WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES
FST develops hands-on workshops and tailor-made residencies for adults:
teaching shadow puppet techniques and improvisation
creating vivid and original shadow puppets
encouraging writing for shadow theater
a history of shadow puppets lecture/demonstration
using shadow puppet images to illustrate and dramatize topical issues
Our programs for schools make connections across curricula which include
Fine Arts (making puppets, scenes and props)
Music (singing and adding sound effects)
Language Arts (play writing)
Theater (acting)
Science (experimenting with properties of shadow and light)
Engineering (constructing movable puppets and props)
Social Studies (history and learning how cultures have adapted the art form).