[Workshop] Puppet Improv 101w Josh Cohen & Tamra Malaga (Josh & Tamra Show)

Sat Mar 28 2026 at 12:30 pm to 02:30 pm UTC-04:00

Sea Tea Improv Studios | Hartford

Hartford Improv Festival
Publisher/HostHartford Improv Festival
[Workshop] Puppet Improv 101w Josh Cohen & Tamra Malaga (Josh & Tamra Show)
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Do you love puppets? Do you love long-form improv? An Introduction to Puppet Manipulation, Character Development, & Long-Form Improvisation!
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Puppet Improvisation 101: An Introduction to Puppet Manipulation, Character Development, & Long-Form Improvisation

Do you love puppets? Do you love long-form improv? This workshop teaches puppetry manipulation, character development and long-form puppet performance improvisation.

• Learn the basics of hand and rod “Muppet style” puppetry

• Vocal characterization

• Improvisational scene work with your new puppet character.

Students will have a better understanding of how to become the character they are playing and will be able to apply these teachings to their work in the world of acting, improv, puppetry and beyond. The experimentation of puppetry can be used as a means to free the artist or performer and help create interesting characters.

You will have a blast and walk away with your very own practice puppet and a new found skill. Open to all.


Instructors:

Josh Cohen: Jim Henson, Muppet Trained Muppeteer, Actor, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater Improviser (NYC) 

Tamra Malaga: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (NYC) & William Esper (NYC) Trained Actress/Improviser


About the Instructors: For the past 26 years, Josh Cohen & Tamra Malaga, the pioneers of puppet improv, have been traveling in the U.S. at improv festivals, theaters and around the world teaching and performing The Josh and Tamra Show. (Media): https://linktr.ee/thejoshandtamrashow


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Sea Tea Improv Studios, 11 Asylum Street, Hartford, United States

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