-Knowledge and appreciation of non-profit performing arts and family entertainment sector; enthusiasm for working with young audiences.

- Comfort with administrative technology including OvationTix, QuickBooks, Filemaker, or equivalent programs

Time Commitment

Full-time exempt, approximately 40 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Additional hours as necessary for special events, including some evenings and weekends. 

Compensation

Salary of $38,000 to $42,000 per year. 

How to Apply:

Please send a cover letter and resume to executive@puppetshowplace.org attn: Adam Courville, Board President

About the Organization:

Puppet Showplace Theatre is New England’s only dedicated year-round presenter of puppetry arts. Founded in 1974 by visionary educator and puppeteer Mary Churchill, the theatre now welcomes over 25,000 patrons to its 100-seat Brookline Village location every season. In addition to “mainstage” shows for youth and family audiences, the theatre also presents adult puppet slams, offers classes and workshops to students of all ages, and consults on professional puppetry productions throughout the region. 

8 Mondays from 7 – 10pm starting April 8, 2013
Location: Ripley Grier Studios – 520 8th Ave, New York, NY
Class size: 10 -12 students
Cost: $350
*No previous puppetry experience is required.

In this course we will be covering:
• Basic puppetry skills including basic stance, eye focus, mouth synch, walks, rod manipulation and more.
• Working with the monitor
• Working with human actors
• Character Building
• Vocal Characterization
• Choreography
• Preparing for an audition
• And More!

Everyone who signs up will be provided with “practice eyes” and a hand made, professional-style practice puppet that are theirs to keep!

If you would like to sign up, send an Email to DAVIDFINONYC@GMAIL.COM and I will send you payment info!

** Please note that because the 8th Monday falls on Memorial day the last class will be on JUNE 3rd***

A bit about me:
David Fino has been involved with puppetry since 1993 when he trained with master puppeteer Paul Vincent Davis of the Puppet Showplace Theatre in MA. David has been through numerous training workshops with The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop. He has performed on Comedy Central, MTV, CBS and Atom.com. On stage, David played the title character in “Bear in the Big Blue House, Live!,” a national tour based on the hit program by Mitchell Kriegman and the Jim Henson Co. Other credits include Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” by Trilobite Pictures, and “Seemore’s Playhouse” by King Features/S4K Entertainment. Most recently he starred with Jon Gabrus and Rachel Bloom in “The Fuzz” – a feature film by Waverly Films/Greencard pictures that is soon to be released as a web series on Yahoo Screen. David’s has built puppets for Avenue Q, Comedy Central, MTV, CBS , Funny Or Die, Disneyland and more…

I am looking for Puppeteers that would be interested in being interviewed for research I am conducting. I am creating an exercise manual designed for Puppeteers and would love to identify what physical issues and challenges Puppeteers face. I hope to identify exercises, tools and techniques that can help them develop more dexterity, diminish chronic pain and increased strength and endurance which would empower Puppeteers with the capacity to practice their art for as long as they wish and not be limited by physical constraints.
Please contact me ASAP to arrange a day and time. Food & drink will be provided.
Thank you so much and look forward to chatting with you soon!
Mark Goldman
(516) 592 2800

Shadow Circus Creature Theatre, San Francisco’s most belligerent puppetry troupe, embark on a new medium as they debut the pilot episode of their new series of web films; ‘The Shadow Circus Show.’ After a decade of entertaining the Bay Area with their live puppet-hosted variety show, their regular appearances on KOFY TV’s Creepy KOFY Movie Time and their yearly puppet contributions to the stage show of the esteemed Edwardian Ball, Shadow Circus is now bringing their madcap humor and bizarre monsters to the screen.

The pilot episode, which will be have a public screening at the Cinecave Screening Room at Lost Weekend Video, follows a dreadlocked dragon-like reptile named Syrus, his new-age Gelfling-esque girlfriend Wycker and a menagerie of bizarre and outlandish creatures as they attempt to run a beatnik café in the Northbeach District of San Francisco. Also starring in the film are local favorites Kitten on the Keys (winner of a 2003 SF Weekly Music award) and Victoria Victrola.

And just added: Opening up the evening’s adventures will be the Ukulele styling of Brandi Hasbrouck!

‘The Shadow Circus Show’ screens on April 14th. Doors are at 7:30, film starts at 8. All ages are welcome. Requested donation of $6, but nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Lost Weekend video is located at 1034 Valencia Street, San Francisco. For additional information, go to www.shadowcircus.com.

View the official trailer here:
https://vimeo.com/61433008