Masterclasses + Workshops

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JILL JACKSON

NEW!

PUPPETRY

WITH JILL JACKSON

SATURDAY, APRIL 4 FROM 3PM - 5PM

15 STUDENTS MAX

COST: $35

AGES 16+

* CLASS IS AT CAPACITY *

WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PUPPETEER LIKE THEY DO ON THE MUPPET SHOW? OR DO YOU HAVE AN AUDITION COMING UP WHERE PUPPETRY SKILLS COULD COME IN HANDY (LIKE SHREK THE MUSICAL PERHAPS)? THEN START HERE! IN THIS HANDS-ON MASTERCLASS, JILL WILL TEACH PARTICIPANTS HOW TO MAKE SIMPLE PUPPETS AND PRACTICE LIP-SYNCING TECHNIQUES. NO PRIOR PUPPETRY SKILLS ARE NEEDED. BEGINNERS ARE VERY WELCOME AND PUPPET-MAKING MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED! PLEASE BRING A SONG YOU ENJOY AND WOULD LIKE TO LIP-SYNC TO!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: JILL JACKSON RECEIVED HER MFA IN THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES WITH A CONCENTRATION IN PUPPETRY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI’I AT MĀNOA. HER THESIS PRODUCTION WAS A TRAVELING PUPPET SHOW ENTITLED, {EXTRA}ORDINARY: AN EXTRA FUN PUPPET ADVENTURE ABOUT ORDINARY EMOTIONS. SHE HAS STUDIED PUPPETRY WITH JEFF DOMKE AT THE CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS, WITH ALICE GOTTSCHALK AND MAIKO KIKUCHI AT THE EUGENE O’NEILL PUPPETRY CONFERENCE, AND IS A PROUD MEMBER OF PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA. JILL’S FAVORITE PUPPETRY STYLES INCLUDE MOVING-MOUTH, FOUND OBJECT, AND SHADOW PUPPETRY. RECENT PUPPETRY CREDITS INCLUDE SVEN IN DHT’S PRODUCTION OF FROZEN THE MUSICAL, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE HAWAI’I PREMIERE OF AANIKA’S ELEPHANTS AT HTY, AND SHE IS CURRENTLY A SHADOW PUPPETEER WITH UH’S PANJI AND THE LOST PRINCESS, WHICH IS OPENING IN MID-APRIL.