ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Puppet Publications Roundtable
Hosted by Puppet Professors Claudia Orenstein & Colette Searls. | Venue: 309
What interesting discussions are people having about puppetry? How are they addressing juicy topics like puppetry and robotics, AI, religion, sexuality, race, spirituality, new media, feminism, and disability? Claudia and Colette will guide you through a wealth of new books and articles addressing these and other issues as they share and exchange their views on recent publications, followed by Q&A and an opportunity to browse materials. Come join us!
Claudia Orenstein is author of Reading the Puppet Stage: Reflections on the Dramaturgy of Performing Objects and co-editor of Making Meaning in Puppetry: Materials, Practice, Perception; Puppet and Spirit: Ritual Religion and Performing Objects (in two volume); Women and Puppetry: Critical and Historical Investigations; and The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance. She is Editor of PIR, Puppetry International Research.
Colette Searls is author of A Galaxy of Things: the Power of Puppets and Masks in Star Wars and Beyond. She is the performance review editor for PIR.
WORKSHOP
Miniature Me – A Puppet Drama
Teaching Artist: Zoe Beloff | Venue: Cenacle
Puppet workshop for children and teens. Participants will be invited to tell personal stories with puppets. The workshop will provide simple puppet templates and backdrops that can be painted and colored by the young artists to create miniature versions of themselves, their friends and families. Each participant will take turns to present a story of something that happened to them, a friend or family member on the puppet stage – which will be filmed on an iPhone so they can take home a movie as well as their own set of puppet characters.
No experience necessary- this workshop is all about enthusiastic participation.