- Puppet Theater of Trash
with Paul Zaloom
TEENS & ADULTS: Saturday, January 5 •
1-4 pm • Paul Zaloom • $40 • Limit: 25 •
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What not to miss this semester!
Have a penchant for animating ordinary items? Bring six everyday, around-the-house
objects—staplers, small appliances, toys, packaging material, and other extraordinary
rubbish—to this found-object puppetry/theater workshop where we’ll explore improvisation,
humor, free association, and child’s play as creative process. A Bread & Puppet alum and TV’s
“Beakman,” Paul Zaloom is known for work that is highly irreverent, political, satirical, and
wickedly funny.
Links to FlynnSpace Performance: Paul Zaloom: The Mother of All Enemies • Thursday-Saturday, January 3-5 • 8 pm
Especially welcoming to adults new to the art form.
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PAUL ZALOOM is a solo political satirist, puppeteer, and
performance artist who is perhaps best known for his title role
on TV’s Beakman’s World. Zaloom started out with Vermont’s
world-famous Bread & Puppet Theater and has worked with them
for 32 years. He has also written, designed, and performed 11
solo spectacles.
Our theater program emphasizes individual expression, creative choice, and FUN! Children’s classes build sequentially on the basics, while teens and adults can explore specific theater arts in greater depth (and shorter periods of time.) We keep class sizes small so everyone gets personal attention, and vary themes so that each semester challenges returning students as well as new ones. Performance opportunities let students try out their skills in front of supportive audiences of family and friends, and tours of the historic Flynn Theatre, discounts on world-class MainStage performances, and masterclasses with extraordinary visiting artists complement the strong core program.

