Every morning the program will focus on puppeteering and object manipulation techniques through physical movement training and mask work. Guest artists will help students explore a variety of puppet forms such as Bunraku, toy theatre, shadow puppetry, string puppets and found-object theatre. Build a short puppet piece from the ground up Participants will experience the rigors of building a short puppet piece from the ground up. All students will be given time daily dedicated to building in the puppet shop and rehearsing their pieces. The program is open to adults at any level, aged 18 and up.
Enrollment is limited.
Hurlin has performed with Ping Chong, Janie Geiser, and Jeffrey M. Jones, and directed premieres of works by Lisa Kron, Holly Hughes and John C. Russell. An alumnus of Sarah Lawrence, he has received individual artist fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Hampshire State Council on the arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Students will have access to the facilities of Sarah Lawrence College, including a computer center, swimming pool, squash courts, indoor running track and the Sarah Lawrence College Library. The workshops will be held in the newly developed puppet shop and the adjacent stage of the Francis Ann Cannon Workshop Theater.