OPEN TO ALL KIDS between the ages of 7-12!

This summer, PST partners with the Brookline Recreation Department to bring exciting summer camps to the Brookline community! Currently, the camps are open to all kids aged 7-12! (You don't have to be a Brookline resident!)

Monster Makers
Puppet Building & Design Camp
with Brad Shur, PST Artist-in-Residence



Date: 6/25 through 6/29, 8:30am to 4:00pm
Age: 7-12
Location: Puppet Showplace Theatre

REGISTER ONLINE
Activity Number 108006

About the Camp: Can you imagine the world’s craziest monster? Do you like making stuff by hand? Then Puppet Showplace Theatre wants YOU for Monster Makers! In this new one-week summer camp kids will experience the process of puppet design, resulting in the creation of original hand-crafted monster puppets. Led by PST’s Artist in Residence, students will explore the materials and mechanisms used by professional puppet builders to create the creatures that only exist in their imaginations.

Students will also take on mini-projects that exercise core artistic skills such as drawing and sculpting. Craftsmanship, attention to detail, and project-planning skills will also be learned along the way. In addition to puppetry activities, campers also will enjoy fun recreational outings led by counselors from the Brookline Recreation Department.

About the Instructor: Brad Shur is the Artist in Residence at PST where he regularly performs for family and adult audiences. He is a graduate of RISD, and has taught puppetry classes of students of all ages across the country.

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Talk to the Hand
Puppetry and Performance Skills Camp
with Jacek Zuzanski of Dream Tale Puppets



Date: 8/20 through 8/24, 8:30am to 4:00pm
Age: 7-12
Location: Puppet Showplace Theatre

REGISTER ONLINE
Activity Number 108008

About the Camp: Puppeteers can bring entire worlds to life using just the tips of their fingers. Want to know their secrets? Now is your chance! In this new one-week summer camp students will explore the manipulation techniques used to bring different styles of puppets to life.

In a typical day, students will spend a morning session working with a professional performer (actors and puppeteers) to learn tools for expressing themselves ranging from voice acting to storytelling to hand puppet techniques and team puppetry. In the afternoons, students will devise, rehearse, and perform an original play, using the puppetry and performance skills they have acquired. In addition to puppetry activities, campers also will enjoy fun recreational outings led by counselors from the Brookline Recreation Department.

About the Instructor: Jacek Zuzanski has a Master of Art degree from The State Puppetry Institute in Wrocław, Poland, and The Ministry for Art and Culture’s Stage Directing Certificate. Jacek currently teaches acting and puppetry at the Cape Cod Conservatory and at the Falmouth Academy.