This is a 162-page PDF, the definitive ground-breaking book about puppet slams.
Puppet slams are everywhere!
These incredibly unique evenings of short-form puppetry for adult audiences are popping up across America and the globe.
In this guide written by puppet slam veteran Chad Williams, you will learn:
- How to produce / curate a puppet slam
- How to make a great slam piece
- In-depth history of puppet slams from 1880 - now
- Unique slams and other short-forms worldwide
- Interviews from the greatest curators past and present
- 50 puppet slams to see right now
- Beautiful photos of the best slam pieces ever
- AND SO MUCH MORE!
This is the first book to detail the history, curation and process behind puppet slams in the USA and around the world. It is a guide for puppeteers hoping to create a new slam or those looking for insight on how to make a great new puppet slam piece. It has the wisdom of over 32 slam curators past and present and tons (and I mean TONS) of awesome photos from vaudeville to present day.
This book about puppet slams is the definitive guide on the form. It builds on interviews from 2011-2013 by the Puppet Slam Network and uses Chad's exhaustive experience and connections in the puppetry world to create a universal guide to puppet slams.