The Port City Puppet Festival!
at UNC Wilmington
PUPPET MASTER support from Learning Express & The Puppetry Guild of the Carolinas
Post-Festival News
The Port City Puppet Festival is over. What a fantastic time! This was a wonderful gathering of incredible people from the Southeast Region and waaaayyyy beyond.
Bravo to our festival staff, partners, sponsors, volunteers, performers, instructors, and participants.
Some post-fest news/requests:
- Festival Pictures. Please email them to Gina! We want to post them here on the website for everyone to enjoy.
- Festival Video. You can order over 1.5 hours of footage from the festival for $20 (includes mailing) or $15 if you are local. This video was shot & edited by Marc Matney, who filmed various events throughout the festival weekend! You can pay by check or through PAYPAL. If you have any questions for Marc, call him at 910-795-7593, or just follow the directions here to get your video.
- To Order by CHECK: Send $20 to MARC MATNEY, 2020 GRAYWALSH DRIVE, WILMINGTON, NC 28405. Make sure to include your address for shipping.
- To Order via PayPal: Make a payment of $20 through PayPal to MARCMATNEY@ROCKETMAIL.COM Contact Marc at that same email address with your address for shipping.
- The video contains footage from the ACME "Puppet Parlour" opening, Cameron "PuppetArt" opening, Parade Puppet workshop, Parade, Saturday shows, including Thalian Hall & Kenan venues, The Slam, etc!
Feel free to contact Gina if you need any help ordering/receiving a video.
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- On-going: The CAMERON ART MUSEUM holds the exhibit PuppetArt until January, 2011. This exhibit features select puppets from Bread & Puppet (Glover, Vermont) and The Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta, Georgia).
- Prepare: The 2011 PoA National Festival is July 12-17 in Atlanta, Georgia. They are already taking workshop, performance, and film submissions!
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Public Events for the Family
Thursday, July 15
"The Amazing
Mysto's Magic Show" & "Pulcinella"
Opening Reception of "PuppetArt"
5:30 pm-8:00 pm
Friday, July 16
"Pinocchio"
Kenan Auditorium, UNCW
7:00 pm
Saturday, July 17
Puppet Community Morning
===Giant Puppet Parade!
9:00 am on Front Street from Orange to Princess
==="Handmade Puppet Dreams" Vol. IV
Youth Films!
11:00 am, Noon, & 1:00 pm
Jengos Playhouse
===Marionette Circus by Fred Michael
1:00 pm-1:20 pm
ACME Art Gallery
Sunday, July 18
===Stilting Workshop with Nana Projects!
At Jengo's Playhouse, 9th & Princess
Noon - 2:00 pm
Ages 15 +
$10 at the door
Wear comfortable long pants, sturdy shoes-they
have stilts for you to use!
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Public Events for Adults
 Thursday, July 15
Puppetry in Education & Therapy Workshop
Watson School, UNCW Register Here
8:30 am-3:30 pm
Friday, July 16
"Handmade Puppet Dreams"
Volume IV-Adult Films
Jengo's Playhouse @ 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm
repeat screening
Saturday, July 17
"One Frame at a Time: The Stop Motion Films
of Michael Granberry" + Q&A with Michael!
Kenan Auditorium, UNCW
7:00 pm
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The Puppeteers of America (POA) holds a
national festival every odd year, while each region
of the POA holds regional festivals every even
year. The Southeast Festivals have been held in Asheville, Savannah,
Atlanta, Orlando, Mobile, Charleston, Charlotte...all over
the Southeast. For the first time, this incredible event is being held
in beautiful Wilmington, NC!
The festival invites puppetry artists
and aficionados from our region and beyond to perform, workshop,
and break bread together with the local community. The festival in
Wilmington is offering performances at Cameron Art Museum, Kenan
Auditorium (UNCW), the Burney Center Ballroom (UNCW), and Downtown; a
barrel of workshops, including a Puppetry
in Education & Therapy workshop; a community parade;
and puppetry exhibits
around town. Some of these events are free and open to the public,
some are ticketed, and some are only for festival registrants.
To get the full festival experience,
take the plunge into puppetry by registering. Festival
registrants have access to additional performances, workshops, and
other puppetish fun. You can take a brief swim by registering for our
Friday Only option. Or dip your toes a la carte in the various
events open to the public...whatever you do, don't miss it!
Festival Staff
click on pics to see where we're from
Gina Gambony-Director Peter Effaldana-Budget Manager Drew Allison-Artistic Director Lyon Hill-Artistic Director
Susan VandeWeghe-Registrar DREWBOB!-Potpourri (Bob part above)
Jim Hammond-Slam Czar
Not Pictured: Jamie Donmoyer, Workshop Director; Wendy Kowalski, Logo Design; Dixon Stetler & Michelle Connolly, Exhibit Coordination
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