It’s been seventy years since a small group of Bay Area puppeteers banded together for meetings, workshops and friendship. It’s time to celebrate and what better way than with a puppet festival filled with workshops, shows and more! Additional info will be coming, but pencil in Fri., Aug 2 and Sat. Aug 3 at the Sonoma Community Center.
Come experience the ultimate puppetry retreat! Nestled in the beautiful blue ridge mountains of Western North Carolina, it is Puppet Paradise! The Southeast Regional Puppeteers of America Festival! Featuring an all star line up of some of the best puppeteers working today, workshops, potpourri, puppet slam, and more! Registration is now OPEN!! For more info, visit puppetparadise.net.
The Pacific Puppet Palooza is a family friendly four day festival that provides to each participant: 4 workshop sessions, 9 performances, 6 social events, 8 meals and countless encounters with puppeteers and puppetry fans from the Pacific Northwest and around the world. For more info, visit the event website.
For all the juicy details, check out our festival website.
Registration includes access to all festival performances and workshops, dinner on Thursday night, and a Sunday brunch. Lodging and additional meals will be left to the discretion of participants.
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Director: Homeslice (Eric Weiss)
Artistic Directors: Lily Gershon & Matt Ocone
Puppet Homecoming will take place in downtown Ithaca NY - highlighting some of the best puppetry in the region as well as showcasing local puppet talent. We will invite workshop teachers from the region to teach workshops in the morning, and in the afternoons, we will have public shows with family friendly themes. There will be repeat performances to accommodate all festival goers and the local community. In the evenings, we will have adult puppet shows, a Slam, and a Potpourri event. The festival will begin Friday, November 1st and close on Sunday, November 3rd, in the afternoon. We will also plan to have a Professional Day from Puppetry in Education and Therapy on Monday, November 4th. In addition, there will be a giant puppet parade led by Cheryl Capezzuti, a pop-up puppet market for our puppetry store, and a busking event throughout the commons. Our artistic director, Lily Gershon, envisions a celebration which brings together the local puppet community that they've been building in the Ithaca area and all the regional artists coming together. The goal is to foster the friendships and support systems that make the puppet community so unique and lovely, while seeing some fun, joyful, and dynamic shows.
Leo Velasquez
Puppet shows and workshops at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston with free admission on Friday and Saturday.
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Thursday evening features a dinner and drinks at a restaurant.
All participants will be given a dinner, 1 drink, a puppet, and a book.
Friday and Saturday sessions will be held at the Rosenberg Library with free admission for all.
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