Puppet Motion

Waltham, Massachusetts

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Sarah Nolen, Director of Puppet Motion, is a Boston-based puppeteer and filmmaker originally from Austin, Texas. She became Puppet Showplace Theater's third-ever resident artist in September 2017.  As the Resident Artist, Sarah develops puppet shows and stays busy teaching puppetry workshops to all ages from Pre-K students to adults. Nolen consults on puppetry projects for theaters and cultural institutions, runs the theater's "Hatchery" program for new works development, and co-hosts a monthly “Gym Jam” for anyone interested in honing their TV puppetry skills.

Sarah earned her BFA in film from Southern Methodist University, and an MFA in Puppet Arts from the University of Connecticut. Known nationally for her versatile, witty, and innovative work across multiple puppetry styles, she has appeared in the National Puppet Slam, at the Puppets in Paradise Festival, and the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.

In addition to her work in puppetry, Sarah is an experienced filmmaker with credits that range from reality shows and commercial broadcast TV to Indie features and web ads. In 2015, she received the Mister Rogers Memorial Scholarship in support of her television pilot Treeples, a show geared towards empowering girls, which screened at film festivals across the U.S.