Puppetry
The Little Prince
It has been the pleasure of a lifetime to direct and design The Little Prince. This has been a true culmination of nearly everything I have learned about puppetry and theatre. The little Prince opens June 6th, 2026!
The H Twins
I had an amazing opportunity to work with Pinky Swear Productions on this new work performed at Spooky Action Theatre. It gave me the opportunity to dive into the beautiful art of overhead projector shadow puppetry. This project allowed me to play with the tone of my puppet designs, balancing whimsical in one moment to deeply disturbing the next.
Peer Gynt
This is a short shadow puppet show I created inspired by and set to the music of Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King. For this project I created a full storyboard, designed 20+ unique shadow puppets, and animated a projection background. I learned many new skills while working on this and also discovered 100 ways to not make a shadow puppet show.
Straw Girl (Monster)
A long time artistic partner asked me to design and build a monster puppet for a new short play called Straw Girl. This was the first large puppet I've created. It was a blast collaborating with director Michael Beverley on bringing this piece to "life". Though it is a towering, looming figure, it is actually very light. It consists mainly of a wooden dowel internal frame, chicken wire skeleton, and layers of scrap fabric.
Puppet Performance
For most of my life, marionettes seemed so intimidating. So many strings! What if they get tangled?! Since coming to the Puppet Co., I have a few hundred hours working with marionettes under my belt and I absolutely love it. Not to mention I have gotten very, VERY good at untangling puppets.
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