Puppetry Workshop

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

Bring a puppet character to life with director and puppeteer Seanna Kennedy! Working in the style of visible onstage puppeteers, famously used in the musical Avenue Q as well as many other productions, we will explore puppet concepts and techniques and use them to develop a puppet character. By learning and practicing skills in movement, focus, mouth sync, and finding a voice we will create believable characters full of thoughts, personality and life! Participants are asked to come with a piece of text memorized (a minute or less - monologue, poem, song lyrics etc) to practice these concepts with. Come prepared to learn and play!

Facilitator: Seanna Kennedy

Seanna Kennedy is an Ontario based director, performer, puppeteer and photographer who holds an Hon. BMUS in voice from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a graduate of The Randolph College for the Performing Arts. Seanna believes strongly in the power of storytelling and has always had a particular love for Theatre for Young Audiences. She got to explore both of these things with her recent project, Riverbank Tales: A Mermaid Adventure, produced by The Aquatarium, where she wrote, directed and designed a brand new show for young audiences. As a director she has worked with companies including The Stephenville Theatre Festival (Avenue Q, Neverland, Balloonacy!, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio), Marion Abbott Productions (The Blue Castle, Moving Day), St. Lawrence College (wrote and directed Snowed in for Christmas, directed Red Letter Day), The Thousand Islands Playhouse Young Company (Pirates Don’t Babysit!) and The LOT, where she helmed over 30 productions, including the world premiere of The Elmer Show and the Canadian premiers of Avenue Q and Puffs: The Play. Performance highlights include: The Dora nominated Old Man and the River (Theatre Direct), The national tour of Thank You for Being a Friend, The Very Hungry Caterpillar (JP Presents), Blood Brothers (Thousand Islands Playhouse), 9 to 5, We Will Rock You, American Idiot, Legally Blonde (Stephenville Theatre Festival), The Rocky Horror Show, Hair, Fancy Nancy, Junie B Jones: The Musical and Beauty and the Beast (Lower Ossington Theatre).

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