FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW WORKSHOP: Structuring Story: Playwriting for Puppets

Two Part Workshop: January 21 & 22, 2023

Puppeteers are storytellers. Writing for the puppet stage is not the same as writing for human actors, as the puppets themselves dictate the limitations of story: what can and can't happen within the world by nature of the designs. Still, there is a difference between story and plot – and a good plot is the key to a good play. This workshop will address the transformation of simply telling a story with puppets into creating engaging, structured plays for puppets.

  • REGISTRATION

    $30 for two sessions

    AGE LIMIT: 16 and up
    MAX PARTICIPANTS: 20

  • DATE, TIME & LOCATION

    Saturday, Jan. 21 & Sunday, Jan. 22 – SOLD OUT
    1:00 – 2:30pm Central

    ONLINE: Workshop sessions will be held on Zoom.

  • MORE INFO & MATERIALS

    Please bring pens/pencils, paper for notes/exercises, index cards, scissors, and cellophane/scotch tape.

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

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Teaching Artist Bio

  • Meg Hanna-Tominaga

    Meg Hanna-Tominaga is a playwright and designer. She has designed for theatre and opera companies in Hawaii and across the contiguous United States, from California to Florida. She has worked as a color stylist on shows such as Spongebob Squarepants, Hey Arnold!, and Invader Zim, and she has worked as production designer on several independent films. Some of her award-winning work has been sponsored by grants from the Hawai’i Board of Tourism, the Int’l Assoc. of Natural Textile, the Asian Theatre Endowment Fund, the Converse University Office of Research, and the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu. Her play "Shell Game" was recently produced by Theatre Odyssey in Sarasota, FL, and she is currently in production on her newest play, "The Circus and the Flood - OR - Mishandling the Pandemic Response (with Puppets).

FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW is supported by:

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.