Anthrocon 2024: Full Schedule

6:30pm EDT

Puppetry Meet and Greet

Want to get involved with puppetry but unsure how to start? Already a pro and want to connect with your fellow puppeteers in the fandom to talk shop and share your projects? Come chat with us and learn about fun ways to get involved with puppetry in the fandom! We’re a community of performers, builders, and puppetry enthusiasts of all skill levels bringing puppetry shenanigans to conventions around the country. Bring a puppet if you’d like, or just bring your enthusiasm!

Speakers

Yve

Panelist / Puppetry Track Lead

Puppeteer, puppet builder, and stop motion fabricator!

Friday July 5, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
DLCC 411-412

Puppetry, Social

7:30pm EDT

Puppet Workshop: Hand Puppets

Join us for a beginner level puppet fabrication workshop making simple hand puppets with loads of personality! The panel will have supplies for 25 participants, and supplies will be provided on a first come first serve basis. Participants must be comfortable working with scissors and hot glue, but no other experience is required! Young children should be accompanied by a helpful adult guardian for maximum fun! Once we've finished creating our new puppets we'll start to explore some performance and character basics!

Speakers

Yve

Panelist / Puppetry Track Lead

Puppeteer, puppet builder, and stop motion fabricator!

Vera Vulture

Friday July 5, 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
DLCC 411-412

Puppetry

9:00pm EDT

Puppet Workshop: Marionettes

Join us for an intermediate level puppet fabrication workshop making fun dancing scarf marionettes! The panel will have supplies for 20 participants, and supplies will be provided on a first come first serve basis. Participants must be comfortable working with pliers, hammers, and hot glue. This workshop requires fine motor skills as we'll be working with fishing line and knot tying. All children need to work with an adult guardian, as this puppet takes a bit of coordination to finish. Once we've finished our marionettes we'll put them through their paces in a funky Puppet Dance Party!

Speakers

Yve

Panelist / Puppetry Track Lead

Puppeteer, puppet builder, and stop motion fabricator!

Friday July 5, 2024 9:00pm - 10:30pm EDT
DLCC 411-412

Puppetry

7:30pm EDT

Puppet Workshop: Rod Puppets

Join us for a beginner level puppet fabrication workshop making simple rod puppets! The panel will have supplies for 20 participants, and supplies will be provided on a first come first serve basis. Participants must be comfortable working with scissors and hot glue, but no other experience is required! Young children must be accompanied by a helpful adult guardian for maximum fun! Once we've finished creating our new puppets we'll start to explore some performance and character basics!

Speakers

Yve

Panelist / Puppetry Track Lead

Puppeteer, puppet builder, and stop motion fabricator!

Vera Vulture

Saturday July 6, 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
DLCC 411-412

Puppetry

9:00pm EDT

Puppet Workshop: SNOOFS!

Join us to sew up some fuzzy hand and rod puppets with tons of personality (and optional arms!)! The Snoof is a fun and free puppet pattern pioneered by Adam Kreutinger. This is an advanced beginners workshop for eager puppeteers looking to make a fuzzy hand puppet of their very own! This panel will have supplies for 20 participants and requires some sewing experience and the ability to work with hot glue guns. All children need to work with an adult guardian, as this puppet requires the use of needles, scissors, and hot glue. Get ready for a lip sync sing along at the end of the workshop to break in those new little critters!

Speakers

Yve

Panelist / Puppetry Track Lead

Puppeteer, puppet builder, and stop motion fabricator!

Vera Vulture

Saturday July 6, 2024 9:00pm - 10:30pm EDT
DLCC 411-412

Puppetry

11:00pm EDT

Anthrocon Puppet Slam (18+)

"A showcase of short-form puppetry acts for adults! Each piece is performed by a different artist or group of artists, and the content ranges from hilarious to profound and everything in between. The performers include anyone from veteran professionals to first-time puppeteers. Come see what our furry puppeteers can do! Anthrocon’s Puppet Slam is being put on by the Furry Puppetry Group and will be hosted by the one and only Yve Badger!
This performance showcase is made by and for adults, so participants and audience members must be 18+!"

Speakers

Yve

Panelist / Puppetry Track Lead

Puppeteer, puppet builder, and stop motion fabricator!

Vera Vulture

While Loup

Saturday July 6, 2024 11:00pm - Sunday July 7, 2024 12:00am EDT
DLCC 411-412

Puppetry, Performing

1:00pm EDT

Let's Get Good with Arm Rods w/ Wally!

Let’s learn how to waggle those puppet arms! Join Wally the Puppet who will teach you the basics of how arm rods are constructed and how to utilize gestures to sell your performance. Want to add weight to that wave? Clap those hands? Climb a pole? We’ll show you! Please bring your own puppet with arm rods if you have one.

Speakers

While

Puppeteer! Teacher! Fox! Close friends with Wally Wolf.

Sunday July 7, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
DLCC 411-412

Puppetry, Performance