CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND TEENSTHINK BIG: Giant Puppet Construction and Performance Class
Six sessions | March 11 - April 15
Monday nights | 6:30-9:00 pm
Not so little anymore? No need to fret, the bigger you get, the bigger the puppets! We invite teens and adults alike to join us and learn how to build your own larger-than-life puppet. Come and THINK BIG at PST in this empowering workshop.
Register by March 1: $150 + $20 materials fee. After 3/1/13: $175 + $20 materials fee. PST members save 10% on registration!
ABOUT THE CLASS
Participants will learn techniques for designing and
constructing giant puppets from simple materials such as cardboard, papier
mache, fabric, and recycled objects. Topics will include large-scale designing,
flat-to-3D building, cardboard fabrication, strong papier mache, painting,
transportation planning, and puppet manipulation. Participants will each
complete their own giant puppet, and will have opportunities to perform with
Puppet Showplace Theatre in various community art events throughout the year.
WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN BIG PUPPETS?
From "First Night" in Boston to "Wake
up the Earth," festival in Jamaica Plain, street protests to
community festivals, giant puppets are everywhere!
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| "First Night" in Boston |
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| "Wake up the Earth" festival in Jamaica Plain |
This workshop is led by PST’s own Artist in Residence Brad Shur. Brad performs almost every month at PST as well as teaches classes and workshops to students aged 3 to adult. For nearly 15 years he has been professionally involved in puppetry since he began as a performer with the Providence puppet and Mask Company Big Nazo. He has worked in various capacities with Wood & Strings Theatre (Tennessee), and Vermont PuppetTree, and as a builder has designed and fabricated puppets for American Idol, Dollywood, and other theaters and performers from Austin, Texas to Boston, Massachusetts.
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| PST Artist in Residence, Brad Shur |
