As You Like It- Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival 2024
Director: Sara Holdren, Puppet Designer: Greg Corbino, Puppet Construction Artisans: Tobias J. Garcia and Aimee Cole
Our first time bringing the giant Hymen puppet to the room!
Myself operating one of the arms, as was the initial plan, I was shortly moved to controlling the main body and head!
Another photo of us operating the Hymen Puppet for the first time!
Our first official taste of puppetry in the show!
Our Sheep puppet "Rhiannon", making her debut on tstage.
Actor Gabriel Armstrong showing a preview of puppets to come in the show!
Rhiannon and her handler Corin played by Mary Neufeld
Rosalind (Julia Valen) and Corin (Mary Neufeld) meet for the first time along with Rhiannon.
The Forest of Arden group mourn the loss of a deer, lead by Jacques (Sara Scanlan).
Carrying the dead deer together.
The Lord of the Forest (Mark Young) comes to mourn the loss of this poor deer.
Another angle of our "Great Deer" puppet.
Build Process
Click through this gallery to watch my build process for Rhiannon the sheep, head constructed by Greg Corbino, body by me. Made and adjusted to fit an older actor’s physical needs and limitations.
