Mike Petersen – In-person at Puppetmongers’ studio – March 26th – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 1 day for $100
Mike Petersen has performed around the world as a puppeteer, with such companies as Mermaid Theatre, Shaw Festival, Theatre Direct, Teatr Arlekin, YPT, and Theatre Beyond Words. Television credits include Fraggle Rock, The Mighty Jungle, Toopy & Binoo Vroom Vroom & Zoom, and the Emmy nominated pre-school series Miss Persona.
Explore your puppet’s physical vocabulary with the basics of silent expression. We’ll find a puppet’s thoughts, its feelings, its relationships with other characters, and we’ll unlock that all-important secret ingredient: a puppet’s relationship with its audience. Let’s find the tricks that puppeteers need so their puppets will be clearly understood.