PRESS RELEASE
University of Central Arkansas
September 1, 2015
Contact: Christina Madsen, associate vice president for communications, public relations and marketing, at christinam@uca.edu or (501) 852-2659
Melissa Kordsmeier, Theatre business manager, at mkordsmeier@uca.edu or (501) 450-5092
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UCA Theatre to host Katie Campbell for puppetry workshop series
CONWAY—Alpha Psi Omega, University of Central Arkansas’s honorary theatre society, will host Katie Campbell to present a public lecture, “What is Puppetry?” on Saturday, September 19.
The event, free and open to the public, will be held at the Bridges/Larson Theatre in the Snow Fine Arts Center at 6:00 p.m.
Campbell is a director, actor, playwright, puppeteer, and teaching artist. Her shadow puppet play, “The Ugly Duckling,” has revived a 2015 Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant and national attention.
“The opportunity to have Katie Campbell teach these workshops is exciting because it explores a different facet of theatre. This knowledge will expand and diversify our theatre skills, and I know it will inspire Alpha Psi Omega, theatre students, and all who attend,” states Jordyn Daniels, UCA Theatre senior and Alpha Psi Omega president.
Campbell will be offering a series of form building puppetry workshops where college students get to create shadow puppets, hand puppets, and Japanese puppets. Students are encouraged to create their own devised puppet pieces, which they will perform during a puppet slam later this semester.
This puppetry workshop series is funded in part by the UCA Student Government Association.
Tickets are not required. More information is available online at www.uca.edu/theatre/apo_events/ or by contacting Melissa Kordsmeier, UCA Theatre Business Manager and Alpha Psi Omega staff advisor at mkordsmeier@uca.edu or (501) 450-5092.
The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Communication, Mass Communication and Theatre, Music and Writing. The college’s primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit www.uca.edu/cfac or call (501) 450-3293.
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