The McGroarty Arts Center presents:
.....WHEN:
.....Saturday, June 4th • 4 to 10 PM
.....WHERE:
.....McGroarty
Arts Center
.....7570 McGroarty Terrace Tujunga Directions
.....818/352-5285
Bring your family and join us for a fun festival of activities, performances, booths, and food.
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Booth Applications
Enjoy performances and activities by notable Los Angeles' puppeteers. Shop at our unique gift booths, make a simple puppet or learn to manipulate one. Have a bite or two to eat! Stay tuned for updates...
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Featuring:
EnerChi • a survival story
maRia's newest shadow play, created as a 2010 COLA Performing Artists' grantee, explores the on-going demands placed on cancer patients from first symptoms through batteries of tests, to diagnosis, treatments and surgery; and if you’re very lucky, life after cancer.
Live musical accompaniment provided by Cliff DeArment this
Arrive early enough to enjoy our Festival Day offerings and then settle down in front of the shadow screen before 8:30PM. Bring a blanket and enjoy the night under the stars with maRia's new shadow play!
Falderal Festival
Doublas Seymore will present his fast paced variety marionette show designed to captivate audiences of all ages. They will be treated to the likes of lovable characters such as: Jellybean the Clown, Scare Crow and Cowardly Lion (from the Wizard of Oz), a balloon blowing Teddy Bear, Pinocchio, a juggling rabbit, Fantasia - the ostrich, Elderwood the Sheep dog, a ballerina swan, Heather - the roller skating hippo, and a magical clown with some big surprises!!!
Douglas Seymore, Master Puppeteer celebrates over 30 years of puppetry. A true artist, he designs, handcrafts, choreographs and performs each dazzling show. Credits include: performances throughout Southern California and beyond, as well as TV specials, movies and commercials such as: McDonalds, Burger King, Ringling Brothers Barnum Baily, MGM Grand ( Las Vegas,) "Men in Black," "Man in the Moon" and "Murder, She Wrote" to name a few.
Johanna's Puppet Petting Zoo
Check out many different varieties of puppets and
maybe you'll even have a chance to try out one!
Mitch the Ventriloquist
presents his critically acclaimed ventriloquism / comedy act with assistance from both inanimate and animate objects which he has performed throughout the Western Hemisphere, as well as on national TV in the USA. Mitch is an award-winning, oft-published and produced playwright. (Pen name provided upon request.)
In addition to his 25-plus years of professional performance experience, Mitchell has completed an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College, graduate work in Performance Studies at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, and a PhD in English & Creative Writing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Mitch has been commissioned to creat a new work: "Mimetic Faculty: A Ventriloquial Conspiracy," at Highways in Santa Monica on 9/30 and 10/1/2011 - Don't miss it!
Ancient art forms brought to life,
timeless and otherworldly;
Bridgette & Iain's Stilt Characters and
Giant Puppet Characters will leave you with beautiful and joyful images and impressions.
Make A Butterfly Puppet
Children of all ages are invited to make a beautiful butterfly puppet to accompany you at the festival!
Personal Puppet Plays for Preschoolers
Have a little one? We've got little shows! Join students from Johanna Smith's Puppetry
in the Classroom course at CSUSB. They will be informally sharing tiny little puppet
shows that will be just the thing for the 4-and-under crowd.
In Between Performances Enjoy the Sounds & Movements of:
Rising Phoenix Morris
performs traditional dances from the Cotswold farming regions of England. English Morris Dancing, believed to date back to at least Renaissance times, is a high-energy, exuberant dance form characterized by waving hankies and sticks clacking together, sometimes even flying from hand to hand.
RPM strives to bring pleasure to all who would take the time to watch and enjoy, as has been, and is still being done throughout the lovely countryside villages of England.
The Celebrate Puppetry Festival is honored to welcome Rising Phoenix Morris to brighten our day!
Get in the spirit with our Three Pre-Festival Puppet Making Workshops
WHEN: Sundays May 15th, 22nd 29th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM - for specific workshops see below!
The Living Aquarium - May 15th and 29th
An "aquatic" puppet-making and performance workshop for ages 5 and up. Participants will make one of three types of puppets: rod puppets, hand puppets or marionettes in the forms of crabs, fish or seahorses. All materials are provided.
At the conclusion of the hour, each students will be directed with their puppet creation to create a living picture of an aquarium set to music.
Making Shadow Characters - May 22nd
Join Maria Bodmann for this two (2) hour workshop.
Learn how to make a simple Balinese style shadow puppet!
Children 6-12 must be accompanied by an adult.
This project is sponsored by an Outdoor Festivals grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles and a partnership between the McGroarty Arts Center, and Maria Bodmann of Bali & Beyond.
