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• Left Coast Puppet Love Fest - PNW Regional Festival

  • Start
    August 03, 2022
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    2:00 PM (PDT)
  • End
    August 06, 2022
  •  
    11:45 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Seattle, WA
  • Spaces left
    91
  • Registered
    9 registrants

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  You are invited to the Official Festival of the Puppeteers of America Pacific Northwest Region being held in Seattle, Washington on August 3^rd - 6^th 2022. Planned originally for August of 2020, the festival will bring together puppeteers, enthusiasts, and the puppet curious all across the west coast and beyond to celebrate this art form and enjoy community! Over the course of four days, the festival will present 20 puppet-related workshops, 8 main stage performances, special programming and a puppet slam. The festival is also collaborating with members of the community to produce Seattle Puppet Day which will be a family focused event on Saturday, August 6^th providing performances, activities, community clean-up, and a Puppet Parade! Registration will be open June 17^th - July 11^th for the festival. Join us!

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• Great Plains Puppet Train Regional Puppet Festival

  • Start
    September 08, 2022
  • End
    September 11, 2022
  • Location
    West Liberty, Iowa

  Located close to Iowa City, home of the University of Iowa and the internationally renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop, West Liberty is an iconic small town, with an active main street and midwestern hospitality.

  The Regional Festival will take place in various buildings downtown, all within a distance of about four to six blocks, starting Thursday evening with registration, finger foods, a show, and a party. Friday will include workshops, performances in our opera house, and a Puppet Slam. Saturday will feature the West Liberty Children’s Festival, complete with five puppet performances and lots of street food and activities, A street dance with a Latino band, and finally a delicious catered dinner and another performance. Sunday: breakfast, one last show, and farewells to friends, old and new!

  REGISTER HERE

  We’re looking for the following kinds of shows:

  Submit Performance Proposals Here by April 20, 2022

  • Family friendly shows that can be performed outdoors
  • A school show that connects to the curriculum
  • Any other show including adult-oriented, small shows, slam pieces, etc.

  And workshops:

  Submit Workshop Proposals Here by April 20, 2022
  

  • In view of current events, workshops that help navigate the online world might be especially helpful
  • Connecting puppetry to the curriculum (for puppeteers and teachers)
  • Workshops helpful for librarians
  • Business workshops to help puppeteers make a living in the current economy
  • Any other workshop including performance, construction, and/or writing

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• Southwest Regional Pepper Puppet Festival and the 42nd Annual Houston Puppet Festival

  • Start
    September 15, 2022
  • End
    September 17, 2022
  • Location
    Spring, Texas

  
  

  Puppeteers of America

  Southwest Regional Pepper Puppet Festival

  and the

  42^nd Annual Houston Puppet Festival

   

  PUPPETEERS PERFORMING:

  Greg Ruhe, Puppet Pizzazz, Houston, TX.

  Pix Smith, Dallas Puppet Theater, Dallas, TX

  Ellen Scott and Robbie Lueth, Hand to Mouth Puppet Theatre, Austin, TX

  Rick Strot and Allen Reeves Ware, Ware House Puppets, Waco, TX

  Karen Konnerth, Calliope Puppets, New Orleans, LA

  
  

  Two Days of PUPPET WORKSHOPS: Make puppets and learn to use them!

  Make Shadow Puppets, Nancy Refro Puppets, Favorite Stories Puppet Show, Puppets In Prague: An In-Depth Experience From Design to Performance, Make Peter Rabbit Glove Puppet, Puppet City: Memorable Standards Based Social Studies Through Puppetry, Top Ten Reasons to Use Puppets in Classroom, Make a Monster Puppet, Developing Character Voices, Make Abiyoyo Puppet, Make Newspaper Puppet, Make Walk-Around Stage, Make Talking Sock Puppet, Make Grocery Bag Puppet, Make Spider Glove Puppet, Simple Stage Ideas, Shadow Puppetry Illusions, Mix-methods of The Ware House Puppets, The Variety Puppet Show: Why and How, and more!

  REGISTRATION INFO: http://puppetfest.org  832-585-1111 or 281-799-1398.

  adventureland77@gmail.com or jkpuppet@aol.com

  
  

  PUPPET STORE: Buy Puppets and Puppetry Books!  Lunch Included!

  Educators and Librarians Earn 7-14 Texas Education Agency Continuing Professional Education Clock Hours (7 hours per day)
  

  PER DAY COST: Adults: $70. Youth: $50. Group Rate: Bring 5 staff: get $10 off each!

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