Details & Registration
Jan 20 (Tues) & Jan 22 (Thurs) | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Puppet Showplace Theater
$150 Regular / plus 4% service fee
$130 Access / plus 4% service fee
$175 Supporter / plus 4% service fee
Puppets at Night members receive 15% off
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Registration Deadline: January 6
Register early — if minimum enrollment is not met by January 6 the class will be cancelled.
About the Class
Jump into marionettes with this two-day evening workshop! Learn from experienced puppeteer Kurt Hunter and dip your feet into the art form — perfect for beginners. The workshop will begin with an exploration of the basic principles of marionette puppetry. Each participant will construct a simple head/shoulder string marionette using readily available materials — so you can go home and make more! The possibilities of marionettes will be explored using performance games in small groups. The workshop will close with a short group performance.
Recommended for adults and teens 13+
About the Instructor
Kurt Hunter is a Minneapolis-based puppeteer best known for his innovative solo marionette work. He has worked as a performer, designer, builder, workshop leader and director for In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, Open Eye Figure Theatre, Z Puppets Rosenschnoz, the Puppeteers of America and the O’Neill National Puppetry Conference. Kurt has studied with marionette masters Phillip Huber and Albrecht Roser. In 2008 he received an UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence in Puppetry for Sock Puppet Serenade. In 2018 he was awarded a grant from the Jim Henson Foundation for development of Penguin in My Pocket, which has since toured across the US and to India. In 2024, he published Kurt Hunter’s Simple Little Book of Marionettes.
