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We are Tanya Crowley and Yumi Ozaki, program directors and performers for the northern California puppetry troupe, Quack and Wabbit Puppet Theatre. Occupational therapists by trade, we cofounded Quack & Wabbit Puppet Theatre because of our love of puppetry and because we discovered the effectiveness of puppetry in therapy sessions. By using puppetry to teach, children learned the skills being taught more quickly while having fun. We use our professional quality, handmade puppets to teach children positive messages and life skills. Our humorous, musical, poignant and tender-hearted stories yield emotional responses in children, enhancing their learning experience.
We have attended puppetry writing workshops, and have had the honor of being chosen to work with Jerry Juhl, the writer of the Muppet Movies. Attending national and regional puppetry conferences, we learned puppet creation and manipulation and theater production. We have a wide array of teaching experience, having taught puppet making and manipulation, script writing, and theater production over the course of ten years, at local and regional puppetry conferences and at FirePALS (Fire Prevention And Life Safety) conferences.
We present puppetry workshops for children and teachers throughout northern California, along with Teaching Tolerance Workshops for teachers and school personnel. Quack and Wabbit Puppet Theatre has been creating and touring in original entertaining and educational puppet shows for the past 18 years. We have toured our programs throughout Humboldt County, Del Norte County, and the San Francisco Bay area.
Our puppet theater performances include both original musical versions of classic children's stories and educational programs which teach valuable life skills. In the past, we have partnered with Fire Pals, a nationally recognized fire and child safety organization to teach traffic safety, bike safety, earthquake safety, and water and fire safety. We have worked with Humboldt Del Norte Dental Society to create a program that teaches children about oral health. In collaboration with Ink People, Garfield and Freshwater School Districts, McLean Foundation, and JAMS Foundation, we have created two bullying prevention puppetry programs that teach tolerance and compassionate communication.
This performance is a musical, humorous and tender-hearted puppet show about a frog who is enrolled in a school with human children. Through the magic of puppetry, children learn about accepting differences in others and ways to deal with bullying, anger management and conflict resolution.
"Ted the Wolf and the Three Pigs" is a heartfelt story about a very likeable but socially isolated fellow named Ted. He moves to "Swineville" and faces the challenges of being bullied by three pigs. This rock and roll musical program dispels the prejudice and the myths about wolves being "big and bad" and brings awareness and understanding to individual perspectives in a conflict. The pigs and the wolf magically experience what it is like to literally "walk in each other's shoes."
This is an inspirational and musical show based on the book by Marcia Brown. This performance is a sweet story which teaches children about the importance of caring and sharing and the magical gift of giving.
This show is a musical story about cooperation and friendship based on the book by John Burningham. Children have the opportunity to create the characters and perform. The performance is enlightening, playful, and full of surprises.
This fun musical program is a magical tale about a visit from the tooth fairy. It is designed to teach children proper dental care and the importance of proper nutrition. Beautiful giant puppets are used to convey these messages.
The B.A.R.K. program (Be Aware Responsible and Kind) is an interactive humorous production. It shows children how to be safe around dogs and teaches proper pet care. The creation of this program was sponsored by the McClean Foundation and The Companion Animal Foundation.
Creating a caring compassionate climate in your classroom. Solutions to the problems of bullying behaviors in the school.
Join Puppeteers Yumi & Tanya for a fun time filled with movement, music and laughter. Learn the art of creating and developing your own puppets and puppet theatre performance.
Cardboard Mouth
Mouth Instructions
Bird Puppet
Bird Instructions
Cat Puppet
Cat Instructions
Dog Puppet
Dog Instructions
Frog Puppet
Frog Instructions
Thank You Worksheet
When you donate to Quack and Wabbit Puppet Theatre you are giving to children in the Humboldt county and Northern California Area. We perform for thousands of children and families in schools, libraries and community events. We venture near and far, going where no live puppet theatre has gone before. Your funding helps make a difference in the lives of children by supporting programs that empower children and teach valuable life skills, improving their safety, health, and well-being through the magical art of puppetry.