Join theater artist, clown, and puppeteer Marta Mozelle MacRostie of Brave Bucket Co. for a hands-on mini-workshop exploring hand puppet basics, quality of movement, and connecting to breathing, voice, and play.

This workshop will explore the technique of bare-hand puppetry used in Brave Bucket Co.'s afternoon performance Please Ship This Wet Gift. 

This workshop is recommended for children 4+ and adults who like awesome things. Please register in advance as space is limited!

Free to the public; donations encouraged!

Saturday, June 3 at 11:00 AM; approximately 30 minutes

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Brave Bucket Co. makes puppet theater for family & adult audiences that is playful, rooted in complex characters, and tells original stories. Their work has received support from the Jim Henson Foundation, and their members have worked in puppetry for over 10 years creating, performing, and teaching for fancy folks like Sesame Street, Banksy, and The New Victory Theater.

They believe children deserve theater that speaks to their full range of emotions, and adults deserve theater that speaks to their inner child. To this end, they use a wide range of puppetry and performance styles to further our storytelling, illuminate emotions, and have a lot of fun.

Marta Mozelle MacRostie holds a BA in Puppetry & Music from UMass Amherst and is a many-time alum of the O'Neill Puppetry Conference. At the O'Neill she's studied with Paul Zaloom, Ronnie Burkett, Phillip Huber, Marty Robinson, Tim Lagasse, and Robert Smythe. She has trained in Clown with Virginia Scott at Movement Theater Studio, and with John Leo.

At UMass Marta studied vocal jazz performance, and for awhile there, she was a jazz singer who fronted the Mozelle Trio (playing restaurants and such), and Marta Mozelle & her Solid Senders (a jump blues quintet that played swing events and weddings). If you ever need a jazz vocalist, please just ask.

As a teaching artist, Marta has over 10 years of experience, and has created curriculum and taught for The New Victory Theater, Elders Share the Arts, and Hartford Children's Theater.

Marta volunteers as a weekly hospice visitor, and she served on the Artistic Direction Committee for the 2013 National Puppetry Festival.

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN POLICY

No one will be turned away for lack of funds; contact MSA at 207-879-4629 or info@mayostreetarts.org for information on our  pay-what-you-can admission policy.

COVID-19 POLICY

Audience members, staff, and volunteers will be asked to mask while not actively eating, or drinking.

Mayo Street Arts is committed to the safety of everyone at our events and will adhere to all Federal & Maine CDC guidelines on the day of the event. As we anticipate mid-season changes to our COVID-19 policy, please click here to visit our website and view the most current information.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Mayo Street Arts has a no refund policy for all reservations. In the event that MSA is forced to cancel an event due to weather, illness, etc., refunds will be offered via the Ticket Tailor platform.