Shadow Puppetry Story Building^

Finding the Story is a hands-on workshop using a simple story building process, culminating in short shadow puppet presentations.

Strong story structure featuring plenty of action is crucial to engaging Puppet Theater. Using simple templates, puppeteers will collaborate to create a plot from their choice of prompt, make quick shadow puppets, and refine their story through a positive critique process. This fun, fast moving, participatory workshop is applicable to any puppetry technique.

Puppet construction workshop by Karen Konnerth on Saturday, October 3, at 2:30 PM.

Karen Konnerth is based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has a background as a regional and world traveling professional puppeteer. These experiences became the foundation for her visual storytelling through writing and illustrating for children and her specialization in arts integrated teaching.

Karen has shared her classroom experience developing and implementing arts integrated projects with educators at the National Art Education Association, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for the United States Embassy English Language Specialist Program in Central America, Asia, the Middle East, and South Africa.