Cinematic Shadow Puppets with Sam Jay Gold

It’s a mountain, a house, a monster! Join teaching artist Sam Jay Gold into the darkness...to create shadow puppets. With a pair of scissors, a cereal box, and a flashlight, you are ready to develop a dynamic story. Watch how light and shadow can form multiple settings, shift focus, and produce plot twists all with one simple puppet.

Sam Jay Gold (he/him) is a puppeteer and theater artist based in Los Angeles, CA. His work has been supported by the Jim Henson Foundation and featured in venues ranging from the Lincoln Center to neighborhood stages in Indonesia. Sam believes that arts education is life preparation. He teaches throughout New York City and Los Angeles with an emphasis on neuro-diverse spaces, aiming to offer students a creative outlet to re-discover what’s possible in the world, in their communities, and within their own lives.

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