HowlRound Theatre Commons's video: Staging the Non Human Character at the Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium on Saturday 22 January 2021

Saturday 22 January Staging the Non-Human Character; Animal, Alien, or Architecture 8 a.m. PST (San Francisco, UTC -8) / 10 a.m. CST (Chicago, UTC -6) / 11 a.m. EST (New York, UTC -5) Moderator: Dr. Paulette Richards, puppet artist and independent researcher Panelists: Maria Camia, creator, New Mony! Nick Lehane, creator, Chimpanzee Marsian De Lellis, creator, Object of Her Affection Basil Twist, creator, Dogugaeshi The 2022 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and The School of the Art Institute Chicago present The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network on Saturday 22 January and Saturday 29 January 2022. The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium brings together practicing Festival artists with scholars to consider the intersection of puppetry with other disciplines and ideas. Before 1912, the year the Little Theater of Chicago was founded in the historic Fine Arts Building, the term “puppeteer” did not even exist. Little Theater director Ellen Van Volkenburg needed a program credit for the actors she had trained to manipulate marionettes while speaking the text of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and she coined the word “puppeteer.” That marked the dawn of the movement that has brought us to the rich art form now practiced around the world. In Van Volkenburg’s honor, the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival presents four discussions featuring festival artists and key topics from the works presented in the Festival. 2022 Symposium Details The Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium is co-curated by Dr. Paulette Richards and Chicago Puppet Festival Artistic Director Blair Thomas. Discussions are open to the public. No reservations required. https://howlround.com/happenings/livestreaming-convening-ellen-van-volkenburg-puppetry-symposium