Puppet theater -- Canada

Overview "In this applied theater project and qualitative study, puppetry artist and community arts practitioner, Brenda Huggins, investigates the benefits and challenges of engaging youth in puppetry and climate action in partnership with middle school age students in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. Findings include the capacity for creative thought and multidisciplinary hands-on learning to promote heightened engagement and focus, experimentation and the freedom to make mistakes during...

Overview "This project is an exploration of creating remote, puppet-based drama curriculum for an Indigenous Community school in Ontario, Canada. Using Zoom to facilitate classes, I worked with two elementary teachers to develop eight lessons that gave students the opportunity to design, create and perform with handmade puppets. The result of my research and this project's implementation is a reflection on my experiences that is intended to help educators and teaching artists bring accessible,...