My dad was the first person to introduce me to shadow puppets. When my sister and I were tiny kids, he would tuck us into bed, turn off the lights and then cast an image of a dog against the wall.

The shadow-puppet fairies in WSC Avant Bard’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” are a striking lot. Oberon is a muscular figure with an angry thicket of hair. Titania’s attendant Cobweb ...

Shadows. They’re ghoulish entities that come and goes with the whims of the sun. But shadow puppets are what happens when Man harnesses the sun, or artificial light, and creates life of his own.

A SHADOW. PERFECT. AND THAT’S A GREAT SEGUE BECAUSE WE’RE WORKING WITH SHADOW PUPPETS TODAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. SO SHADOW PUPPETS ARE AN ANCIENT FORM OF STORYTELLING, PUPPETRY THAT HAS BEEN DONE ...

Mya shows your how to make some neat shadow puppets, and tells the story of the dinosaurs in her own low-lit play. If you'd rather use your hands instead of materials, check out this link from PBS ...