Jeff has devised a number of performance productions, including musicals, with a wide variety of student age groups. His professional activities include musical direction and coaching for Broadway performers, composer of over 200 published songs as well as fourteen musical works, and as a director of productions in Los Angeles and New York. This course will study the methods of constructing puppets with and for students. Students in the course will learn how to make a wide variety of puppets. They will also learn simple techniques for lip sync and manipulation as well as how to create stories and put on shows.
Emphasis is placed on personal creativity and use in teaching situations.
Dr. Tamara Hunt is a full professor at the University of Hawaii where for 30 years she has directed the graduate program in Puppetry. She is known internationally for her work and has given lectures at conferences across the United States and Canada. Considered one of Hawaii s best directors of multi-cultural theatre, Dr. Hunt s plays and musicals are performed annually at the university s Kennedy Theatre to over 8,000 audience members. Her puppet shows have toured statewide and her students are professional puppeteers with Sesame Street and Eureka s Castle. She is an author of five books and numerous articles.