WORKSHOP: Telling Your Own Story Through Puppetry
Led by: Samuel J. Lewis & Lindsey Ball

When: Saturday, August. 22 @ 2pm - 5pm CT

Where: Agitator Artist Collective, 3851 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Do you have an idea for a story? Any kind, any medium, any subject? Is it safely tucked in your imagination with a shaky release plan? Learn how to transcribe an abstract idea into an image, setting the foundation and a path forward. Make a visual language by you, for you , mapping out your story and imagined world with good old fashioned pencil and paper. Together, we will learn how to break down story elements into movement through space and time. All ages welcome, zero drawing proficiency or background needed! Bring all your story dreams. Having an idea is hard. Explaining said idea, even harder. Use pictures instead.

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, 410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 433, Chicago, IL 60605.

RSVP Required

Intro to Hand & Rod Puppetry, Led by Noah Ginex
Sat. 11/22 @ 3-6pm at En Las Tablas - 4111 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL 60639.

In this workshop students will learn the basics of performing hand & rod puppets, a style made popular by The Muppets, by covering baseline skills like with lip sync, focus, movement, character work, & improv to lay the groundwork for more advanced play & other forms of puppetry. Students can expect to practice, play, and become comfortable with puppeteering in this fun and rewarding style.

A FREE puppet community meeting for you! Join us to see cool puppets-in-process of creation; all stages of development are invited to share a community space for experimentation. Everyone is welcome! Bring a project, prototype, sketch, or idea, no matter how rough, or just come for the conversation! No RSVP required; Wheelchair accessible space! Stick around after for House of the Exquisite Corpse V: BLOOD & PUPPETS!

Volunteer with Rough House at this year's Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade. We’re seeking volunteer performers to join us to animate a 50-foot quilted serpent and some charming otherworldly buddies! Saturday, October 18th from 1pm – 8pm!

Be among the first to see HOUSE OF THE EXQUISITE CORPSE V: BLOOD AND PUPPETS, and join the artists after for an exquisite fundraising bash!

In this three hour workshop, participants will confidently explore, play, and tinker with different audio, visual, cameras, projectors, recorders, monitors, etc. to experiment with different stage pictures, mediums of conveying information, and puppetry potentiality with otherwise forgotten electronics, inventing new modes to illustrate their stories creatively, non-verbally, & aesthetically.