Application Deadline Reminder: National Puppetry Festival 2013

Dear Fellow Puppeteers and puppet enthusiasts:

This message comes with a reminder about the upcoming deadline for performers, workshop leaders and staff positions for the 2013 National Puppet Festival. It also comes with some exciting updates, including information about international performers and the projected, affordable costs for this 6-day festival. Just so you know, there’ll be another short reminder coming your way next week about thisdeadline. I hope you’ll indulge us–we just want to make sure everyone gets their opportunity to take part!

Thanks for your support!

Robert Smythe, Festival Director

Puppet Festival (r)Evolution

The 2013 National Festival of the Puppeteers of America

2013 National Festival Update

Over 400 puppeteers from around the world and thousands of members of the public will meet on the campus of Swarthmore College from August 5-10, 2013.

We want you to be one of them.

Reminder: There are only a few days left to submit an application to perform, lead a workshop or fill a staff position at the next National Festival! May 31, 2012 is the extended deadline for Puppet Festival (r)Evolution, the 2013 National Festival of the Puppeteers of America. YOU CAN DO IT! We make it easy for you – check it out: PuppetFestivalRevolution.org

If you don’t intend to apply, but know someone who should, encourage them to take part. Remember: the next chance to get noticed at a National Festival won’t come until 2015.

Everything anyone needs to apply is on this site: PuppetFestivalRevolution.org

(If you have questions, see “We’ll answer the phone,” below).

International Performers are coming (fingers crossed!)

Thanks to the efforts of UNIMA-USA, led by Irina Niculescu, UNIMA-USA’s liaison to the Puppeteers of America, Puppet Festival (r)Evolution’s Artistic Direction Committee has received a list of the puppet companies around the world who have been identified as the best of the best, and we’re sending out invitations to them to perform at the Festival. Since it takes such a long time to work out the details, including artists’ visas for the US, we won’t be able to announce who’s coming until everything is confirmed.

If you want to stay informed about the latest developments, sign up from email alerts here.

More time to celebrate (Get automatic links to calendar updates)

Did you know that Puppet Festival (r)Evolution will run six days, which is one day longer than National Festivals have in the recent past? Add the (r)Evolution calendar to your own Google Calendar, iCalendar or other datebook application and keep track of all events, live, as they are added in. Please use the following addresses to access the Puppet Festival (r)Evolution calendar from other applications.

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Please forward this information to everyone you can think of. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

We’ll answer the phone. Promise.

If you have questions or concerns about applications and deadline, we’re here to help you make this your best festival ever! Contact Robert Smythe, FestivalDirector: FestivalDirector@PuppetFestivalRevolution.org or call him at 267.240.3679

Thanks,

Robert

Robert Smythe, Director

Puppet Festival (r)Evolution

The 2013 National Festival of the
Puppeteers of America

FestivalDirector@PuppetFestivalRevolution.org