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STAGES
My largest stage, used for performances of "Pirates, Ahoy!". I need an area about 15' wide by 6' deep, & 7' tall.
My second biggest stage, used for performances of "Friendly Forest Folktales", "The Elves and the Shoemaker", & "Brementown Musicians". I need an area about 9' wide by 5' deep to use the stage and lighting.
My small stage, used for performances of "Sir George & the Dragon". I need an area about 4' wide by 4' deep, add 2' each side to add stage lighting.
My small stage used in a home for birthday party shows. No back drop is used, and smaller lights are used for the stage. Area of about 3 1/2' wide by about 4' deep needed.
My table top stage, used for performances of "The Magic Rock" - the dinosaur show. This stage also uses a backdrop and a front panel stage area, so it requires more depth. I need an area about 9' deep and about 9' wide to use this stage and lighting. For outdoor performances and smaller spaces, I can eliminate the backdrop (as in the picture) so the stage area would require a depth of 6'.
WORKSHOP/ RESIDENCIES
From a workshop with a Girl Scout troop, who made their own puppets from tissue paper, pipe cleaners, and doo dads.
The same Girl Scouts created their own show.
Another Girl Scout troop making talking jack o'lantern puppets from paper grocery bags, tissue paper and wire.
All the pumpkin puppets and my big witch puppet.
From a workshop I did for the N.H. Arts Council, showing teachers how to make and use puppets in the classroom. We were clowning around!
A group of children from the Effingham Library made hero puppets for the summer reading program theme, "Check Out a Hero".
A group of children from the "Our Lady of the Afflicted" Parochial School. We made puppets together using recycled materials and they acted out the story, "The Selfish Giant" at the end of the day.
A group of children from the Marlow Library summer reading program. We made puppets together using tissue mache' and doo dads.
SHOWS ON LOCATION
After a puppet show, I always bring some of the puppets out to meet the audience for a show and tell session. This was at the Marlow, N.H. town hall.
A picture from the Mill City Festival in Manchester, N.H.
Show & tell at the Mill City Festival.
I took this shot of the audience coming into my show in the Marlow, N.H. town hall, reputed to have the second best acoustics of any town hall in the state. It has a beautiful balcony.
My "George & the Dragon" show at the Plainfield, N.H. town hall, with a painted backdrop by Maxfield Parrish!
I did a workshop for the NH Council on the Arts at the SEE Museum in Manchester, N.H. On display were models the millyard and city hall, made entirely from Legos!
HOW DO THE PUPPETS WORK?
Drilling into the back of my butterfly puppet to insert a wood dowel. The puppet is held by the dowel, it is a "rod style" puppet from my Forest Folktales/ Hungry Caterpillar show.
The head of my big, fully fed caterpillar puppet. This is a moving mouth hand puppet I made from "Muppet Fleece" for my "Forest Folktales/ Hungry Caterpillar" show. Scroll to the bottom of this page in the Gallery to see the finished caterpillar.
The rough head of my new bunny puppet for the "Forest Folktales/ Rabbit on the Moon" show. He will be a hand puppet.
The bunny head with eyes & nose.
The rough mache heads of 2 new puppets. The left will become the full time king in "Sir George & the Dragon". The right one will become "Mr. Moony" in the "Forest Folktales/ Rabbit on the Moon" show. Right now, the shoemaker puppet from the "Elves & the Shoemaker" show fills all the parts, but he's getting awfully tired.
The rough mache head of the future full time king in "Sir George & the Dragon", a bit more finished.
The finished puppets: the full time king in "Sir George & the Dragon" on the left, and "Mr. Moony" from the "Forest Folktales/ Rabbit on the Moon" show on the right.
 
Left photo: three phases of heads for puppets in the new show, "Pirates, Ahoy"! Lower right is masking tape over a shaped styrofoam ball on a cardboard tube. Upper left it is covered with foam. Upper right is a finished head, a character in the "Ocean Born Mary" story. In the right photo: two finished pirates.
GALLERY
I made this lifesize puppet for the Garrison Players, a Dover, N.H. acting company. It was actually a character in their murder/ mystery play. It even has a moving mouth.
A closeup of the princess and dragon from my production of "Sir George & the Dragon".
A closeup of my small witch handpuppet. She appears in my production of "Sir George & the Dragon" and "Frog Prince", and anywhere it's handy to have a witch.
A big caterpillar hand puppet, sun (with moving mouth), and beehive complete with busy bees. From my production of "Friendly Forest Folktales, featuring the very hungry caterpillar".
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