Puppets and Radium Girls
This morning, Dan Katula, a Milwaukee-based actor and puppet maker led a workshop on puppet construction. Part two will be next week.
Here he is showing the students some of his work. First, a superhero rod puppet:
A sock-based puppet:
The rod controlled bird he built for a production of “The Secret Garden:”
An in-progress spitting snail he’s building for a friend’s film project:
A bit later, I popped back in to see how things were progressing, and found even fellow faculty member Jim Butchart building something:
Sam Burkardt seems very happy with her puppet:
On the “Radium Girls” front, the platforming has been legged up, and TD Steve Chene will now turn the shop’s attention to benches and tables as I start researching “Sweeney Todd.”
Oh, and did I mention that costume shop supervisor and my team teacher for Intro to Design Tracey Lyons and I are writing a book? The first quarter of it is due Monday.
