Come work with Giant Puppet experts to create your own puppet or work on a group puppet we are creating for this year’s Parade!

Artist Muffy Pendergast is our fearless leader and puppet master. Muffy created this parade and has worked with our community for twelve years creating puppets with people of all ages. Joining Muffy this year is the amazing New Haven-based puppeteer/muralist/artist Isaac Bloodworth.Additional puppet support/random creativity will be provided by A Broken Umbrella Theater, the talented ECA senior Aslan Hoffman, and WVRA’s own Program Manager, artist Noé Jimenez.

All are welcome! FREE to Participate! Come for a few hours, or .work all month on your creation!
questions? lizzy@westvillect.org

Workshop Dates+Locations:

Sat OCT 7/Sun OCT 8, 11 am – 4pm
A Broken Umbrella Theater – Smokestack
446A Blake Street

Sat OCT 14/Sun OCT 15, 11 am – 4pm
Coogan Pavilion, Edgewood Park
across the street for the corner of Whalley + Fitch

Sat OCT 21/Sun OCT 22, 11 am – 4pm
Coogan Pavilion, Edgewood Park
across the street for the corner of Whalley + Fitch

Sat OCT 28, 11 am – 4pm
Coogan Pavilion, Edgewood Park
across the street for the corner of Whalley + Fitch

Sun OCT 29, 10-11 am – PICK UP YOUR PUPPET!
Coogan Pavilion, Edgewood Park
across the street for the corner of Whalley + Fitch