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Puppet Building and Performance
About the Class
Discover the magic of making and performing with puppets! Join award-winning puppeteer Lee Armstrong for a hands-on workshop where you’ll build your very own hand-and-rod (“Muppet-style”) puppet—then learn the basics to bring it to life. Perfect for puppeteers, actors, teachers, librarians, youth leaders, and creative teens, this workshop mixes art, storytelling, and performance in the most fun way possible. You’ll head home with a one-of-a-kind puppet plus performance skills.
Puppet Kit: The puppet kit includes quality materials – a presewn head/body, arms, hands, armrods, flexible mouth, eyes, feathers, fur and more! Available for purchase for $35.
If you don’t purchase the kit, you can watch the puppets being assembled, and patterns will be provided for all, so you can make your own hand puppet and rodded “Muppet-styled” puppet at home.
Note: There will be a 30-minute lunch break; please bring a bag lunch.
Location
About your Instructor
Lee Armstrong
Lee Armstrong is a regional Emmy-winning puppeteer and co-owner of Images in Motion (www.imagesmedia.com). Her credits include Fraggle Rock, Follow That Bird, Being John Malkovich, PBS shows, commercials and more. She’s taught hundreds of workshops nationwide, inspiring kids, teens, and adults to discover the magic of puppetry.
www.imagesmedia.com
Schedule
Sunday, October 5, 2025
10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
This Session
October 5, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Experience Level
Beginning and IntermediateAges
Adults and Teens 13+
$35 Optional Kit
Class FAQ
We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class.
Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee (minus the payment processing and services fee), or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.
All credits must be used within 1 year.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.
The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at [email protected] so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at [email protected] to request a late addition.
We are always looking for new instructors. You can fill out the form directly here.
