Workshops for Children
A one-hour workshop for 4th grade and up to build and perform scarf marionettes. The scarf marionette is a deceptively simple puppet originally designed by Albrecht Roser.
Scarf Marionette workshop over 3 to 4 sessions (2-3 hours per session) for Middle School and older. Including construction and manipulation instruction.
Design, build, & perform in this shadow puppet workshop. Adaptable to any age, length of time or curriculum.
Build & Perform. Adaptable for any age, duration and curriculum. These table top rod puppets were originally designed by Eric Bass.
This program was to celebrate the release of Martin Scorsese’s film Hugo, based on the award-winning book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. A hands-on creation project, for kids grades 3 & up, to make their own "automata" based on the mechanical figures of the 1800s, a central subject of the book. This project was preceded by a talk by Jere Ryder, Conservator of the Murtogh D. Guinness Collection of Mechanical Musical Instruments & Automata at the Morris Museum.