easylaughs WORKSHOP - Yes Hand

Sometimes all you need to find a character is to fill a sock with magic. Learn the history of puppetry and the fundamentals of puppet performance through practicing improv games and scenes. No puppet experience is required, just an open mind, and hand. A familiarity with improv's core skills is needed, as we will be using the puppeteering skills to perform improv. Wondering if you meet the requirements? Get in touch at [email protected]

Jon van Luling is an American comedian and actor who has spent the better part of 2 decades talking to his hands, feet, and inanimate objects. He also has done every job in theater you can imagine. Jon was a Master Puppeteer with Puppets in Education in Vermont. A company dedicated to bringing education to children from ages 5 to 75 across the North East of the US. He also has directed, acted in, chorerographed stage combat for, and produced shows all over the East Coast of America (most recently in Vermont Stage's production of "The Play That Goes Wrong) while teaching and peforming long form improv at Vermont Comedy Club and Revelry Theater and the Big Pond Improv Festival. He created, hosted, and produced Green Mountain Cabaret in 2012, which was Vermont's first Burlesque variety show since the early 1920's. And before all that he spent 10 years in Chicago performing improv (long form and puppet style) on the stages of The Playground, iO, and The Annoyance Theater. You might find some of his work in "Late Night Freak Show", "Queen Dad", and Fairy Tale Fallout - Jerk of Hearts" on youtube. When not trying to find the spotlight, Jon enjoys being an agent of chaos in his long running D&D campaign podcast "Improvised Weapons," or re-reading his collection of Discworld novels. Jon knows exactly which series you will start with, and it's not the one you're thinking of right now!