One Way Street Regional Festivals

One Way Street Regional Festivals are puppetry festivals sponsored by the Denver-based puppet supplier, One Way Street, Inc. (OWS) These weekend conferences take place annually in many cities across the United States and feature workshops, performances, competitions, demonstrations, and resources for puppeteers, puppet teams, team leaders, Sunday school teachers, and others involved in Christian puppetry^{[citation needed]}. Puppet manipulation classes are stressed, but organizational and technical seminars are also offered for directors and technical staff^{[citation needed]}. At many festivals, other topics may be offered including ventriloquism, gospel illusion, children's ministry, ballooning, clowning, storytelling, music, and leadership^{[citation needed]}.

Staff

One Way Street employs several professional performers and speakers who travel regularly to Regional Festivals. Some of these in-house workshop leaders are:

• Dale VonSeggen - former President & CEO, currently OWS Transitional Advisor^{[citation needed]}
• Liz VonSeggen - Ventriloquist, Storyteller, Puppeteer, Writer, retired from One Way Street, Inc. October 2006^{[citation needed]}
• Todd Liebenow - Co-Owner, One Way Street, Inc., Puppeteer, Writer^{[citation needed]}
• KJ Schmidt - Puppeteer^{[citation needed]}
• Ryan Spittler - Puppeteer^{[citation needed]}

In addition to the speakers from the company, One Way Street brings many other staff members to Regional Festivals as teaching staff and featured performers^{[citation needed]}. The list of guest staff includes professional performers, experienced team directors, children's pastors, and others^{[citation needed]}.

Locations

One Way Street Regional Festivals are held in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia^{[citation needed]}.

Sources

• One Way Street Events Department
• Regional Festival Brochures

External links

• One Way Street Events (Festivals)