The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry to Present 'Playwriting for Puppet Theater'

As the first event of its 2016 Spring Puppet Forum Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will host noted New York City-based director and dramaturg Roger Danforth for a discussion of "Playwriting for Puppet Theater" on Wednesday, February 3 at 7 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Storrs Center.

Danforth, the Artistic Director of New York City's Drama League, leads the playwriting for puppetry workshops at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Puppetry Conference. His talk will focus on the particular needs and possibilities playwrights face when writing for actors and objects.

Upcoming 2016 Spring Puppet Forums include:

February 24: Alexander Gref and Elena Slonimskaya, Russian Puppet Theater
Join us in a discussion with two of Russia's most dynamic puppeteers as they show us how the rich traditions of Russian vertep and Petrushka puppetry survive and flourish in contemporary performance and art therapy in the Russian Republic.

April 20: Laura Heit, The Puppetry and Animation of Laura Heit
In conjunction with her exhibition at the Ballard Institute-The Bureau of Small Requests-artist, puppeteer, and professor Laura Heit (Northwest Pacific College of Art) will discuss her richly varied work in stop-motion film, live-action puppetry, drawing, and computer animation.

Admission to this event is free (donations greatly appreciated!), and refreshments will be served. Come early, and experience our puppet exhibitions, as well as the video resources in our library nook. This forum will also be live-streamed on our UStream page: http://ustre.am/15REP. Visit bimp.uconn.edu for more information.

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