Script Writing
Let Your Creativity Flow I am a big proponent for teams to come up with their own concepts, scripts, and programs for two reasons. The...
Black Light Magic
Let It Glow, Let It Glow, Let It Glow Black light shows have almost become a standard with puppet performance, so much so that there is...
Technically it’s technical
You will find that the way your lighting and sound are set up can sometimes make or break a performance. Here are some tips that will get...
The Emergency Kit
The Kit “Hope for the best, plan for the worst.” In a perfect world, nothing ever goes wrong, the mics never go dead mid performance, the...
Perform Like A Professional
The Performance So, now it’s performance time and you have everything organized and under control. Yes? No? Well, I hope this blog post...
Ventriloquism Part 2: The Cheats
Don’t jump the gun If you haven’t read the previous blog introducing ventriloquism, click here to read it first. Consider it mandatory...
Character Development
Make It Original, Make It Yours Developing Set puppet characters can be a fun way to get and keep team members involved. For them to know...
Don't Just Stand There
Gestures Less than 20 percent of communication is done with words. Body language plays an important role in how we naturally communicate....
Advanced Puppetry
You Thought You Learned It All? You are probably asking why this is popping up now and why I didn’t add it to the earlier post on...
Keeping it on track
Now that you have the basics of your team on paper and you have your team in place, we need to discuss a few things that will make or...