Learn how to improvise with puppets!

IMPROVISED PUPPETRY (Drop In Class)
IMPROV 502
DECEMBER 30TH AT 6PM
Taught by Stefan Gearhart
$30

Learn to use puppets within your improvisations. Improvised Puppetry is based on colorful characters, relatable scenes, and physical movement. By studying the core ideals of each art form you can expand your own abilities as a performer.

This workshop will provide you with a specific set of techniques that will help you develop more robust characters, create more compelling scenes and perform improv with puppetry in a powerful, confident manner.

Stefan Gearhart will lead you through scene work, help you discover ways to quickly snap into character, and offer some personal feedback on how you play. He will also focus on the operation of hand puppets as tools for characters in improvisation and methods for creating powerful scenes via Puppetry. You will also learn how to bring the puppet to life using movement, posture, and your voice.

Puppets will be provided for use during the workshop. Feel free to bring your own if you have one. We will be specifically be using felt hand puppet styles, a la Muppets.

Stefan Gearhart of Sidetracked Improv and the Creative Producer of Louisville's Damn Good Improv Festival has been teaching and performing for 20 years and has been in love with performing with puppets since he first saw The Muppets as a child.