Full Moon Slam Program

Full Moon Slam Program educates Lead Artists over 6 months as they create a puppet show, receiving: stipends, workshops, tools, feedback, tech support, and project management. Offered once a year, it produces 3 public performances featuring 7 Lead Artists, 80+ performers and 300+ audience members.

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Full Moon Slam Program 2025

2025 Lead Artists

  • Two performers, one in the foreground wearing a moon shaped hat and the other in the background wearing a star shaped hat

    Michael Grace and Lizz Windnagel

    Show Title: Planet of Star and Moon

    Description: Moon and Star try to decide what to do today. Will they eat Pizza? Will they call another planet? Who knows!

  • A portrait of a person with medium length brown hair with blonde highlights in a v-neck orange top

    Dominique Herskind

    Show Title: 1969

    Description: My show is about three real letters my grandma saved from a male suitor of hers. And these letters. Are. HORNY.

  • One person with glasses and a live long and prosper t-shirts holds another person in a red sweater on their shoulders

    Talia Smigielski

    Show Title: Portal-Trench: A Puppet Play

    Description: PORTAL-TRENCH: A PUPPET PLAY highlights one mother’s exploration of her ‘mothering-time’ as a durable, deep- pocketed and cosmically-connected coat.

  • A portrait of a person with short black hair with blond highlights wearing a blue top, colorful earrings, and a necklace that says Queer AF

    Kris Moua

    Show Title: Where Flowers Bloom

    Description: Devout Christian parents refuse to honor their child's chosen name. After falling into an illness-induced coma, a shaman is summoned to search for their child's soul. Will it be enough to heal her and bring her back?

  • A performer on stage wearing all black manipulates a marionette puppet that is wearing a floor length dress

    Sarah Frechette

    Show Title: Carnival Spirit

    Description: Welcome to the CARNIVAL SPIRIT hosted by the Zeit Geist a Spirit with the ability to freeze a moment or someone's essence in TIME. Does she keep them for her amusement or devour them? Only Time will tell who is really pulling the strings.

  • A selfie of a person with brown pigtail hair, clear glasses, smiling at the camera with a colorful puppet behind them

    Mary Jo Nikolai, Eva Cone Adderley, Josh Conway, Zarra, Willis Bowman, Kurt Hunter, Lelis Brito

    Show Title: Toilet Rat

    Description: Finding a live rat in the toilet turns from an urban nightmare to a viral event.

  • Liping Vong

    Show Title: White Diamond and the Mystery Varmint

    A last minute fill-in, Full Moon’s program coordinator extraordinaire Liping Vong steps in to perform a shadow puppet show inspired by their dog Eddie.

  • Heidi Tungseth

    Show Title: Where the Flowers Bloom & Insomnia Lullabies

    Description: As a last minute fill-in, Heidi is performing two short pieces. The first piece is about a flower bursting through in spring and the second is an ode to sleepless nights.

  • 3 musicians playing instruments including the accordion and clarinet

    Di Bayke Klezmer Band

    Musical performances between shows by @baykeband

Full Moon Slam Program 2024

2024 Lead Artists

Lead Artist Testimonials

“I learned an incredible amount in such a short timespan! This was my very first puppet show and I am proud of myself for being able to create four types of puppets for my show. ”

— Kris Moua (Slam Lead Artist)

“As an emerging puppet artist, this opportunity provided space for me to stretch my imagination, grow skills, have place to practice and play and gave me such pride when the performance finally came. Thank you Fullmoon!”

— Talia Smigielski (Slam Lead Artist)

“I learned a lot from the resourceful production team and my cohort. Full Moon is the perfect incubator for emerging puppeteers and artists who want to experiment with puppetry.” 

–A. Ostlund (Slam Lead Artist)

Full Moon Slam Program Info

    • 71% of Lead Artists continue their creative work in the puppet arts.

    • 38% of Lead Artists are creating their first puppet show.

    • More than half of Lead Artists (52%) are gaining first-time experience with technical rehearsals for their own shows.

    • 42% of Lead Artists identify as BIPOC

    • 28% of Lead Artists are ages 40+

    • 38% of Lead Artists identify as LGBTQ+

    • Nearly 30% (29.95%) of audience members are first-time attendees to the show.

    • 25% of audience members identify as BIPOC

    • 44% of audience members identify as LGBTQ+

    • 40% of audience members are ages 40+