Being a Puppeteer is not your everyday occupation.  Not many people have met a professional puppeteer, and when they do, are pleasantly surprised at how many other parallel activities they had to do before they could dedicate their lives to the art form.  

 

Being a puppeteer combines many skills: acting, singing, improvisation, character voice creation, writing, set construction, painting, sewing, etc.  Many puppeteers make their own puppets.

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Learning about puppetry – the world’s oldest performing art – is a fun process.  You can learn from the Internet, books and by watching puppets on television or at a live production.  There are schools and colleges that teach puppetry as well.  Not many, but they are out there. 

    

One place that offers a variety of professional puppetry classes is here at Puppetry Plus, with at this point classes in Los Angeles and San Francisco only.  Being mentored by a professional in the area is another way one can learn the craft.

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Our classes at the moment are: 

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• Puppetry for Film and Television - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels

• Theatrical Puppetry - Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels

• Puppet Building - One-Day Workshop, Professional Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels

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To check which classes are available, please go to our STORE and check the city near you. 

 

Puppeteering can be more than fun.  It can be a unique way of communicating a message, a story, beauty, and artistry.