Age Group: Elementary school, with adult help
Materials: Pencil, Paper, Scissors, Easy-to-cut cardboard (cereal box or shoe box), Tape, Straws/sticks/skewers, Lamp, bed sheet or paper for makeshift screen
Starting with a short performance of a shadow puppet story, this video covers the basics to start creating your own shadow puppet show. It also covers the “hero’s journey” story structure to help you write a compelling story to perform with your shadow puppets.
Jessica Robblee is a multi-award winning actor, director, and writer. Credits include productions with DCPA, Curious Theater, and Buntport Theater.