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Thanks for the detailed advice. Our school received the marionettes as a gift with the understanding that we would continue to offer community programming. My principal knew I was involved in puppets (muppet-style) and figured "sure,…
David, Dave Herzog has given you very sound advice here. The bridge is always the marionette stage's bugaboo, since it must be strong yet portable.
Will your bridge be higher than the puppets' stage floor, or will it be level with it? Are your pupp…
The problem with touring marionette stages especially those that have to hold more than one person is that they have to be very sturdy. Bil Baird's marionette stages for touring were made out of aircraft quality aluminum. Wooden stages can be very s…
New to the group and need some advice. I direct a high school marionette team. We have a "home" stage for our presentations at the school, but we have gained a bit of popularity and now are being requested to travel to other schools/venues. Problem:…
A place to share ideas and designs for stages of any kind.
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- Location
- Appleton, Wisconsin
- Relationship to Puppetry
- I have served as a puppeteer, director, sound tech, emcee, puppet builder, etc., etc., etc...
- What First Got Me Interested in Puppetry
- My earliest puppet memories come from Captain Kangaroo. My first puppet experiences were building marionettes to perform in the Neenah Park & Rec summer program. I got to build and play Charlie Brown in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown!"
- My Puppetry (or Puppet) Hero
- Jim Henson, Mr. Rogers, Shari Lewis
- If I Were a Puppet, I'd Be...
- taller and funnier! ;)
- More About Me:
- Teacher and Workshop Presenter
Have dabbled in hand puppets, blacklight puppetry, muppet-style puppets, and marionettes
Love folk tales, storytelling, & photography
Have directed two high school puppet teams - Blacklight Zone (in past) and currently the Fox Folk Marionette Troupe.
- My Company/Troupe/Group
- Fox Folk Marionette Troupe
Hands 2 Grow Puppet Productions
- Affiliations/Professional Organizations
- Wisconsin Puppetry Guild
Puppeteers of America
- 2nd Website
- http://www.hands2grow.com
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 3:28pm on July 3, 2009,
chad harkins said…
- Welcome david to Puppets Great another Appleton puppeteer i'm the other One LoL maybe we can chat sometime again welcome hope you like puppet hub Chad :0)
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