Stacey Gordon
Learn what it takes to make dynamic-looking characters in your puppet designs. Let the puppet pros show you how different shapes & colors affect your character’s mood & up your design game.
Puppetry and RPGs allow us to be characters we don’t typically live as. Stacey Gordon will help you spruce those characters up by finding dynamic voices to give your storytelling a distinct edge.
Have you ever wanted to stream puppetry content live, or build yourself a humble (or not-so-humble) home studio setup? The folks from the Gen Con Puppetry Program are here to help you figure out cameras, lighting, monitors, workflows, streaming software, you name it for your puppet productions! Bring questions, we’ve got answers!
Puppet-maker, Stacey Gordon, will lead you through creating a flat-patterned moving-mouth puppet head that you can take with you to flesh out into a full-on puppet. Be prepared to use hot glue guns!
This is a food-puppet free-for all! There will be some direction, but for the most part, you’ll get to decide what kind food you fancy the most & turn it into a rod puppet! A helpful grown-up is certainly required. Skills required: sitting respectfully for up to an hour; drawing or tracing detailed patterns; Cutting […]
You’ll learn lots of different hand-stitches, & of course you’ll get to practice them. You’ll leave with a collection of labeled stitches in a book (that you make) & instructions on how to achieve them at home. We’ll get through as many stitches as we can in our 2 hours. You’ll even learn a couple […]
You’ll learn lots of different hand-stitches, & of course you’ll get to practice them. You’ll leave with a collection of labeled stitches in a book (that you make) & instructions on how to achieve them at home. We’ll get through as many stitches as we can in our 2 hours. You’ll even learn a couple […]
Quirky edgy puppet shows from quirky, edgy puppeteers! Puppeteers from around the country are converging on Gen Con for the best 4 days in gaming–and puppetry! But here’s the best part: they’re saving up just about all of their adult material just for this puppet slam! All of those things that we can’t do in […]
Quirky edgy puppet shows from quirky, edgy puppeteers! Puppeteers from around the country are converging on Gen Con for the best 4 days in gaming–and puppetry! But here’s the best part: they’re saving up just about all of their adult material just for this puppet slam! All of those things that we can’t do in […]
Quirky edgy puppet shows from quirky, edgy puppeteers! Puppeteers from around the country are converging on Gen Con for the best 4 days in gaming–and puppetry! But here’s the best part: they’re saving up all of their adult material just for this puppet slam! All of those things that we can’t do in front of […]
Puppeteer, Stacey Gordon, will lead elementary-school kids in making a simple fabric moving-mouth puppet that they can bring to life & take home with them. Each child should be able to sit for 45 minutes, use a ruler & scissors correctly, as well as be able to follow simple, one-step directions. Each participant ages of […]
Puppeteer, Stacey Gordon will guide you through making a moving-mouth sandwich puppet. You’ll learn skills that can take you into puppet building beyond sandwiches, but why not begin (or continue) your puppet building journey with a delightful lunchtime treat. Sandwiches are inedible & not sentient. Glue gun skills required. No sewing required.
Puppeteer, Stacey Gordon will guide you through making a moving-mouth sandwich puppet. You’ll learn skills that can take you into puppet building beyond sandwiches, but why not begin (or continue) your puppet building journey with a delightful lunchtime treat. Sandwiches are inedible & not sentient and are guaranteed to not murder or your money back. […]
Puppeteer, Stacey Gordon will guide you through making a sushi rod puppet. You’ll learn skills that can take you into puppet building beyond sushi, but why not begin (or continue) your puppet building journey with a delightful lunchtime treat. Sushi rolls are inedible and not sentient. Glue gun skills required. No sewing required.
Learn what makes puppetry such a magical experience & why puppeteer Stacey Gordon is passionate about teaching others to be effective storytellers, communicators, counselors, & educators through puppetry. In this workshop you will be led through skills such as focus, breathing, posture, movement, lip sync, listening, & emotion to help make your characters come alive […]
Learn what makes puppetry such a magical experience & why puppeteer Stacey Gordon is passionate about teaching others to be effective storytellers, communicators, counselors, & educators through puppetry. In this workshop you will be led through skills such as focus, breathing, posture, movement, lip sync, listening, & emotion to help make your characters come alive […]
Learn what makes puppetry such a magical experience & why puppeteer Stacey Gordon is passionate about teaching others to be effective storytellers, communicators, counselors, & educators through puppetry. In this workshop you will be led through skills such as focus, breathing, posture, movement, lip sync, listening, & emotion to help make your characters come alive […]
Extra time goofing around with an audience & watching seasoned pros perform is one of the best learning opportunities–but even if you’re not interested in learning, it’s great fun to watch puppeteers improvise with puppets on camera. Whether you choose to watch from the audience, or get up on stage alongside seasoned professionals, you won’t […]
Grown ups and little ones will have fun together at a real-life-pretend-tea-party thrown for their puppets! (Plush toys allowed, too, we won’t discriminate!) Skills Required: sitting, pretending, laughing, playing, wiggling, coloring, sipping, pinkies up, jumping, singing, and playing! One ticket required for *each* person in attendance. Puppets attend for free! Don’t have a puppet? That’s […]
Pro puppet builders will discuss the various types of arm-rod construction with methods and benefits of each. (That’s the stick that the puppeteer holds to control the hands) Ask questions!
Come in your pj’s, bring your favorite stuffed animal, blanket, pillow, or lovey, and settle in for a relaxing wind-down from a very busy day of gaming and con-going. Let Z Briggs and Stacey Gordon soothe you into a sleepier state so you can wake up refreshed and ready for the next morning.
Puppet building pros with seriously great credits will talk about various puppet building techniques, such as the wedge method, flat patterning, sculpting, and more!
Puppet building pros with seriously great credits will talk about various puppet building techniques, such as the wedge method, flat patterning, sculpting, and more!
Puppet Karaoke is a relaxed, fun evening where professional puppeteers, newbies, and everyone in between can put on a show together that you won’t soon forget. Come to watch, or come to participate. Either way, you’ll have a great time. I mean, just imagine a sandwich singing your favorite Hamilton song. Glorious. Some puppets will […]
Puppet Karaoke is a relaxed, fun evening where professional puppeteers, newbies, and everyone in between can put on a show together that you won’t soon forget. Come to watch, or come to participate. Either way, you’ll have a great time. I mean, just imagine a sandwich singing your favorite Hamilton song. Glorious. Some puppets will […]