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Featuring Mike Horner of What It Puppets
At its most basic, the Bag Puppet consists of nothing more than a head on top of a stuffed sack. Yet this deceptively simple tabletop puppet can become as effective an actor as a puppet with articulated joints, complex mechanisms, or even limbs!
Invented by French puppeteer Patrick Conan, the Bag Puppet is an effective tool for both solo storytelling and ensemble pieces. In this workshop, you will see examples of this type of puppet in action and learn tips on how to make a basic Bag Puppet of your own. Workshop leader Mike Horner of What if Puppets first started using Bag Puppets when he needed a way to have five characters appear on stage at one time.
Please note, this is the in-person version of the Online Workshop: Exploring Table-Top Bag Puppetry virtual workshop on May 19 at 7 PM
Can’t Make It In-Person?
Virtual via ZOOM
Meet the Presenter
What It Puppets
Mike Horner
Mike Horner is an internationally recognized puppeteer, builder and artistic leader whose work has helped define What If Puppets for nearly two decades. Since joining the company in 2006 as lead puppeteer and builder, Horner has developed a canon of original productions that continue to tour today and contributed to the organization earning three Union Internationale de la Marionette (UNIMA-USA) Citations of Excellence, the highest honor in American puppetry. Through innovative glove, rod, hand, marionette and object-based puppetry, his work has reached nearly 2 million young people and helped guide the company’s evolution into a nationally recognized leader in puppetry and early childhood arts integration.