Bee Skep Puppetry Program - Concord Community Music School

Puppetry links the visual, performing and musical arts together in a fun and exciting way.

The Bee Skep Puppetry Program – led by Jonathan Edward Cross, a/k/a “Jonny Clockworks” of Bee Skep Puppet Theatre – serves Concord and greater New Hampshire, through classes, camps, and workshops. Our classes aim to inspire and empower students to create original works. From conception, through construction and performance, our students learn to hone their skills and develop works using a range of creative craft and theatrical techniques. Most of the classes will culminate in a theatrical performance opportunity.

Puppet Play Date
Mondays, 9:30 – 10:30 AM
January 27 – May 12, 2025
Ages 5-10

Each week you will learn by building a unique paper puppet project, inspired by a new theme and story. A wonderfully fun way for burgeoning artists to develop their crafting skills! No experience necessary. Tuition includes all materials. Register Online.

Junior PuppetMasters Club
Mondays, 3:30-5:00 PM
January 27 – May 12, 2025
Ages 6-12

Join the club! This semester we’ll be building, rehearsing, and performing an original puppet theatre play, utilizing hand-puppets, blacklight puppetry, and marionettes! A wonderful opportunity for young visual and performing artists to explore this fascinating medium. No experience necessary. Tuition includes all materials. Register Online.

Puppetry Arts Workshop (For Adults & mature teens)
Mondays, 6:30-8:30 PM
January 27 – May 12, 2025

Explore the world of puppetry, and create and build your own puppets, and have the opportunity to develop your original work under the guidance of an award winning artist in the field.

No experience necessary. Tuition includes all materials. Register Online.

About The Bee Skep Puppet Theatre

The Bee Skep Puppet Theatre is a professional company that aims to tell tales that explore humanity’s interconnectedness, celebrate community, and illuminate our place in the natural world. It seeks to transform base materials into spiritual gold, as the bee transforms plant pollen into golden honey that feeds and sustains the hive, and the world.

About the Instructor

Jonathan Edward Cross, (a/k/a “Jonny ClockWorks”) returned to his native New Hampshire following a 33-year theatre career in NYC. His Cosmic Bicycle Theatre company and The ClockWorks Puppet Theatre were recipients of several Jim Henson Foundation Grants, and UNIMA-USA award for excellence in puppet theater, an Off-off Broadway Review Award, and a PIF Award overseas.