FULL MOON PUPPET ARTS: Workshop

Marionette Crash Course

July 20, 2025

Taught by Kurt Hunter

This workshop will take the participant through a basic understanding of marionettes, into simple construction and finish with short group performances. We will begin with an explanation of the most basic principles behind marionettes. Each participant will construct and string a simple head/shoulder marionette using poster board and plastic. The possibilities of marionettes will be explored using marionette performance games in small groups.

  • REGISTRATION

    $30

    AGE LIMIT: 13 and up
    MAX PARTICIPANTS: 20

    Please note that once your registration is complete, FULL MOON Workshop fees are non-refundable unless the workshop is canceled.

  • DATE, TIME & LOCATION

    July 20, 2025
    1:00 – 4:00pm Central Time

    IN PERSON: LOCATION TBD

  • MORE INFO

    ACCESSIBILITY: Contact Open Eye at boxoffice@openeyetheatre.org or 612-874-6338 for accessibility information and requests.

REGISTER

If you have questions about this workshop, please email 
thefullmoonpuppetshow@gmail.com.

Materials will be provided.

Teaching Artist Bio

Kurt Hunter is a Minneapolis-based puppeteer best known for his innovative solo marionette work. He has worked as a performer, designer, builder, teacher and director. In 2008 he received an UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence for “Sock Puppet Serenade.” In 2018 he was awarded a grant from the Jim Henson Foundation for “Penguin in my Pocket,” which has since toured across the US and to India. In 2024, he published “Kurt Hunter’s Simple Little Book of Marionettes.”

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FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW is supported by:

FULL MOON funders

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.