Burning Coal's 'Lobby Lecture' Series Continues with RISE OF THE PUPPETS, 12/14

Burning Coal Theatre Company will hold its second "Lobby Lecture" of the 2013/2014 season, "Rise of the Puppets", which will feature Cindy Shook of Blue Moon Puppets speaking on "The Rise of Puppetry as a Popular Art Form", in conjunction with its current production, (Three Man) Tempest by William Shakespeare. The event will take place at 6 pm on Saturday, December 14th, 2013 at Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Tickets are $5 or free to anyone holding a ticket to any performance of (Three Man) Tempest and may be obtained at the door only.

(Three Man) Tempest continues its run at Burning Coal Theatre Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm from December 5 - 22, 2013. All tickets are $25, $20 for seniors (65+), $15 for students and $15 or everyone on Thursday nights, and may be obtained by calling 919.834.4001 or visiting www.burningcoal.org.

Pamela Shook began her puppetry career with Atlanta's Piccadilly Puppets in 1988. She found her way into puppetry through children's theatre, and discovered that through this one magical medium, she could develop all her passions: acting, writing, music and visual arts. For six years she performed with Piccadilly while freelancing with other Atlanta theatres and puppet companies, including the Center for Puppetry Arts. In 1994, while performing with Suzy Ferriss at the Henson International Festival of Puppetry in NYC, she decided to start Blue Moon Puppets with her husband, fellow puppeteer Stephen Clifford.

Blue Moon (named during an actual blue moon)has been touring since 1995, performing multicultural and science-based children's shows at festivals, libraries, schools and museums. Pamela and Stephen have appeared at venues from Piccolo Spoleto to the Kennedy Center. Pamela has also created custom puppets for theatres, film and video across the Southeast. This year, she wrote, produced, and created puppets for five puppet shows for Discovery Place museum in Charlotte, and helped train their staff to perform these permanent shows.