![]() ![]() I gained writing tools that were rooted in my performance/puppetry background and help build my confidence as a writer.” She shared, “The writing prompts were eye opening, especially because they had a strong visual, sculptural and performance aspect to the prompt and creation focusing always on creating plays for puppets rather than actors. This is so valuable to what the teaching artists at The Rose do every day. Not only did she learn different prompts, but she also learned ways to adapt them to fit numerous ages and levels of experience. She mentioned that the writing exercises were quite possibly her favorite part of the conference. Stephanie talked about some of her experience at the conference. ![]() It seems as though the preconference did just as much and more for Stephanie. The overall mission of the National Puppetry Conference, quoted from their website, is “to encourage puppet artists to create and communicate through the visual and kinetic form of the puppet, to push beyond their personal boundaries, and develop new works for puppet theater.” The 8-day conference brings renowned guests with directing, puppet artistry, and playwrighting backgrounds together to help puppet artists explore puppetry through writing, music, marionettes and other workshops. So it becomes clear that it is important that she is able to expand her understanding of the artistry of puppet theater. She often attends rehearsals and gives one on one pointers to puppeteers for the Rose productions that utilize puppets. Stephanie is the person that many of the directors at The Rose consult for guidance on the best use of puppetry for their shows. So how do the Rose’s use of puppets and Stephanie come together? Whether it was string marionette kitten puppets in Goodnight Moon, pig puppets in The True Story of the Three Pigs, or a full-sized reindeer puppet in Prancer, The Rose has made use of its fair share of puppets this past season. ![]() With the 2016-17 season wrapping up, audiences have had the pleasure of seeing multiple types of puppets appear on The Rose Theater stage. She has also undertaken a few other theater endeavors in the Midwest. ![]() As a holder of an MFA in Acting and being a trained puppeteer specializing in shadow puppetry and Bunraku, she has worked at a plethora of theaters in NYC, including The Jim Henson Company’s Sesame Street as Assistant to the Artistic Supervisor. Stephanie’s name has been seen in a few places beyond her now home in Omaha. She has also appeared in several mainstage shows at The Rose as an actress in shows like Frog & Toad, Ivy & Bean, Honk!, The Jungle Book and she teaches classes at The Rose too!Ībove: Photos of puppetry from The Rose’s world premiere of The Grocer’s Goblin and The Little Mermaid Some of you may have seen or heard Stephanie’s name around The Rose, specifically in regards to shows that she has directed including George and Martha, Charlotte’s Web and The Rose’s world premiere of The Grocer’s Goblin and The Little Mermaid, The Misfits and others. Stephanie Jacobson, a Teaching Artist and the Director of Youth Productions at The Rose Theater was one of six artists invited to work with Ronnie Burkett in a 3-day preconference for the 2017 National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Connecticut this June. ![]()
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