“PuppetFest MidWest is an independent, annual puppetry festival that is presented, organized and financially supported by puppeteers as a gift to other puppeteers. It is an affordable puppet festival, with an emphasis on showing and teaching the traditional skills of good puppet theatre. Attend the festival, participate in a 4 day in-depth workshop, and treat yourself to world-class puppet performances. The intimate setting enhances the workshops and performances that are lead by some of the top puppeteers working today.”
This is what PuppetFest Midwest was for me:
It was much more than inspiring. It was watching world class performances each night seeing the different styles of puppetry and watch the puppeteers at work in their element. It was being on an equal level with such artists which was both humbling and encouraging. It was picking the brains of so many other puppeteers and hearing stories and experiences from so many perspectives. It was the support network of 50 puppeteers who believed in you and laughed at all the right places. It was the friendships I made where age had no barriers and who I’ll keep in my heart forever. It was the immense laughter I shared, where your belly and your cheeks would never recover.
It was the ‘something’ that was missing from my life to make me feel complete. It was the longing for knowing there was something out there - but didn’t quite know what it was. It was realising there are a group of amazing, loving, passionate people who had devoted their lives to puppetry.
This was something I could have never even start to imagine if I hadn’t have experienced it first hand.
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| Puppet Jeopardy - funniest event during the festival |
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