Shadow Puppetry 1 is an introduction to the form for the beginning puppeteer. Students will create a desktop shadow theater, build and create basic shadow figures and environments and devise their own short pieces with music or text.
Shadow Puppetry 2 focuses on the introduction of different mechanism for shadow puppets beyond the basic jointed puppet. The realization of ideas in shadow puppet form stem from concepts and design.
Join an online cohort of puppetry artists, and develop your puppet piece with personal guidance from a seasoned professional.
The Fall 2026 Living Room Tour events are intimate fundraisers in special settings. Always a wonderful time, each event takes place at a unique, private location. Your ticket includes drinks, dinner, dessert and a puppetry performance that will astonish and delight!
The Fall 2026 Living Room Tour events are intimate fundraisers in special settings. Always a wonderful time, each event takes place at a unique, private location. Your ticket includes drinks, dinner, dessert and a puppetry performance that will astonish and delight!
Chicago Puppet Studio artists take participants through a three day process in the use of Worbla, a unique and versatile thermoplastic that has incredible uses for puppet artists and puppet makers.
Toy Theater 1 is an introduction to the form and the basic skills concluding with a showing. Make your first toy theater stage using recyclable materials.
Learn to make lantern puppets out of reed and join our community parade at next winter’s Festival.
Learn to make lantern puppets out of reed and join our community parade at next winter’s Festival.
The Catapult returns, now with three professional development intensives! Each of these 3-day experiences is designed to advance the form and expand understanding of the field of puppetry in the United States.
The Catapult returns, now with three professional development intensives! Each of these 3-day experiences is designed to advance the form and expand understanding of the field of puppetry in the United States.
The Catapult returns, now with three professional development intensives! Each of these 3-day experiences is designed to advance the form and expand understanding of the field of puppetry in the United States.
