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Teen & Adult Education

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Why should kids have all the fun? The Center for Puppetry Arts Adult Education Series offers an array of exciting workshops with scholars, performers, curators and artists. Designed for ages 14 and up, this comprehensive series is a must for adults who want to learn more about the fascinating world of puppetry. The Center also offers Teacher Workshops upon request.

July 2008 | August 2008 | November 2008 | March 2009 | May 2009

Teen & Adult Education (ages 12 & up)
Wood Carving & Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tradition
A Conversation with Paul Mesner
Adapting Classic Literature for the Puppet Stage
American Puppet Modernism Lecture & Book Signing
Dragon Art Studio Backstage Tour
Celebrating the Life of Hans Christian Andersen
Teacher Workshops
Puppetry in the Classroom


Teacher Workshops
In-Service Workshop: Puppetry Across the Curriculum
Puppetry in the Classroom





2008-09 Season Teen and Adult Education

Wood Carving & Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tradition
Taught by George David of Vancouver Island, WA
Saturday, July 26, 2008, 1-4pm



Join wood carver George David of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth tribe (previously known in English as Nootka or West Coast) which is related to the Makah tribe on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. He has taught through the University of Washington for 15 years and has presented lectures in various museums across the country including the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. David is a master carver of totem poles, masks, puppets and other forms of sculpture. David’s family created most of the totem poles and other carvings at Tillicum Village on Blake Island in Puget Sound. He is also skilled at drum-making and two-dimensional design, as well as traditional songs and music.
Location: Downstairs Theater
Cost: $7; $5 Center Members

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A Conversation with Paul Mesner
Presented by Paul Mesner of Kansas City, MO
Sunday, August 3, 2008 4-5pm



After the 3pm performance of Sleeping Beauty, meet puppeteer, author and performer Paul Mesner as he discusses the challenges and rewards of pursuing a life in puppetry. For more than 15 years Paul has become a fixture in the Kansas City theater and arts scene and in the national community of puppeteers. His company has received many grants and awards, among them the UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence in Puppetry.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance of Sleeping Beauty on August 3, 2008.

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Adapting Classic Literature for the Puppet Stage
Presented by Michael Haverty
Sunday, August 17, 2008 4-5pm



Following the 3pm performance of The Ugly Duckling on Sunday, August 17th, meet writer/director Michael Haverty for a discussion on how to adapt literature, non-fiction and plays for the puppet stage. Michael will cite examples from his adaptations of The Ugly Duckling, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and several others in discussing how imagination, research, and writing techniques are used to find your own voice and story within the work of others.
Location: Downstairs Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance of The Ugly Duckling on August 17, 2008.

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American Puppet Modernism Lecture & Book Signing
Presented by Dr. John Bell, Director, Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (BIMP), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Saturday, November 15, 2008, 8-9pm



Join internationally renowned puppeteer, professor and puppet theater historian, Dr. John Bell, to explore the history of puppet, mask and performing object theater in the United States over the past 150 years. Discover how a peculiarly American mixture of global cultures, commercial theater, modern art idealism and mechanical innovation created uniquely modern and singularly American approaches which have reinvented the ancient arts of puppetry as essential performance modes of the twenty-first century.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: $7; $5 Center Members

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Dragon Art Studio Backstage Tour
Presented by Brenda Xu of Vancouver, WA
Sunday, March 8, 2009, 4-5pm



Stay in your seats after the 3pm performance of Old Man and the Monkeys & other Chinese Tales for a behind-the-scenes look at this beautiful show performed with exquisite Chinese rod puppets. Learn how Dragon Art Studio, one of the few professional Chinese puppet theater companies in the U.S., blends puppetry and music with elegance, humor, special effects, meticulously-engineered mechanical puppet parts and Western technology to create a beautiful theatrical event.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance of Chinese Tales on March 8, 2008.


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Celebrating the Life of Hans Christian Andersen
Presented by Eric Brandt Nielsen of Valdosta, GA
Presented in conjunction with the Danish American Chamber of Commerce of Georgia
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 4-5pm



Eric Brandt Nielsen provides an insightful look at the life of Hans Christian Andersen, who was born in Odense, Denmark in 1805. The son of a shoemaker and an illiterate washerwoman, he spent his childhood in abject poverty. He left home at age 14 for Copenhagen beginning a career in theater. He is known today as the first writer to elevate the fairy tale to literary art. Nielsen is a full professor in the Communication Arts Department at Valdosta State University. He holds a B.F.A. in theatre and an M.F.A. in modern dance choreography from the University of Utah. He created the dance program at VSU in 1986 and was the founding director of the VSU Repertory Dancers.
Location: Mainstage Theater
Cost: Free with all-inclusive admission ticket to the 3pm performance of The Little Mermaid on May 3, 2008.

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Teacher Workshops

At the Center
In-Service Workshop: Puppetry Across the Curriculum

Enhance your thematic units by employing puppetry as a teaching tool in your classroom. This half-day or day-long workshop focuses on resource materials, puppet building, simple staging ideas and curriculum-based performance. Perfect for teachers at all grade levels. Please call 404.881.5136 to schedule.
Cost: $20-$40 per person; minimum 15 participants.
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Puppetry in the Classroom
Teachers, media specialists and youth group leaders can learn the basics of puppet construction using readily available materials. An excellent "make it, take it" workshop that will provide many ideas for using puppetry in teaching activities across the curriculum. Please call 404.881.5136 to schedule.
Cost: $300 - $500 plus mileage; 1-3 hours (1 hour minimum); maximum 50 participants.

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