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Why should kids have all the fun? The Center for Puppetry Arts Adult Education
Series offers an array of exciting workshops with scholars, performers,
curators and artists. Designed for ages 14 and up, this comprehensive
series is a must for adults who want to learn more about the fascinating
world of puppetry. The Center also offers Teacher Workshops upon request.
June 2008 | July
2008 | August 2008 | November
2008 | March 2009 | May
2009
Teen & Adult Education (ages 12 & up)
The Jim Henson Legacy Presents Fran
Brill "My Life as a Muppeteer!"
Tanglewood Marionettes Backstage
Tour
Meet the Artists of Crabgrass Puppet
Theatre
Wood Carving & Nuu-Chah-Nulth
Tradition
A Conversation with Paul Mesner
Adapting Classic Literature for
the Puppet Stage
American Puppet Modernism
Lecture & Book Signing
Dragon Art Studio Backstage Tour
Celebrating the Life of Hans
Christian Andersen
Teacher Workshops
Puppetry in the Classroom
Teacher Workshops
In-Service Workshop: Puppetry Across
the Curriculum
Puppetry in the Classroom
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 8pm
Don’t miss Emmy Award-winning actress and puppeteer Fran Brill as
she talks about her fascinating life juggling her acting and puppeteering
careers. She was the first female Muppeteer hired by Jim Henson on Sesame
Street and is best known for creating and performing Prairie Dawn
and Zoe. She has also performed with the Muppets on Saturday Night
Live, The Muppet Show, The Jim Henson Hour, and Elmo
in Grouchland. As an actress, Brill has guest-starred on many night-time
dramas including Law and Order and her film credits include Being
There, Midnight Run, and What About Bob? Her presentation
includes video of backstage at Sesame Street and a Q&A.
This presentation is intended for adults and children ages 13 &
up.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: $7, $5 Center Members
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Presented by Peter Schafer of Ware, WA
Sunday, June 29, 2008, 4-5pm
Stay in your seats after the 3pm performance of The Dragon King
for a fascinating behind the scenes look at one of America’s leading
marionette companies. Discover how custom built string puppets, script,
sets, staging, lighting and music all come together to produce a magical
theater experience for young and old.
Location: Mainstage Theater performance of The Dragon
King
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm
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Presented by Bonny Hall and Jamie Keithline of Halifax, CT
Sunday, July 20, 2008, 4-5pm
Enjoy a madcap musical adaptation of the Grimm Brothers’ classic
The Bremen Town Musicians and then stay in your seats after the
3pm performance to meet the puppeteers who make the magic happen. Each
year, the Crabgrass Puppet Theatre performs for over 100,000 people in
theaters, schools and museums throughout the eastern United States. Come
join us for a close-up look at this award-winning company while they perform
in residence at the Center.
Location: Education Classroom, Third Floor
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance
of The Bremen Town Musicians.
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Taught by George David of Vancouver Island, WA
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 1-4pm
Join wood carver George David of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth tribe (previously
known in English as Nootka or West Coast) which is related to the Makah
tribe on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. He has taught through the
University of Washington for 15 years and has presented lectures in various
museums across the country including the University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology. David is a master carver of totem poles,
masks, puppets and other forms of sculpture. David’s family created
most of the totem poles and other carvings at Tillicum Village on Blake
Island in Puget Sound. He is also skilled at drum making and two-dimensional
design, as well as traditional songs and music.
Location: Education Classroom, Third Floor
Cost: $7; $5 Center Members
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Presented by Paul Mesner of Kansas City, MO
Sunday, August 3, 2008 4-5pm
Stay in your seats after the 3pm performance of Sleeping Beauty and meet
puppeteer, author and performer Paul Mesner as he discusses the challenges
and rewards of pursuing a life in puppetry. For more than 15 years Paul
has become a fixture in the Kansas City theater and arts scene and in
the national community of puppeteers. His Company has received many grants
and awards, among them the UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence in Puppetry.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance
of Sleeping Beauty on August 3, 2008.
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Presented by Michael Haverty
Sunday, August 17, 2008 4-5pm
Stay in your seats after the 3pm performance of The Ugly Duckling
on Sunday, August 17th and meet writer/director Michael Haverty for a
discussion on how to adapt literature, non-fiction and plays for the puppet
stage. Michael will cite examples from his adaptations of The Ugly
Duckling, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and several others
in discussing how imagination, research, and writing techniques are used
to find your own voice and story within the work of others.
Location: Downstairs Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance
of The Ugly Duckling on August 17, 2008.
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Presented by Dr. John Bell, Director, Ballard Institute and Museum of
Puppetry (BIMP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8-9pm
Join internationally renowned puppeteer, professor and puppet theater
historian, Dr. John Bell, to explore the history of puppet, mask and performing
object theater in the United States over the past 150 years. Discover
how a peculiarly American mixture of global cultures, commercial theater,
modern art idealism and mechanical innovation created uniquely modern
and singularly American approaches which have reinvented the ancient arts
of puppetry as essential performance modes of the twenty-first century.
Location: Education Classroom, Third Floor
Cost: $7; $5 Center Members
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Presented by Brenda Xu of Vancouver, WA
Sunday, March 8, 2009, 4-5pm
Stay in your seats after the 3pm performance of Old Man and the Monkeys
& other Chinese Tales for a behind-the-scenes look at this beautiful
show performed with exquisite Chinese rod puppets. Learn how Dragon Art
Studio, one of the few professional Chinese puppet theater companies in
the U.S., blends puppetry and music with elegance, humor, special effects,
meticulously-engineered mechanical puppet parts and Western technology
to create a beautiful theatrical event.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance
of Chinese Tales on March 8, 2008.
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Presented by Eric Brandt Nielsen of Valdosta, GA
Presented in conjunction with the Danish American Chamber of Commerce
of Georgia
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 4-5pm
Stay in your seats after the 3pm performance of Andersen’s The
Little Mermaid adapted by Jon Ludwig, as Eric Brandt Nielsen provides
an insightful look at the life of Hans Christian Andersen, a writer known
as the first to elevate the fairy tale to literary art.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance
of The Little Mermaid on May 3, 2008.
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Enhance your thematic units by employing puppetry as a teaching tool in
your classroom. This half-day or day-long workshop focuses on resource
materials, puppet building, simple staging ideas and curriculum-based
performance. Perfect for teachers at all grade levels. Please call
404.881.5136 to schedule.
Cost: $20-$40 per person; minimum 15 participants.
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Teachers, media specialists and youth group leaders can learn the basics
of puppet construction using readily available materials. An excellent
"make it, take it" workshop that will provide many ideas for using puppetry
in teaching activities across the curriculum. Please call 404.881.5136
to schedule.
Cost: $300 - $500 plus mileage; 1-3 hours (1 hour minimum); maximum
50 participants.
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