
Multiplane film workshop / TBA
I’ll be leading a weekend workshop on making shadow films on a multiplane this fall in New York City. Details and dates to be announced soon.
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I’ll be leading a weekend workshop on making shadow films on a multiplane this fall in New York City. Details and dates to be announced soon.
I’ll be leading this 1 hour online workshop for the National Capital Puppetry Guild as part of their monthly virtual meeting lineup. Join this wonderful guild to have free access to their workshops. You need not live in the National Capital area (or even in the US) to join.
Two of the Stringpullers short shadow films, words are birds and Dorothea Remembers, will be screened outdoors under the stars with other puppet and stop motion films in Minneapolis on Friday, July 11, 2025 from 8:30-10:00 pm. It’s just one evening in Open Eye Theater’s three weekend outdoor festival of of live music and Puppetry: Sweet Songs & Flying Objects, from July 11-25. All events on the grassy space across from the Open Eye Theater, 506 E. 24th Street Minneapolis, MN. Free. Bring a blanket or chair. Find directions, schedule, and more information on the festival website here.
I’ll be teaching a private workshop on shadow puppet mechanics for a summer continuing education program at Boston University. To inquire about bringing workshops to your institution, email Linda: linda.wingerter@gmail.com.
I’m leading the 5-day online shadow mechanics workshop, Shadow Puppetry (level 2), for the 9th time for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Spring 2025 workshop series. We’re trying a new schedule format with five 2-hour sessions spread over three weeks on Wednesday and Thursday nights on from March 12-26. Sessions run 7-9pm CT / 8-10pm ET. For inquiries, scholarship options, and registration go to the Chicago Puppet Fest Fall 2024 Workshops page.
I’m joining Kurt Hunter, Eric Weiss, and Johanna Smith for this online presentation and discussion of puppetry in the classroom for PIET (Puppetry in Education and Therapy). I’ll be doing a 1/2 hour presentation of how I teach simple mechanics for shadow puppetry, while Johanna will be leading the discussion on how these ideas can meet state educational standards for engineering and math. 1pm PST / 4pm EST on Saturday, March 1 on Zoom. Registration is free. Contact piet@puppeteers.org.
I’m leading the 5-day online shadow mechanics workshop, Shadow Puppetry (level 2), for the 8th time for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Fall 2024 workshop series. We’re trying a new schedule format with five 2-hour sessions spread over three weeks on Wednesday and Thursday nights on from November 6-20. Sessions run 7-9pm CT / 8-10pm ET. For inquiries, scholarship options, and registration go to the Chicago Puppet Fest Fall 2024 Workshops page.
We’re performing our short sock puppet romantic comedy Galaxy Laundromat in Ithaca, NY again, this time for the Puppeteers of America Northeast Regional Puppet Homecoming puppet festival. It’s part of the slam on Friday, November, 1 at 9:30pm at the Community School of Music and Arts. We’ll be attending all three days of the Festival to see performances, take part in workshops, and enjoy the always fun camaraderie of puppeteers.
We’ll be in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany to attend the Internationales Schattentheater Festival presented by the Internationales Schattentheater Museum from October 10-17, 2024. We’ll visit the museum for the first time, participate in workshops, and see over a dozen performances of shadow puppetry and shadow theater.
Every three years, in October, Schwäbisch Gmünd becomes the "capital of shadow theatre": International performers showcase the fascinating technical and artistic possibilities that light and shadow art offer for one week.
Founded in 1989 by Rainer Reusch, the International Shadow Theater Festival Schwäbisch Gmünd is the oldest and only continuous festival for contemporary shadow theatre worldwide. Rainer Reusch wished to create a platform for contemporary shadow artists scattered all over the world, where they could present their productions, get to know each other, discuss, and form friendships. Nowhere else is a better opportunity for performers and audiences to experience the developments of this centuries-old art form that touches people at their core. Performances for adults and children are part of the extensive program of the festival, inviting everyone to come to Schwäbisch Gmünd for exchange and interaction.
I’m guest teaching a series of shadow puppet workshops for Prof. Kaja McGowan’s Shadow Play course at Cornell University in the Johnson Museum this Fall 2024 semester. Contact me if you’re interested in having me teach at your organization or institution: linda.wingerter@gmail.com
I’m leading this 5-day online workshop, Shadow Puppetry (level 2), for the 7th time for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival workshop series. This spring we’re trying a new schedule format. Instead of 5 sessions in one week, we’re spreading the same sessions out over two weeks on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights on April 24, 25, May 1, 2, 3. Sessions run 7-9pm CT / 8-10pm ET. For inquiries, scholarship options, and registration go to the Chicago Puppet Fest Spring 2024 Workshops page.
We’re performing our short sock puppet romantic comedy Galaxy Laundromat at the UCONN Spring Puppet Slam on Friday, March 22, 2024 at 7:30pm. Presented by the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, other performers will include Uconn Puppet Arts students, Stoph Scheer, and music by Waldron’s Studio 88. The show is at UConn’s von der Mehden Recital Hall, 875 Coventry Road, Storrs, Connecticut.
Valley Regional Musical Productions’ The Wizard of Oz includes 3 crows made by The Stringpullers (as well as some other wonderful puppets by Matt Sorenson and the VRMP crew.)
VRMP’s performances of The Wizard of Oz will take place at the auditorium of Valley Regional High School on Friday, March 15; Saturday, March 16; and Sunday, March 17. Showtimes are 7 p.m. on March 15, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on March 16, and 1 p.m. on March 17. Tickets are available for purchase at Valley Regional High School and Celebrations in Deep River.
Misophonia will be one of 7 films at CINÉ-CASTELIERS, part of the Festival International de Casteliers, a puppetry festival in Montreal. It’s a one time screening on Friday, March 8, 2024.
