You will arrive earlier in the day at Dufferin Grove Park to help set up the puppet pickup area and set out signage for the First Aid station and the C&P Info and T-shirt Sales tent. You might also help with the setup up of the Cemetery of Fears installation.

As volunteers begin to arrive to pick up their puppets, you can help the Puppet Masters (experienced Clay and Paper Theatre puppeteers/performers) retrieve puppets, masks, and costumes for Volunteer Puppeteers/Performers. You will assist the Volunteer Puppeteers to get in and out of the puppets. 

Event/production assistants who remain in the park during the procession may also assist in setting up the candles in the performance circle for the scenario.

Event/production assistants will also assist as Puppet Spotters. This means you will be paired with a puppeteer and stick close to them, making sure they steer clear of tree limbs and any other obstacles along their route

You will either help usher volunteers and audience members to fill out the circle around the performance area AND/OR assist C&P Production leads with the staging of the scenario (i.e. helping puppeteers find their entrances and exits). This will be reviewed and assigned the evening of the event.

Upon the scenario performance’s conclusion, you will help gather puppets and other props from volunteer performers and artists and drop them off at Puppet Central.