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Lions, Tigers, & Bears: Stories of Kindness & Friendship
Runaway Puppet Theater & their goofy cast of characters tell three tales about helping others in their show "Lions, Tiger, & Bears: Stories of Kindness & Friendship"
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- Sat 172 tickets
- Sun 162 tickets
Late Night Puppet Slam
Hilarious & slightly naughty skits from some of the funniest puppets around. This is an adult puppet show, prepare accordingly.
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- Fri 316 tickets
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Puppet Open Mic
Got a joke, song, or short sketch you've been dying to put in front of an audience? Make us laugh, cry, or stare in utter confusion for up to 3 minutes! You do the work, your puppet gets the glory!
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- Thurs 117 tickets
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Puppet Karaoke
With an amazing cast of puppet characters & professional puppeteers to boot, you'll not want to miss watching or even participating in Puppet Karaoke. Bring a puppet, let loose & join in on the fun.
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- Sat 102 tickets
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Puppet Karaoke
With an amazing cast of puppet characters & professional puppeteers to boot, you'll not want to miss watching or even participating in Puppet Karaoke. Bring a puppet, let loose & join in on the fun.
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- Sat 102 tickets
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Puppet Bedtime Stories
Join professional puppeteers & voice actors for a snuggly hour of bedtime stories. Come in your PJ's, soft clothes, or cosplay and settle in for a loving wind-down to your busy day.
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- Thurs 89 tickets
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Puppeteer Social
Come connect with puppeteers from your area and around the country. Plus you can bring an unwanted puppet-themed item for the unwanted-puppet-stuff giveaway!
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- Sat 129 tickets
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Puppetry Program Kickoff & Make & Take
Get the puppetry party started in this welcome back event for the Gen Con Puppetry Program, 2024! Learn what we're doing this year, plus make your own easy-peasy puppet to take with you!
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- Thurs 37 tickets
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Directing Puppetry
Directing for puppetry has different challenges than directing actors. We'll be discussing techniques and tips on making sure your puppet projects looks as professional as possible.
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- Fri 137 tickets
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Puppeteers of Color: Making Puppetry an Inclusive Art
All puppeteers of color and allies are welcome to this seminar as we discuss the highs and lows of what it means to be a puppeteer from a different culture.
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- Sat 130 tickets
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Puppet Mouth-Plate Symposium
Pro puppet builders will discuss the various types of mouth-plate construction with methods and benefits of each. (That's the bit that the puppeteer holds onto inside a puppet.) Come ask questions!
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- Thurs 126 tickets
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Suit Performing and Full Body Puppetry
A discussion about some of the challenges, benefits, and techniques used in full body puppetry, suit performing & cosplay.
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- Fri 121 tickets
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Stories from the Street
Join some of the puppeteers from Sesame Street and listen to fun stories of sunny days and sweet memories from the early 80s to now!
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- Thurs 60 tickets
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How Did I Get to Sesame Street? 40 Years on the Street
Join Pam Arciero for a retrospective of her time on Sesame Street & others including Between the Lions, Allegra's Window, Blue's Clues - Blue's Room, & Eureeka's Castle and many more!
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- Sat 59 tickets
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Stretch It Out for Puppets!
Puppeteers, cosplayers, suit & mascot performers and anyone who wants to loosen up before you go out on the floor to perform or practice, join us for some good old fashioned stretchin'!
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- Thurs 30 tickets
- Fri 30 tickets
- Sat 28 tickets
- Sun 29 tickets
Fast & Loose Puppet Films on a Budget
Come learn how to make short puppetry films on a budget by playing around with some puppets, a hat full of words, and our imaginations to create a story that can be filmed and performed in one take.
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- Thurs 14 tickets
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Intermediate Camera Puppetry
Pam Arciero has been a puppeteer for over 35 years with the Muppets and Sesame Street. She will share intermediate techniques and styles of puppet performance on Video/Film.
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- Sat 14 tickets
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Using Arm Rods for Puppetry
Bradley Freeman and Pam Arciero are coming all the way from Sesame Street to teach you how to use those silly little sticks that dangle from your puppet's wrists!
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- Thurs 13 tickets
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Zhuzh Up Your Puppet!
If your puppet needs a little TLC, bring it to our puppet pit stop for guidance from professional puppet builders, plus access to leftover supplies we may have on hand to make your puppet beautiful!
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- Sun 12 tickets
Marionette Manipulation Mayhem
Come learn the basics of manipulating a marionette, from walking to sitting to expressing emotions.
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- Fri 11 tickets
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Make A Puppet Mouth (Mouth-Plate) Workshop
Learn the fundamentals of constructing the basic foundation of a moving mouth puppet and create your own in this workshop with puppet-builder, Tau Bennett & create a puppet mouth plate of your own.
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- Fri 7 tickets
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Suit Performing and Full Body Puppetry Workshop
Learn the fundamentals of full body performing, from sesame puppeteer, Pam Arciero, including character, emotion, and safety.
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- Fri 7 tickets
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Puppeteering Basics for Kids W/Brandon Smith
Let’s get on our feet & pick up some puppets! We’ll have lots of fun learning introductory puppetry skills and using body language to express our emotions. Everyone will have a chance to play!
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- Sun 7 tickets
Intro to Moving-Mouth Puppetry
This hands-on puppeteering workshop is perfect for beginning & early-intermediate puppeteers, librarians, teachers, or anyone who just wants a refresher on their puppetry skills.
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- Thurs 6 tickets
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Carve A Puppet Head
Carve a block of foam into a puppet head. You’ll work with Tau Bennet to learn how he creates characters & start on your very own. You’ll go home with a head you’ve begun & the skills to finish it.
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- Sat 5 tickets
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Make a Toy Theater
Make a simple tabletop theater with puppets and sets for a complete production.
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- Sat 4 tickets
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Make A Marionette
Make a simple human figure marionette from cardboard, foam and string. Learn the basics of stringing and weighting and take home patterns to make more puppets for a show!
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- Thurs 2 tickets
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Make a Sandwich Puppet W/Stacey Gordon
Make a moving-mouth sandwich puppet with puppeteer, Stacey Gordon. Seriously, this will be the greatest, no-calorie sandwich you will ever make. Gluten free.
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- Fri 1 tickets
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Puppeteering for Camera - Intro
If you've wanted to try your hand at puppetry, start here! If you have been doing puppetry for a while, the camera gives you feedback that helps your performance. Learn the basics and keep growing!
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