Jonathan’s Blog

Fri, 2 Jul 2010 22:12:32 -0400

Ware Headstart program, a fun small school. It’s always great fun for me to perform for small groups, more room for one on one activity’s. Also, Mr, Lion got a well deserved rest!

A Relaxing Moment

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:05:19 -0400

Miss Rumphius

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:32:38 -0400

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:43:50 -0400

Puppets and backdrops

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:16:37 -0400

Kala’s party

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:04:19 -0400

I developed the classic tale “Miss Rumphius” for the event. Everyone was, at least, as silly as children, and really got into character. As for Miss Rumphius... what an excellent story! If you don’t know it.. look it up, in the children’s section of course!

I loved Miss Rumphius so much that I’m adding the story to a program for UMass Amherst tomorrow morn.

Puppet workshops this year

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:21:48 -0400

The Chandler Elementary School. Worcester MA
An ongoing residency to make (10 sessions) cloth and papier mache puppets with five classes of first and second graders.

JFK School, Blackstone MA
Making various cloth puppets with every class, K - 5th grades. 550 students! We ended the visit with a performance of Puppet House (Caravan Two)

Irish Cultural Center of New England.
Celebrating St Patricks day with some 60 new leprechaun puppets.

Hillcrest Elementary School, Turners Falls, MA
A delightful return to one of my favorite schools! We made 150
puppets in a day!

Teacher Training, Abcd Headstart, Boston, MA
Spreading the gospel! I passed a fine morn sharing puppet making,
and classroom techniques with two sessions of teachers.

Workshops Galorus!

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:02:25 -0400

Puppetry Workshops, Southbridge MA.
For the last week of the month, I plunged into puppet production with two elementary aged groups in a beautiful old theater in Southbridge. It was a week of flying fabric, papier mache and imagination! We closed the week with two splendid performances in the theater. Click HERE for a brief photo essay.

New Britian Museum of American Art. Musical Instruments.
Every Thursday I met we a group of 8 - 12 year olds to create a bunch of instruments and songs. We started with sci- fi shakers, moved on to rhythm sticks, than spent to last two weeks making drums. The balloons for the drum heads were especially appreciated!

Boston public library

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:16:11 -0400

An uber library! While I perform at zillions of Libraries, the BPL was a unique experience. Firstly, the size of the place is unlike any other library (by my experience) in the area. To get to the auditorium, we wandered through a massive collection of old objects and papers. At last we came to a lovely 500(ish) seat auditorium with lovely seating, stage, tech et al. The show had around 250 kids, ranging from pre k to 6th graders. The program was my final “Around the Galaxy” show of the summer. My personal highlight was the sound of 250 enthusiastic children screaming (hardly library etiquette!) at the top of their lungs to chase away a fierce dragon!

Puppetry workshop

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:00:05 -0400

The first segment of my artist in residency at the New Britain Museum of American Art began with great hooplala! The expected 25 - 30 kids turned into 45 hearty souls. Luckily, they were 45 focused kids whom were excited to make puppets, with parents whom wanted to help! A good time was had by all! Performance video’s can be viewed HERE.