National Puppetry Festival Workshops
The 2019 Festival will offer workshops from 9 am-12:15 pm, Wednesday, July 17th thru Saturday, July 20th. Each day will be comprised of two 90-minute sessions, with a 15-minute break between workshop slots 9:00-10:30 am and 10:45-12:15 pm. Some workshop will run double sessions and will run from 9:00 am – 12:15 pm. Workshops are included with the Full Festival Registration.
- Click here for a printable list of 2019 Workshops in PDF format.
SCHEDULE
Wednesday July 17, 9:00-10:30 AM
| Alex Thomas | Puppet Stop Motion Animation |
| Art Gruenberger | Secrets of Running a Successful Business |
| Joseph Emory | DMX Lighting Control Made Easy |
| Judith O’Hare | Jabberwacky to Puppets |
| Katy Williams | Viewpoints Movement in Puppetry |
| Pam Corcoran | Needle Felting: Using a Natural, Renewable Resource to Construct Puppets |
| Panacea Theriac | ANTHROPOMORPHIZER: Making flat things that can talk |
| Tom McLaughlin | Intro to Silicone and Polyfoam for Puppets |
| Scott & James Silson | The Show is in Your Hands |
| Kathy Foley & I Nyoman Sedana | Playing with Wayang: Indonesian Puppetry & its Transformations |
Wednesday, July 17, 10:45-12:15 PM
| Alex Thomas | Puppet Stop Motion Animation |
| Art Gruenberger | Secrets of Running a Successful Business |
| Joseph Emory | DMX Lighting Control Made Easy |
| Pam Corcoran | Needle Felting: Using a Natural, Renewable Resource to Construct Puppets |
| Panacea Theriac | ANTHROPOMORPHIZER: Making flat things that can talk |
| John Jennings | Puppet Improvisation |
| Aretta Baumgartner | Theatre Games |
| Ayhan Hulagu | Karagoz |
| Heidi Carpenter | MON-STIRS |
| Hobey Ford | Control Mechanisms for Rod Puppets |
| Kathryn O’Shea | Songwriting from Scratch |
Thursday, July 18, 9:00-10:30 AM
| Andrew Periale & Steve Abrams | The Thick Blue Line – A session with the Editors |
| Larry Lee Hensel | Puppetry Without Pain |
| Lex Rudd | Gourmet Sock Puppets |
| Michael Lamason | Lesson Planning |
| Monica Leo | Pop-up Book Stages |
| Wendy Morris & Red Herring Puppets | Performance & Advancing Creative Work Through Purposeful Feedback |
| Valerie Smalkin | Green Screen 101 |
| Scott & James Silson | The Show is in Your Hands |
| Kathy Foley & I Nyoman Sedana | Playing with Wayang: Indonesian Puppetry & its Transformations |
Thursday, July 18, 10:45-12:15 PM
| Lex Rudd | Gourmet Sock Puppets |
| Monica Leo | Pop-up Book Stages |
| Wendy Morris & Red Herring Puppets | Performance & Advancing Creative Work Through Purposeful Feedback |
| Valerie Smalkin | Green Screen 101 |
| Annett Mateo | Introduction to Arduino for Puppetry |
| Bob Nathanson | How to Write Humorously for the Puppet Stage |
| Cheryl Capezzuti | Dancing Parade Puppets |
| Jamie Donmeyer | Understanding Movement |
| Lyssa Troemel | Conductive Thread |
| Rob D’Arc | Thumbs Up! – Pop-up Puppets |
Friday, July 19, 9:00-10:30 AM
| Aubrey Clinedinst | Pain-free Puppeteering: EBAS Techniques |
| Benjamin Entner | The Basic Fettig Mechanism |
| David Stephens | Creating a One-Person Puppet Show |
| Kat Pleviak | It’s Electric |
| Katherine Fahey | Cigar Box Crankies |
| Kurt Hunter | Exploring Marionette Movement |
| Matthew McGee | The Marvelous Medium of Masking Tape |
| Michael Vetere & Samantha Maggio | Puppetry & the Art of Education: Where the Process Begins |
| Sandy Spieler | Work for the Water |
| Wendy Morton | Shadow Puppet Mechanisms |
| Kathy Foley & I Nyoman Sedana | Playing with Wayang: Indonesian Puppetry & its Transformations |
Friday, July 19, 10:45-12:15 PM
| Aubrey Clinedinst | Pain-free Puppeteering: EBAS Techniques |
| Benjamin Entner | The Basic Fettig Mechanism |
| David Stephens | Creating a One-Person Puppet Show |
| Kat Pleviak | It’s Electric |
| Katherine Fahey | Cigar Box Crankies |
| Kurt Hunter | Exploring Marionette Movement |
| Wendy Morton | Shadow Puppet Mechanisms |
| Donald Devet | Conceive, Create, Disseminate: Producing Puppet Videos on a Shoestring Budget |
| Erik Kuska | Sketch Writing for Slams, Youtube & Beyond |
| Julie Scarborough | Ensemble Puppetry – The Basics of Team Performance |
| Matthew McGee | Patterns, Paper Mache & Paper Clay |
Saturday, July 20, 9:00-10:30 AM
| Carole D’Agostino | Ready, Set, Puppetshow! |
| Erik Kuska | Designing Characters for Practicality & Performance |
| Grant Baciocco | Create Your Own Puppet Show on the Internet! |
| Michael Sommers | Directing for Puppet Theatre |
| Mary Nagler | Foam for Brains, Demystifying the Building of Foam Based Puppets |
| Paul Spirito | Plastics in Puppetry |
| Stephen Kaplin & Trudi Cohen | Toy Theatre – Spectacle in a Box |
| Katy Williams | Viewpoints Movement in Puppetry |
| Scott & James Silson | The Show is in Your Hands |
| Kathy Foley & I Nyoman Sedana | Playing with Wayang: Indonesian Puppetry & its Transformations |
Saturday, July 20, 10:45-12:15 PM
| Carole D’Agostino | Ready, Set, Puppetshow! |
| Grant Baciocco | Create Your Own Puppet Show on the Internet! |
| Michael Sommers | Directing for Puppet Theatre |
| Mary Nagler | Foam for Brains, Demystifying the Building of Foam Based Puppets |
| Stephen Kaplin & Trudi Cohen | Toy Theatre – Spectacle in a Box |
| Tom Tucker | How Did You Do That? Construction Tips & Techniques |
| Kris Woolen | Archetypal Voices |
| Sarah Frechette & Jason Thibodeaux | MINI MASKS: Roser’s Paper-Sculpture Technique |
| Scott & James Silson | The Show is in Your Hands |
| Larry Lee Hensel | Puppetry Without Pain |