workshop:

VENTRILOQUISM D.I. (Deep Immersion)

During each day of this course participants will practice vocal warm-up exercises, learn the principles of ventriloquism, and subtle techniques of manipulation and misdirection to give the puppet a more distinct personality and realism. After the first day, ventriloquism will be used exclusively to talk in class. During the course we will work on the physical appearance, personality/character, and voice of our ventriloquist partner. I will describe how I make an artificial arm for those who want to use this illusion in their act. We will discuss various approaches to writing scripts and dialogue to use in a ventriloquist act and practice performing with our new puppet partners. On Day 4 we will practice and polish a short 3 to 5 minute set which we will then perform in class and for other Festival participants.

Pre-requisites:
Bring a puppet that you would like to use in your ventriloquist performance OR Very simple “blank” mouth puppets can be purchased from Randel, altered, and used for the beginning of your comedy team.

MATERIALS FEE: $25.00 for a basic moving mouth puppet. $5.00 for other craft materials.

Materials & Equipment provided:
Sheets of half inch Poly Foam, Foam Glue, Scissors, Electric kitchen knife, Needle & Thread,
Glue gun, Hot melt glue, Acrylic paints, Craft Foam, Craft Fur, Plastic spoons (Great for eyes), Round black buttons/eyes, Markers

Maximum number of participants: 10


Note: workshops are not open to the public. You must be registered for the entire festival to attend.