A graduate of the Puppetry Arts program of the University of Connecticut (1979) and of the NYU’s Performance Studies Department (1989), Mr. Stephen Kaplin has over 30 years of experience designing, building, directing, writing, and performing for live puppet theatre.
She has been a panelist for NYSCA, Lower Manhattan Council Foundation and Asian American Arts Alliance She was the first Asian-American to be elected to the board of UNIMA-USA. Nellie McCaslin’s book Shows on the Shoestring into Chinese. Her first book (co-authored with Stephen Kaplin) is Tabletop Theater: Puppetry for Small Places (2003). Fong has written numerous articles for scholarly journals and for Chinese language magazines. She is the founder of Chinese Theatre Workshop (1995) and Chinese Theatre Works (2001), with whom she conceived, wrote, and directed dozens of original, innovative productions, many of which have been honored with awards, including: “Toy Theater Peony Pavilion,” “Three Women, Many Plays,” “Tiger Tales” and “Songs From the Yellow Earth.” Fong has toured and taught all over the United States and in Asia and Europe. She was an assistant professor at Pace University till 2012. She has been a guest professor at the Chinese Opera Academy in Beijing since 1998 and a visiting graduate professor at the University of Maryland in 2008. in Educational Theater at N.Y.U and became a resident artist upon graduation. Kuang-Yu Fong majored in Chinese Opera at the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan, where she also taught for four years before coming to New York City in 1983. Dowels, Wooden slats, square or corner trim (optional) Light source: Desk lamp, Small LED lamp fixture and stand, or Cell Phone Tape: Clear packing tape (2” wide) and a heavier tape like masking tape, packing, duct or gaffer’s tape.
Choose one of the following: Heavy white recycling bag, sheet of thin, white plastic (lexan), piece of white fabric (check with a flashlight stretchy knit fabrics are better than woven fabrics for diffusing light), White Tyvek or Parchment paper Shadow screen material- at least 2’ sq piece. Paper & Cardboard: Large Pizza box or other type of cardboard box or Corrugated Cardboard Materials for Your Own Shadow Screen Stage Lace, fringe or woven fabric, scrim or meshy materials, found objects ( These are optional, but good for making scenic elements) Bamboo skewers, chopsticks or dowels (generally 3 per figure) Clear plastic food containers (flat, like a clear plastic takeout salad box), or Lexan, or other thin plastic sheeting(enough to lay out all pieces of the figure, about 8 inches) Craft wire, Wire coat hangers, umbrella spokes, paper clips, or binder clips Cutting board or heavy scrap cardboard work surface Printed out Tiger figure template found in folder that will be emailed to you (can be printed on regular printer paper, translucent paper or color transparencies) *Please note that these figures are to only be used for the purposes of this workshop and should not be posted on any public platform. Staple pliers or regular household stapler Mat knife, sharp scissors, and a metal straightedge
Chinese puppetry how to#
Kuang-Yu and Stephen will lead guests in a step-by-step process of building a shadow puppet using materials you can find at home! You’ll learn techniques of designing and building shadow figures and how to use shadow theater as a means of visual storytelling. Next, it’s time to get out your scissors and get to work assembling your very own puppet. Along the way, you'll get to see examples of puppets used in theatrical productions. In this virtual workshop led by Kuang-Yu Fong & Stephen Kaplin, Co-Artistic Directors of Chinese Theatre Works, you’ll explore the history of Chinese shadow puppetry and see how it has evolved as an art form still practiced today. Behind the screen, puppeteers move the figures to play out scenes set to music. When lit from behind, these figures cast colorful shadows onto a screen. The puppets are typically made of semi-transparent leather plates engraved with intricate designs and colored with dyes. Chinese shadow puppetry is a theatrical art form that dates back thousands of years.
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