‘You Can Be Anything’: Myra Su’s Puppet Worlds
Using crankies and shadow puppets, among other forms, the Chicago artist distills her experiences into live visual story events.
All Stories About puppetry
Know a Theatre: Mesner Puppet Theater of Kansas City, Mo.
With a season of original and adapted puppet shows for young audiences (and occasionally adults), Mesner makes theatre that is deeply felt, among other materials.
Have Puppets, Can’t Travel: Egyptians Stage Online Puppet Festival
The online festival featured performances from around the world, but shone a particular light on puppetry’s local roots.
Editor’s Note: The Puppet Moment
There’s no great mystery why they’re so popular, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a mystique, and plenty of mystery worth exploring, about puppets.
Bread and Puppet Theater’s Half-Century Parade of Joy, Anger, Anarchy, and Purpose
An actor toils and performs on Bread and Puppet Theater’s Vermont farm on the eve of the company’s 50th anniversary .
Holiday for Strings
Marionette master Ronnie Burkett makes puppetry a head-spinning experience—for adults only.
