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Come and meet the performers from the previous day's performances. Ask pertinent or probing questions and get some surprising answers and insights!
90 minute roundtable
No attendance limit
All skill levels
Participants will sculpt a miniature marionette and learn techniques for selling them Online.
3 hour construction / lecture workshop.
Limited to 25 participants. (We may also allow 10 auditors.)
All skill levels
$7 Materials Fee
Create a life-sized puppet from newspaper and masking tape and learn to perform with it in a story.
3 hour lecture / construction / participation workshop.
Limited to 30 participants. (Unlimited audit space will be added only after the class is full with active participants and, as long as they don't get in the builder's way.)
Participants will learn tips on how to successfully manipulate and act with handpuppets.
3 hour participation workshop.
Limited to 15 participants.
All skill levels.
How to design a soundtrack that adds to the show without overwhelming the action or confusing the puppeteer.
90 minute demo / lecture.
No attendeance limit.
All skill levels.
Explore toy theatre as a performance art, as a history of theater, family entertainment and a creative outlet. Participants will make a toy theater and receive a complete set of items for a play.
6 hour (2 Day) demo / construction / participation workthrough workshop.
Limited to 20 participants.
Beginner to intermediate skill levels.
$20 material fee.
If you are planning to register for this workshop, please contact Marianne Tucker at Tucktale@aol.com or (215) 885-7073 by July 1. Marianne will supply you with details, including tools or materials that you will need to bring.
Building techniques for Table Top rod puppets for use with performances, older students and workshops/residencies.
6 hour (2 Day Workthrough) construction / participation workshop.
Limited to 15 participants.
Skill level – Advanced hobbyist to professional; Teachers.
$45 material fee.
If you are planning to register for this workshop, please contact Marianne Tucker at Tucktale@aol.com or (215) 885-7073 by June 27. Marianne will supply you with details, including tools or materials that you will need to bring.
Unlock your creative vocal potential. This session leads participants step by step, from very easy animal sounds, to cartoon voices, to the creation of a character voice for a puppet.
90 Minute lecture / participation workshop.
No attendance limit.
All skill levels.
Come and meet the performers from the previous day's performances. Ask pertinent or probing questions and get some surprising answers and insights!
90 minute roundtable.
No attendance limit.
All skill levels.
An overview of filming puppets including script preparation, soundtracks, shooting techniques, lighting, movement, camera movement, editing and post production.
3 hour hands-on lecture / demo workshop.
Limited to 30 participants.
Skill level – Active performers and producers
Explore the movement goals, rhythms, and inherent qualities of masks.
3 hour hands-on participation / demo workshop.
Limited to 30 participants.
All skill levels.
Participants will learn to make detailed lexan and vinyl shadow puppets.
3 Hour construction workshop.
Limited to 15 participants.
Skill level – Hobbyist to performers.
$10.00 material fee
If you are planning to register for this workshop, please contact Marianne Tucker at Tucktale@aol.com or (215) 885-7073 by July 1. Marianne will supply you with details, including tools or materials that you will need to bring.
Learn how Paul Vincent Davis developed and constructed his newest show; and get to watch a performance by one of our finest hand-puppeteers.
90 Minute performance / lecture / demo workshop.
Limited to 45 participants.
Skill level – Intermediate to professional.
Participants will be guided through a series of exercises based on techniques developed by Albrecht Roser.
3 hour lecture / participation workshop.
Limited to 15 participants.
Skill level - Performers.
Participants will learn the basic steps needed to create a family show; and get to see a performance of “Hungry Caterpillar and Other Tales”
90 minute performance / lecture / demo workshop.
Limited to 65 participants.
Skill level – Beginner to intermediate; Teachers.
Come and meet the performers from the previous day's performances. Ask pertinent or probing questions and get some surprising answers and insights!
90 Minute Roundtable.
No attendance limit.
All skill levels.
Learn to analyze scripts for “youth theater” and “adult theater” performances, and how to conceptualize the addition of puppets.
90 minute lecture / demo workshop.
No attendance limit.
Skill level – Intermediate to professional.
Learn how to create theater magic for use in the public school classroom without elaborate equipment, and re-enforce curriculum needs.
90 minute lecture / demo / hands-on workshop.
Limited to 15 participants.
All skill levels.
How to avoid trouble with your sound system, and get the best sound possible from your equipment.
90 minute demo / lecture workshop.
No attendance limit.
All skill levels.
Learn to create and work with a Hydrocal Mold; and learn to cast with Neoprene.
90 minute demo / lecture workshop.
Limited to 50 participants.
All skill levels.
Participants will learn to avoid the most common mistakes of first time marionette builders, and methods of correcting many mistakes.
90 minute demo / lecture workshop.
No attendance limit.
Skill level – Beginner to intermediate.
Learn to become an effective teacher / trainer in puppetry; and learn techniques based on recent work completed in Nairobi, Kenya.
90 minute demo / lecture workshop.
Limited to 50 participants.
All skill levels and teachers.
Participants will learn the basics of performing with puppets, with emphasis on the use of voice and mouth movement.
90 minute demo / lecture / participation workshop.
No attenance limit.
Skill level – Beginner to intermediate.