Puppet Intensive with Marty Stelnick

This workshop is geared towards puppeteers who would like to hone their skills and work with a professional puppeteering consultant.

In this two day intensive, we will learn different ways to utilize a monitor, work in groups on single characterizations and discover how to insinuate the nuance of life to objects, table-top and hand/rod puppets.

We will film short scenes to watch and discuss, as a group. This will offer each participant a chance to experience watching themselves perform and to identify specific opportunities for growth. You will meet other puppet lovers, devise short improvised scenes and receive specific feedback as well as “tricks of the trade” to accelerate your skills.

BYOPuppet - One you don’t mind others handling.

Saturday & Sunday 10am-3:30pm

About the instructor:

Marty Stelnick started his puppetry career in the mid 90’s as the creator of YTV’s Fuzzpaws, performing literally thousands of hours of daily live improvised television. Some other kids TV credits include Ooh, Aah and You (Disney), Mr. Meaty (Nickelodeon), Whoopi Goldberg’s Littleburg (Nick Jr.), Nanalan’ (CBC/PBS), Gisele’s Big Backyard (TVO), What’s Your News (Sprout, CBC) and Now You Know (TVO). Marty was “Prince Felix” for Jamie Shannon’s award winning puppet film Rasputin, produced by Heather Henson. He has been assorted monsters and aliens for show’s like Star Trek - Strange New Worlds, Chucky, What We Do In The Shadows, Varsity (upcoming) and many films including The Thing and Amblin Entertainment’s Come Play. An active theatre creator, Marty has written and performed numerous live shows for adults and children alike including the twisted, Rooster Kane’s Curio Emporium and 2019’s surreal musical and triple DORA nominated version of The Ugly Duckling called, The Ugly Duckthing. When he’s not puppeteering, Marty is a busy writer, actor, and a sought after musician and composer with dozens of professional music credits to his name.