I have the good fortune to work with a local children’s theater organization Poison Apple Productions in Martinez California, and they were asked to perform Beetlejuice in the new works showcase at the Junior Theater Festival West on Feburary 11th. This 15-minute showcase had highlights from the junior musical theater version of Beetlejuice that MTI […]
With life things get busy. During covid, I was focused on a number of other things. I love supporting community theatre, and children’s theater, I am still a father, and at Christmas time I’m Whimsy Claus a professional real bearded Santa. In addition I’m a webmaster for SFBAPG and IBRBS. I also enjoy 3d Printing […]
Pacific SouthWest Puppet Fest – Santa Barbara International Puppetpalooza For four days puppets will take over the city of Santa Barbara. Puppetpalooza is a family-focused event that includes over twenty performances and events. More than thirty performers with appear at different venues and two park celebrations. This multi-cultural festival will bring children, families, visitors and […]
SFBAPG is hosting its second annual Nick Barone Workshop in Nov. I can’t wait to learn more about shadow puppets from Wendy Morton. Also a cool shirt by Elizabeth Leonard (http://www.elizabethandesign.com). Order before Oct 15th.
If you haven’t seen Adam Kreutinger’s youTube channel, you need to. Adam has had his youTube channel up for a while and has detailed his Audrey II build, various puppet projects, his ebay Puppets. Now he has been showing a great series of Puppet How to Videos. This is turning out to be a great […]
After looking for inspiration and settling on “I Feel Pretty”. We now had a song and a concept for the puppet. The thought was we could use a red costume wig on a puppet that from the front would have a big lopsided lip, possibly cross-eyes, one eye larger than the other, a witch like […]
Building puppets takes time, but for me it really takes an idea, and a deadline. So while I’ve been building pieces of puppets and planning ideas, I finally had a reason to complete a new puppet. My daughter had a talent show in which she wanted to perform, and with that we brain stormed some […]