Happy Accident
Happy Accident, Vol. 1 (Portland, Oregon)
Belching forth from the glorified backwater village of Portland, OR, Happy Accident’s work explores the exponential pace of overwhelming absurdity in our world, bringing you face to face with the cuddly nightmare that is everyday life.
Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets
Animalia (Weaverville, North Carolina)
Hobey Ford is the winner of puppetry's highest honor, the UNIMA Citation of Excellence, and recipient of three Jim Henson Foundation grants. He is known for excellence in puppetry performance and craft.
Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust
About Ram (New Delhi, India)
The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust is focused on training the next generation of professional puppeteers in India, create a discourse around puppetry, and also build a network of puppeteers.
Maisie Goodnight
Three Told From a Passing Place (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Maisie Goodnight is a Philadelphia-based puppeteer making new folk tales for metamorphosis and the in-between, with their shadow play simmering together hand-cut paper, overhead projector, crankie theater, song, and cello.
Puppet Motion
Judy Saves the Day (Waltham, Massachusetts)
Sarah Nolen, Director of Puppet Motion, is a Boston-based puppeteer and filmmaker originally from Austin, Texas. Since 2017, she has developed puppet shows and taught puppetry workshops to all ages as the resident artist at Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, MA.
Shoestring Theater
PiP PiP Parade! (Portland, Maine)
Shoestring Theater has been at the heart of Portland’s art scene for over forty years, witnessing the gradual change in Portland's personality from a bird’s eye view atop stilts as they kicked off the Old Port Festival parades.
Sofie Krog Teater
The House (Ry, Denmark)
Sofie Krog Teater is one of the leading puppet theaters in Denmark, known for creating a unique comical universe with magic set designs that open up to their audiences' amazement & wonder.
Stop Puppeting Yourself Puppet Co.
TBA (Portland, Maine)
Stop Puppeting Yourself builds community experiences by combining puppet magic, retrograde tech, theatre of cruelty-style awareness, rough image, and defiance towards current popular media.
