Learn Puppeteering with the Pros!

This workshop is your chance to learn the performance techniques that make a puppet feel alive on camera. The precise skills, tricks, and techniques that bring a character to life on the screen.

Led by Michael Schupbach (Sesame Street, Bear in the Big Blue House, Avenue Q, Ms. Rachel), a creature designer, Muppet Creature Shop Alum, and puppetry coach, this hands-on session uses playful, practical exercises used by the professionals in television and film puppetry.

You will learn how to:

• Find your puppet’s eye focus
• Nail lip-sync and voice so a character feels authentic
• Move and share space onscreen
• And communicate warmth, humor, through your character(s)

This is a low-stakes, supportive space to explore something you may have wanted to try for a long time. No pressure, no performing for an audience. Just curiosity, guidance, and room to learn.

• No experience needed
• Wear clothes you can move in and dont mind getting some puppet fur on
• Puppets provided (or bring your own)
• Ages 18+

Group size is intentionally small (minimum 5, maximum 15) to ensure everyone receives personal guidance. Reserve your spot now!

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Host or Publisher Michael Theodore Schupbach