Here's the latest installment of good things happening at this year's
annual PuppetFest MidWest, July 11-16, 2006 in Trenton, Missouri.
Paul Mesner will be returning with a workshop and a performance!

Workshop:

ROD PUPPETS AND PERFORMANCE with Paul Mesner of Paul Mesner Puppets
In this workshop, you will build simple rod puppets, learn to
manipulate them and create a short performance piece, ready to
perform by the end of the week. As a performer and director, Paul
Mesner has a unique sense of movement, dramatic timing and humor.
Don't leave your imagination at home, you will need it.

Performance:

SLEEPING BEAUTY with Paul Mesner Puppets
Have you ever wanted to sleep late? Like for 100 years? Well that is
what our heroine does in this production. Paul Mesner pulls out all
the stops in this hilarious one-man tour-de-farce. Set in a tall,
majestic castle, this is the classic fairy tale you already know,
retold with some slightly quirky twists. Besides Beauty's fateful
curse, good and evil fairies and a dashing Prince battling a dragon,
Mesner includes two finicky Royal chefs, a helpful hound who does
tricks, a fortune-telling frog, a tuneful Royal trumpeter, a cooing
and curious baby Princess, a Queen who loves to take baths and a King
who can't get enough of his pet polo pony!

More details at our website at http://puppetfestival.org/.
Don't forget that we offer up to four scholarships every year
to PuppetFest MidWest. The deadline for applying for a scholarship is
Monday, May 1st, 2006. You can find that information on the website
as well.
Please help us to spread the word about this year's PuppetFest MidWest.
Thanks, Debbie