thinking about making a marionette puppet this spring. feeling like I haven't seen a puppet show in a long time. What happened to puppet shows?
Puppet Works, a park slope institution
As a child in Brooklyn my parents took me to Puppet Works. I will go back soon. I remember the walls were decked in scary marionette puppets --I never knew if they were used in the shows or not. I saw a Christmas puppet show and maybe also a Peter Pan show. currently they are showing Aladdin. someone in Brooklyn go for me and tell me if they've still got it.
I know the Puppet Works audience consists mostly of children. It may hinder the experience of the puppetry. However after doing thorough research, I have found a number of puppet theaters in new york city. many of them put on shows that are a Human-Puppet coalescence of actors which will just have to do.
I am interested by the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre in Manhattan. The puppets and puppeteers are both characters. in this linked performance, the puppet and the puppeteer are even the same character, moving through 2 different spaces in unity. I will have to go see a show there.
Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre
I appreciate how many types of puppets there are, big and small, strung and gloved, papier-mâché and wood. I aim to make a traditional stringed marionette puppet with as many strings as I care. there's actually a lot of helpful puppet information online. I think the hardest part is the joints of the puppet -- not sure how to do that yet. depends what I make my puppet out of .. paper? wood? fluff? cardboard?
The Puppet Store - Brown Horse Marionette and Robot Finger Puppet
Will be watching much puppet content to enrich my puppetry. My puppet will come to fruition. The end goal of course is to stage a puppet show with it. #Bring back puppets
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