Puppet Boot Camp
Purdue University Department of Theatre
West Lafayette, Indiana
August 2-4, 2012
Download application here.
The 2012 Costume Symposium is an opportunity for participants to explore and learn the skills necessary to successfully create and manipulate of basic puppets. Each participant will receive detailed instruction in how-to-make and how-to-operate four simple but effective forms of puppetry, using easy-to-learn techniques that the beginner can master and the more intermediate puppeteer can appreciate:
Puppet forms to be explored are:
· “Scarf” Marionette
· “Muppet”-style hand puppet
· Chinese Rod Puppet
· Shadow Puppet
Participants will complete the workshop with four finished puppets to take home, plus a workbook and CD containing all materials, patterns, and PowerPoints used for instruction.
The three day event will also include a visit to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to explore the museum holdings, the textile and fashion arts collection, and the extensive gardens.
Presenters
Joel Ebarb, Associate Professor and Chair, Purdue University Department of Theatre.
Costume design credits include a myriad of productions in a variety of venues, including Jean Cocteau Repertory (Off-Broadway), Eclipse Theatre Company and Vittum Theatre (Chicago), Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, and ShadowApe Theatre Company (Indianapolis), Boarshead Theatre (Lansing, Michigan), Stages Repertory Theatre (Houston), and twenty-two seasons with the Texas Shakespeare Festival. As a playwright, four of his plays for young audiences have been produced at Texas Shakespeare Festival: The Firebird, Hansel and Gretel, The Snow Queen, and Aesop’s Fables, which he also directed. Joel is an accomplished puppeteer, occasional director, and novice actor.
He is a current member and former Commissioner of the USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology) Costume Design & Technology Commission and serves on the Advisory Board for Eclipse Theatre Company in Chicago. Joel is an associate of the OISTAT (International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians: Scenography Commission) Costume Working Group, and was recently invited to the Czech Republic to attend the 2011 Prague Quadrennial as both a workshop presenter and member of a collaborative team that created an original theatre offering based on interactive gaming. He has collaborated on several projects as a frequent guest artist and visiting scholar at Peking University in Beijing, China. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Joel received a B.A. in English from Northwestern State University of Louisiana and his MFA in Theatre from the University of Houston, where he served as a production intern with Houston Ballet. He is an award-winning educator, and was a 2011 recipient of the Charles B. Murphy Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching, Purdue University's highest undergraduate teaching honor, and was recently inducted into the Purdue University Teaching Academy.
Rachel Lambert, Costume Shop Manager, Purdue University Department of Theatre, comes to Purdue via New York City where she worked for several years as a draper’s assistant at Tricorne Studios. There she produced costumes for numerous Broadway shows, such as Wicked, The Producers, Hairspray, Mama Mia!, and Fiddler on the Roof, as well as New York City ballet, Washington Opera and the recent film version of The Producers. Rachel has also worked for five seasons at the Texas Shakespeare Festival, both as a First Hand and as Cutter/Draper.
In the summer, she returns to her home state of Vermont to serve as Artistic Director of the Green Mountain Renaissance Festival. Before moving to New York, Rachel received her B.A. in English from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and worked for five years as a high school English and Theatre teacher, coaching her students to the State Championship in the Pennsylvania One-Act Play Competition. She currently works as the costume shop manager for Purdue.
SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION
West Lafayette, Indiana is a small college “city” on the banks of the Wabash River, one hour northeast of the capital city of Indianapolis. Visitors can drive through all of Greater Lafayette (West Lafayette, home of Purdue, and the larger city of Lafayette across the river) in around 25 minutes, so all hotels, restaurants, shopping, and entertainment sources are easily accessible. For more information on Greater Lafayette, visit: http://www.homeofpurdue.com/
Accommodations
The University Plaza Hotel (www.universityinnwestlafayette.com) has provided a symposium rate of $105 double occupancy a night. University Plaza provides complimentary shuttle to Purdue University. Click here to register at the University Plaza Hotel.
There are a variety of other local hotels with rates running from $52 a night and up. To explore other hotel/motel options, visit: http://www.homeofpurdue.com/hotelsandmotels.html (All hotels listed include distance and driving time to Purdue’s campus)
Food
A continental breakfast and snacks will be provided daily, along with a catered picnic lunch and a farewell reception featuring delicious desserts, both on Saturday.
Several restaurants are within walking distance of the theatre building, in the Purdue Memorial Union and nearby Chauncey Village. For a complete listing of Chauncey Village eateries, visit: http://www.lafayettewestlafayettedowntown.com/districtschauncey_dine.html
Travel
Car: Driving is the easiest way to get to and around West Lafayette. Maps of the area and driving directions to West Lafayette, Purdue’s campus, and Pao Hall, where the symposium will be centered are available at: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/theatre/visit/index.html Campus parking passes will be provided for any vehicles.
Plane: The Indianapolis International Airport is approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes away from Purdue University.
Lafayette Limo shuttle service provides round-trip transportation to and from the airport and University Plaza Hotel for $50. For more information, go to: http://www.lafayettelimo.com/
List of Supplies
· Basic sewing kit, including fabric scissors
· X-Acto knife with #2 blade(s)
· 36”x36” “silk” scarf
· 2 yards fabric with Chinese-style print
· ½ gallon milk or juice container
Schedule
Wednesday August 1, 2012
· Arrive and settle into accommodations
Thursday, August 2, 2012
· 8:30-9 a.m. Continental breakfast
· 9 -10:45a.m. Introduction, orientation, and Scarf Marionette
CONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATION
· 10:45-11 a.m. Break
· 11-Noon “Muppet”-style hand puppet construction demonstration
· Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own at Purdue Memorial Union or Chauncey Village restaurants
· 1:30-3:30 p.m. “Muppet”-style hand puppet and Scarf Marionette Construction Part 1
· 3:30-3:45 p.m. Break
· 3:34-5 p.m. “Muppet”-style hand puppet and Scarf Marionette Construction Part 2
· 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own at Purdue Memorial Union or Chauncey Village restaurants
· 6:30-8 p.m. “Muppet”-style hand puppet and Scarf Marionette manipulation clinic
Friday August 3, 2012
· 8:30-9 a.m. Continental breakfast
· 9 -5:00 Field Trip via chartered bus to Indianapolis Museum of Art for guided tour of
the museum, textile and fashion arts collection, and gardens (lunch on your own
at the museum café)
· 5-6:30 p.m. Return to West Lafayette, dinner on your own at Purdue Memorial Union or
Chauncey Village restaurants
· 6:30-8 p.m. Shadow Puppet construction and manipulation demonstration
Saturday August 4, 2012
· 8:30-9 a.m. Continental breakfast
· 9-10:45 a.m. Chinese Rod Puppet construction and manipulation demonstration
· 10:45-11 a.m. Break
· 11- Noon Chinese Rod Puppet and Shadow Puppet Construction Part 1
· Noon-1:30 p.m. Catered lunch
· 1:30-3:30 p.m. Chinese Rod Puppet and Shadow Puppet Construction Part 2
· 3:30-3:45 p.m. Break
· 3:34-5 p.m. Shadow Puppet manipulation clinic
· 5-6:30 p.m. Dinner on your own at Purdue Memorial Union or Chauncey Village restaurants
· 6:30-8 p.m. Chinese Rod Puppet manipulation clinic
· 8 -9 p.m. Dessert reception
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