Kid show masters Steve Petra and Barry Mitchell were so full of ideas, concepts, techniques and tools, they had to be shared. So they decided to empty their brains. The only container spacious, portable and sturdy enough was: A DUMPSTER! Well, really a dumpster-size toolbox.
Dumpo the Rat will be your guide to:
Finding Inspiration from Your Childhood
Creating Irresistible Narratives
Becoming Audience Aware
Including Participation Points for Kids
Getting to the Funny FAST
Power of the Preshow
Writing Techniques for Puppets
Creating and Marketing Theme shows
Facts to Fun and Twister
Using Object Puppets
Conceptual Elasticity
Puppet Manipulation Shorthand
Finding Your Show Foe
Dramatic Endings and Dangling Conclusions
Make Your Clients Want More of You
From openers to closers to everything in between.
All shoveled into our Dumpster Toolbox for YOU
Steve and Barry even include entire routines to demonstrate these principles!
AND if you buy the book directly from Barry and Steve - yes, it's also available on Amazon - you will receive the Dumpster Theater Pass, with a secret access code to unlock over TWO HOURS of video content featuring the BS Boys at work:
Watch:
Pizza with Issues
Power of the Preshow
The Red Bag of Danger
Lady MacBug Puppet Routine
Bigger Marshmallows
Baby Boomer
Humpty the Yokester
Eric the Sheep Live
Chicken Kazoo
Scaredy Shark
Bag-O-Mystery
Sam the Turtle Cushion Issues
Itchy Chicken Wiggle
Finale songs
And the WORST of Eric the Sheep.
Filled with photos and graphic shenanigans
One-on-one consulting, coaching, directing and instruction LIVE from the Petra Cave via phone, Skype or Zoom
Call Jeanie at 631-957-9646
"Thanks again for fitting in time for me! As before, that was extremely valuable, and gives me something to work with. Besides all the creativity and ideas, one thing that really helps is that you understand that my end goal is to create an actual routine, rather than just a series of ideas that aren't yet strung together. And so in both sessions so far, you've been super on top of making sure that I indeed walked away with a complete and workable routine that I can practice and put into a show. THANK YOU for being so great at that!". Tricky Tim
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Barry Mitchell:
"I just received a college degree in building a show. I didn't have to sit in a stuffy classroom or spend an entire semester. I spent 90 minutes watching Steve Petra's 'Let's Build A Show the Whole Show!' I should have paid a minimum of $1000 for this content but, thankfully, Steve made it affordable for the uneducated like me. 'Highly recommended,' is the world's greatest understatement."
Steve Wronker:
"Every magician, clown, puppeteer and ventriloquist should have this DVD in their library. Learning the pillars of putting together a great show, and knowing why to do what Steve teaches, is what makes this an incredible learning video."
Neale Bacon:
"Watched the new DVD today. I think it's your best yet!"
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Let's Get Visual
For Kidshow
and Family Entertainers
Performances in front of live audiences with studio segments explaining Steve's techniques
and puppet modifications.
Visual Routines
Combining Magic & Puppets
Using Your Other Hand
Visual Running Gags
Comedy Headgear
Steve's Performance Ingredients
+ Bonus Material
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Steve Petra The Lecture Video
New!
Ideas
Concepts
Methods
Techniques
Two Puppet Rope Tricks
Facts to FUN principle
Integrating Magic with Puppetry
Individualize Your Performance
Manipulation Shorthand
Destructive Anxiety
Linking the Audience to Your Performance
Additional Live Footage
And TONS more Ideas You WILL use!
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From The Petra Cave DVD
Steve teaches a selection of subjects to enhance your vision and puppetry performance
Topic specific instruction with examples from live footage help you apply each idea to your shows
For anyone from beginner to experienced
More than an hour of teaching:
Puppetry Power Tools
Arguing with Pastry
Becoming Your Own M.C.
Triangle of Power
Facts to Fun & Twister
Turning a Running Gag Into a Galloping Gag
(Portions of this material have appeared in Steve’s video column in the IVS Spotlight)
$25! No shipping to the US
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