For its first installment of the 2019 Fall Puppet Forum Series, and in conjunction with the exhibit It’s Always Pandemonium: The Puppets of Bart Roccoberton, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host Building Puppeteers: How We Got Here and Where Are We Going with UConn Puppet Arts Program Director Bart. P. Roccoberton on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs.
Join Professor Bart Roccoberton in a discussion about the past, present, and future the UConn Puppet Arts Program. This forum takes place in conjunction with the Ballard Institute exhibit It’s Always Pandemonium: The Puppets of Bart Roccoberton, on display through Sept. 29, 2019.
Bart. P. Roccoberton, Jr. is Director of the University of Connecticut’s Puppet Arts Programwhich offers BFA, MA, and MFA degrees in puppetry. His professional projects include work in film, television and the stage, including Broadway. He serves the National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center as Director of Production, and is recognized internationally as an advocate for the puppet arts.
Admission to this event is free (donations greatly appreciated!), and refreshments will be served. Forums will be broadcast via Facebook Live.
For more information, contact: The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at 860-486-8580 or bimp@uconn.edu