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Learn your puppetry first hand from the authority in the marketplace with the longest list of clients in the country. Avenue Q Puppet Camp clients include: Prince Moo Productions (Melbourne Australia), The Mercury Theater (Chicago, IL), The College of William and Mary, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Milton Academy (Milton, MA), Alief Kerr High School (Houston, TX), Los Angeles Valley College, Ti-Ahwaga Community Players (Owego, NY), University of Mary Washington, Calabasas High School (School Edition West Coast Premiere), Lone Star College - Montgomery (Conroe, TX), Menlo School (Atherton, CA), Slidell Little Theatre (Slidell, LA,) Tabb High School (Yorktown, VA), High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Houston, TX), Cohasset Dramatic Club (Cohasset, MA), Music Box Musicals (Houston, TX), Blessed Cardinal Newman High School (Toronto, ON CA), Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Cal Poly Pomona, a full director/choreographer credit at The Academy Theatre in Meadville, PA, Chadwick School, Los Altos, CA, Palisades Charter High School, Pacific Palisades, CA and award winning director/choreographer for Santa Monica Theater Guild/Morgan Wixson Theater. A complete client list is available upon request. Testimonial letters of recommendation are available by clicking the Testimonials link above.
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We have relationships and experience with several companies that offer show puppet rentals. We can help you obtain quality puppets for your production. Not all puppets are created equal. "Puppets are like people. What's important is on the inside."
The services listed below are available separately or in any combination. We will work with you to best serve the needs and budget of your production. Click the Contact Us tab above to request a quote.
The services listed below are available separately or in any combination. We will work with you to best serve the needs and budget of your production. Click the Contact Us tab above to request a quote.
1. Puppet Camp

Experienced & expert instruction for your cast with the truly unique style of Avenue Q puppetry. Avenue Q Puppet Camp's exclusive curriculum is crafted from experience dealing directly with the show's original creative team, members of the original cast as well as experience since then with the Henson Company.
Avenue Q Puppet Camp's exclusive curriculum is designed around the specific demands of Avenue Q. All the things we take for granted as living, breathing actors must now be made manifest in a performance that is channeled through your arm. Our most popular service is a 5 day course that covers arm rod manipulation and principles of live hand puppetry as they apply to the unique puppetry style of Avenue Q. We have our own set of professionally handmade training puppets. If your show puppets are available, it is preferred to teach your cast on what will be their tools in performance. Rehearsal space with mirrors required.
Each daily class is 3 hours and class size is limited to 10 students. Supplemental classes to accommodate an ensemble & one on one training sessions are available for an additional fee.
"Noonchester must be an excellent teacher, as all but one cast member had no experience with puppets, but once the show started all manipulated their characters with emotive expertise." South Shore Happenings.com February 22, 2013
Avenue Q Puppet Camp's exclusive curriculum is designed around the specific demands of Avenue Q. All the things we take for granted as living, breathing actors must now be made manifest in a performance that is channeled through your arm. Our most popular service is a 5 day course that covers arm rod manipulation and principles of live hand puppetry as they apply to the unique puppetry style of Avenue Q. We have our own set of professionally handmade training puppets. If your show puppets are available, it is preferred to teach your cast on what will be their tools in performance. Rehearsal space with mirrors required.
Each daily class is 3 hours and class size is limited to 10 students. Supplemental classes to accommodate an ensemble & one on one training sessions are available for an additional fee.
"Noonchester must be an excellent teacher, as all but one cast member had no experience with puppets, but once the show started all manipulated their characters with emotive expertise." South Shore Happenings.com February 22, 2013
2. Direction & Choreography

Trained by the original creative team to perform nearly every puppet role in the show, we are well equipped for staging & choreography. Director/Choreographer fees are competitive with the fees set forth by the “Stage Directors & Choreographer's Society.” SDCS fees are on a scale based on level of production.
"...Kevin Noonchester masterfully choreographed the puppets." - The Acorn March 29, 2012
"Avenue Q ranks 23rd on the list of longest running shows in Broadway history, and this production does the show proud." "director Kevin Noonchester... knows the show well" - Broadway World.com March 11, 2013
"...Kevin Noonchester masterfully choreographed the puppets." - The Acorn March 29, 2012
"Avenue Q ranks 23rd on the list of longest running shows in Broadway history, and this production does the show proud." "director Kevin Noonchester... knows the show well" - Broadway World.com March 11, 2013
3. Acting

A credible star sells tickets. Regional productions often seek out actors with either Broadway or tour credits. The original Broadway producers searched the finest talent in the country for over 2 years to find me and the rest of the cast for the first production of Avenue Q to leave New York, the Las Vegas company. Actor’s Equity Association offers many contract variations to suit different levels of professional venue. We will work with you and the Union to make it happen. As per Actor’s Equity Association rules, AEA professional actor salaries are billed weekly.
4. Set Blueprints

Scalable blueprints based upon intimate knowledge of the original set design are available to guide you as you build your own fully functional set! Give us the dimensions of your stage and we'll make it fit!
5. Puppet & Prop Rental

We now offer a set of six "Purpose" box puppets for rent. These boxes are 8 x 8 x 8 and feature a professionally handmade handle and a custom trigger mechanism for opening the mouth. They are built to perform like the original Broadway & Vegas puppets I worked with and are the perfect addition to your production of Avenue Q! If you're renting the MTI set of puppets, the box puppets that are so instantly associated with "Purpose" are not included with the puppets received from MTI and must be rented from another source. Even Avenue Q's original puppet builder, Rick Lyon does not make the boxes available with his rentals. We also offer a Monsterssori School banner that has been lovingly handcrafted to replicate the original Broadway prop's size, font and lettering. Shipping fees will apply and can either be billed straight to your shipping account or incorporated into the rental fees.
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Obtained directly from Anna Louizos and Avenue Q's post Broadway run at New World Stages. Bedding has been replaced twice since Avenue Q's Opening on Broadway in 2003 due to wear and tear; Sheets, coverlet and pillows custom-made for puppet sized bed.
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