Workshops, Performances & Kids Corner
Come enjoy a day of fun and puppetry with the Puppetry Arts Guild of Utah (PAGU) as they present the 20th Annual Utah Puppetry Festival. Click here to download and print the registration form. Registration and payment for workshops and tickets for the performances are now available by calling (801) 225-ARTS, in person from 10am-6pm weekdays at the main office of the SCERA Center for the Arts.
WORKSHOPS
9:00am-2:30pm
Advance Registration: $15 (includes all workshops)
At the Door: $20 (includes all workshops)
Some workshops may have an additional materials fee.
There are classes for adults and kids that include the following workshops and more.
Click here to download and print the registration form. This form is where you will choose what specific workshops you want to attend. If you order by phone, please be prepared to choose your workshops. If you order online, you will still need to bring the completed form to the main office at the SCERA Center or you can fax it to (801) 225-2507.
• Wannabe Puppets
• Toe Sock Marionettes
• Puppet Stages
• Wide Mouth Puppets
• TV Puppetry
• Puppet Manipulation
• Rod Puppets
• Puppets for Storytelling
KIDS CORNER PUPPETRY
This year we are offering classes for our littlest puppeteers. While parents are off in their workshops, children ages 4-8 will be able to learn to make simple puppets and puppet related crafts in their own class. Parent(s) must be registered and on premises. Click here to download and print registration form. This form is where you will choose what specific workshops you want to attend. If you order by phone, please be prepared to choose your workshops. If you order online, you will still need to bring the completed form to the main office at the SCERA Center or you can fax it to (801) 225-2507.
Session #1: 10:15-11:15am
Session #2: 11:30-12:30pm
Session #3: 1:30-2:30pm
$5.00 per session or $12 for all three sessions.
PERFORMANCES
3:00-5:00pm
$5 Adult, $3 Child (age 3-11)
SCERA Showhouse II
Don’t miss The Great Puppet Follies, a puppet variety show featuring performances by puppeteers from all over the state of Utah.
We are also pleased to announce that our headline performer will be
The Fratello Marionettes. The Fratello Marionettes produce high quality marionette shows using the “cabaret style” of manipulation. In this truly American style the puppet and puppeteer perform in full view of the audience. Their shows present intricately handcrafted marionettes that range in size from one foot to three feet tall. Shows are geared for children of all ages, and some of our work is performed without dialog. These music-based programs are designed to surmount the language barrier. Founder Kevin Menegus developed his unique style of puppetry while performing throughout the world. Kevin has studied with puppeteers Tony Urbano, Bob Baker, Randall Metz and Lewis Mahlmann.
The Fratello Marionettes will also perform on Friday, April 29th @ 3pm. Tickets for this performance are $3.00/person. This would be a great performance for home school famlies to enjoy!
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Thank you to everyone who made our 2010 Utah Puppetry Festival this past weekend a big success! We had a ton of fun and made some new friends, and we hope that you did too! A very special thanks to the SCERA Center for the Arts for hosting the festival. Thank you to all the teachers for their preparation and knowledge.
The Great Puppet Follies – Puppet Variety show had record attendance Saturday evening at the wonderful theater in the SCERA. We’d like to thank Nat Reed and his SCERA team for their management of the lights, sound, and stage. And, of course, we are so thankful for all of the performers, especially Kerry Summers, and our headliner Freddie Spencer, for their wonderful performances and hard work.
The Daily Herald has a short video review of the Festival: SCERA hosts puppetry festival
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The Puppetry Arts Guild of Utah and the SCERA Center for the Arts are pleased to present the 19th Annual Utah Puppetry Festival on Saturday, April 10th, 2009.
Find out the details here.
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The Bunraku Bay Puppet Troupe, based at the University of Missouri, will be performing at the Pardoe Theatre at Brigham Young University in Provo, on January 16th and 17th.
Bunraku is an amazing form of traditional Japanese Puppetry, more properly called ningyō jōruri.
Martin Holman, is the coordinator of the Japanese studies program at University of Missouri and the director of the troupe. He studied Japanese at BYU, and is the first non-Japanese to ever be trained in and perform ningyō jōruri in Japan.
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New Organization!
The board met on September 20, 2008 to discuss guild business and we laid out plans for the coming year. As many of you already know, the Utah Wyoming Puppetry Guild is now known as the Puppetry Arts Guild of Utah, or PAGU (pronounced “pa-joo”.)Non-profit incorporation plans are on track and are being handled by Nat Reed.
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Attention Utah Puppeteers! We received the following email from the 2009 National Puppetry Festival:
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We had a lot of fun at the 17th Annual Puppetry Workshops last week on April 26th. Here are a few photos from the event:
Making Origami Dragon Puppets with Donna Price
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We will be holding the 17th Annual Puppetry Workshops all day on April 26th. Also don’t miss the Puppet Variety Show later that afternoon. Details, Maps, and Registration forms are available at:
http://utahpuppetry.com/17th-annual-puppetry-workshops-variety-show/
The workshops in past years have been a blast. Watch for pictures and video from the event here on the Utah Puppetry blog after the 26th. Hope to see you there!
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Welcome to the new website! Here on the blog section of the site we will be posting pictures and videos of guild events, as well as Utah puppetry news, announcements, and links to fun and useful puppet resources on the web.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of puppetry in Utah!
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