I’ll join Tom Lee and team in Chicago for a week-long workshop to develop a new puppet stage production to be announced in the future.
Our short puppet film Misophonia will be screened online during this virtual event celebrating the combination of misophonia and art-making. It’s produced by soQuiet, a non-profit helping people live with misophonia and supporting misophonia research. I’ll be one of several misophonic artists talking about my work. The event is free but welcomed donations go to soQuiet. Sunday, December 3, 2023 from 11-3pm CST / 12-4pm EST. Register at the link here.
The short film version of our Steel Wool suitcase slam piece will be part of the virtual Wham Bam Puppet Slam on Thanksgiving evening, Thursday November 23, 2023 8pm EST. Hosted by Toybox, it will stream live on Toybox Theatre’s Facebook page. The link is here.
Misophonia is an official selection of the International Fine Arts Film Festival Santa Barbara. This is a special festival that highlights films about the visual and performing arts. It’s one of 27 films that will screen virtually this year throughout November. Tickets will be on their website.
Misophonia is an official selection of the Mystic Film Festival which will take place in Mystic, Connecticut from October 19-22, 2023. Misophonia will be part of the Short Film Block 4: Spotlight on Women Directors on Saturday, October 21 at 4:30pm in the Mystic Luxury Cinemas. Linda will be present for a Q&A afterwards. More information on the Mystic Film Festival website.
Misophonia will be part of the Travel FilmFest in Limassol, Cyprus which runs from October 20-22, 2023. This is a special festival, because all the films are travel related. Misophonia screens in the second block of the first day, Friday, October 20 at 7pm Cyprus time, 12pm New York time. Online tickets are also available at this link.
Misophonia is one of 12 shortlisted films that will be part of the virtual Unbroken Short Film Festival, which highlights mental health. The films will screen from October 17-22, 2023 on their website, and the audience can vote for their favorites. The Festival is a project of Shadow Road, a London theater company.
We’re performing our short sock puppet romantic comedy Galaxy Laundromat a second time at the Paper City Puppet Slam: Spooky Edition on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at the Divine Theater in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Presented by Cactushead Puppets at the Divine Theater in Gateway City Arts. Tickets are a suggested donation of $5 and available at the door. More information at the Eventbrite page.
Misophonia will screen at a private event for the Arts Council for Wyoming County in Perry and Cuba, New York on October 13 and 14, 2023. To inquire about film screenings for events, contact Linda through The Stringpullers contact page.
Misophonia will be part of the Best of the Fest series presented by the Woods Hole Film Festival at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Cape Cod. Misophonia was runner up for Best Animated Short jury award at this years Festival. The series runs from October 8-11, Misophonia will be in the Award Winning Shorts 2 block on Tuesday, October 10 at 6pm.
Misophonia will be part of the New York State International Film Festival in Albany, New York which runs from September 22-23, 2023. This festival is dedicated to shorts, all films are 30 minutes and under. More information to come.
We’re trying out a new short slam piece called Galaxy Laundromat at Lilypad Puppet Theatre’s Slam Jamboree at the Community School of Music and Art in Ithaca, New York on September 15 & 16 at 7:30pm. Tickets available online or at the door.
Misophonia is an official selection of the Bridgeport Film Fest which will be screening over 90 films between September 8-10 at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport, Connecticut. More info to come.
Misophonia has been selected to screen at the 9th Annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival in Vermont between August 23-27, 2023. More information to come.
Misophonia is part of the new Handmade Puppet Dreams Frights and Delights collection screening at the 2023 International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC on Thursday, August 4 at 4pm, and again on Sunday August 13 at 11am. I’ll be there for the artist talk back right after the Thursday 4pm screening along with filmmakers and HPD producers Alex Griffin and Jessica Simon, fellow cohort Jaime Sunwoo, and HPD founder Heather Henson. The Festival is an avalanche of workshops and performances by puppetry artists from all over the world and runs from Aug 9-18 at Teatro SEA at 107 Suffolk Street in NYC.
Misophonia will be part of the 39thh annual Woods Hole Film Festival on Cape Cod from July 29 - August 5, 2023. It’s included in the Modern Problems collection of short films screening at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution auditorium on Friday, August 4 at 4pm. Tickets and passes can be found on their website. Films will also be screening virtually the week after.
Physical Shadow Puppets on the Digital Stage: workshop with Tom Lee and Linda Wingerter
July 24-29, 2023 at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival in the Fine Arts Building at 410 S Michigan Ave, Studio 310 Chicago, IL
Join master shadow puppet artist Linda Wingerter (Stringpullers’ Puppet Theater, IG pollysonic) and director/designer Tom Lee (War Horse/Akutagawa/Chicago Puppet Studio) for a deep dive into traditional shadow puppet techniques fused with video technology and cameras.
The class begins with specific projects in shadow mechanisms, backgrounds and recorded puppetry. Following these skill-building exercises, participants will have a chance to combine live, recorded and live feed shadow figures into a short performance experiment of their own performed with their colleagues in the Chicago Puppet Festival studios on the final day of class. Technique, feedback and design consultation will be offered by two experts in the field of shadow puppetry and projection. Note: Linda Wingerter will teach by Zoom July 24, 25, 26 before joining in person in Chicago July 27. Tom Lee will be in-person all dates.
For information and registration see the workshop listing here, or contact Chicago Puppet Fest: info@chicagopuppetfest.org
I’m leading two 1.25 hour workshops at the 2023 National Puppetry Festival at the University of Maryland on July 20, 2023: Multiplane Puppetry and Flat Mechanics. They are just two of dozens of workshops that will run over 4 days, in addition to shows, symposiums, community parades, and general puppeteer camaraderie. Information and registration at the Festival website.