Puppetry Arts Incubator

Participating artists will work to create short and portable puppetry vignettes using suitcases, boxes, and other compelling containers (eggs are also welcome). Rather than aiming to create a completed work, participants will be encouraged to work together as they explore different methods of puppet manipulation, staging, and design through the interpretation of short pieces of poetry and prose. In keeping with the time of year we thought it would be appropriate to choose text focused on the transition between summer and fall. This workshop is intended to begin and build upon existing creative relationships between participants through collaboration, experimentation, and peer critique. The performances resulting from the workshop will be included (with the artist’s consent) as a part of the upcoming October Puppetry Slam!

The workshop will take place over the course of two sessions. The first being on Sunday, September 12th from 3:00 - 4:00pm and the second being…