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Person who manipulates an inanimate object (a puppet) to create the illusion of life. A puppeteer can operate a puppet either by the use of strings, rods, wires or simply their own hands.

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• Clash, Kevin
• Coombs, Ernie
• Fator, Terry
• Henson, Jim
• Oz, Frank
• Spinney, Caroll

Resources in This Category

• Andy Hayward

  http://www.andyhayward.net/
  Puppeteer and puppet builder. Includes profile, news, credits, puppet design portfolio, video clips, and contact information.

• Arm of The Sea Theater

  http://www.armofthesea.org/
  Original, live performances in New York's Hudson Valley with visual theater that incorporates masks, puppets and live music.

• Artello

  http://www.empresas.mundo-r.com/artello/
  Puppet and theatre company from Vigo (Galicia, Spain) founded by Rosa Hurtado and Santiago Montenegro.

• Atlanta Puppet

  http://www.atlantapuppet.com/
  Professional puppet shows and workshops for schools, festivals, fairs, malls, and cruise ships. All styles of puppetry. Award winning Master Puppeteer Peter Hart.

• Barefoot Puppets

  http://www.barefootpuppets.com/
  Heidi Rugg's shows feature world folk-tales and far-away lands with scripts that aim to be imaginative and well-researched. Performance schedule, show descriptions and photographs.

• Blind Summit Theatre

  http://www.blindsummit.com/
  Information on plays, workshops, history, tour dates, and contact details.

• Blue Sky Puppet Theatre

  http://www.blueskypuppets.com/
  This professional touring company presents educational, fine art, and fun performances. Topics include: math education, peaceful conflict resolution, drug and alcohol prevention.

• Bryan, Lee aka That Puppet Guy

  http://www.puppetguy.com/
  Captivating audience while creating lasting memories through the magic of live puppetry performances.

• Carousel Puppets

  http://www.carouselpuppets.com/
  Puppet shows for all occasions. Large and colorful marionettes and hand puppets. Lively music and lots of audience participation.

• Crabgrass Puppet Theatre

  http://www.crabgrasspuppet.com/
  Offers information on history, current productions, booking, news, public performance dates and a photograph gallery. Based in Vermont.

• Curious Moon Puppet Theatre

  http://www.curiousmoon.com/
  Georgia-based puppet company that provides programs and workshops for all ages and venues.

• Dandelion Puppets

  http://www.dandelionpuppets.co.uk/
  British puppet shows, children's entertainment, wildlife shows. See and learn shows with an educational bias.

• Deputy Bob

  http://www.deputybob.com/
  Christian ventriloquist. Services, photographs and news.

• Don Becker

  http://mannartgallery.com/becker.html
  A well-made odd collection of original characters and miniature marionettes.

• Freshwater Pearls Puppetry

  http://www.freshwaterpearlspuppetry.com/
  Presents classic puppet theatre to schools, libraries, festivals, museums, historic sites and other venues.

• Friends Puppet

  http://www.friendspuppets.org/
  Offer character education puppet adventures in Vancouver, Washington. Children will learn and laugh as the Friends teach important Bible lessons.

• Gary Friedman Productions

  http://africanpuppet.blogspot.com.au/
  Showcases the work of a South African with over twenty years experience in puppetry-in-education and development, advertising promotions, television and live theatre production.

• Gasch Stories & Puppets

  http://www.gaschstories-puppets.com/
  Dianne Gasch is a professional puppeteer using hand and bigger than life size puppets. Bob Gasch is a professional storyteller. Both are available to schools, libraries and other organizations for workshops, inservices or performances.

• Great Arizona Puppet Theater

  http://www.azpuppets.org/
  Online reservations, show descriptions, and show times.

• Grey Seal Puppets

  http://www.greysealpuppets.com/
  A professional puppetry performance and design company which performs over 300 shows a year. Grey Seal also has many years experience in T.V. and video, as well as construction.

• International Purves Puppets

  http://www.purvespuppets.com/
  Scotland's only permanent puppet theatre. Information on puppet shows, workshops, children's parties, Christmas shows, teacher inservice and touring company.

• Jim Gamble Puppet Productions

  http://www.jimgamble.com/
  Extensive repertoire of original state-of-the-art productions, each with its own set of unique puppet characters.

• Kelly, Kevin

  http://www.kellymagic.com/
  Magic and puppet shows for adults, families, and children in the Chicago area. Biography, show descriptions and testimonials.

• Kurt Hunter Marionettes

  http://www.huntermarionettes.com/
  Minnesota-based puppeteers who perform in concert halls, schools and retirement homes, accompanied by music ranging from classical to lively dance tunes.

• Lambert Puppet Theatre

  http://www.lambertpuppettheatre.ie/
  The only purpose built puppet theatre in Ireland. The theatre operates throughout the year on Saturdays and Sundays, with performances at 3:30pm, and productions change monthly.

• Le Theatre de Marionette

  http://www.letheatredemarionette.com/
  Theater troupe offering young patrons professionally staged marionette performances. Based in Las Colinas, TX.

• Little Stage and Puppet Theater

  http://www.stagepuppet.8m.com/
  Located in Los Angeles area, it shows children's plays, based on folk fairy tales from around the world.

• Lone Wolf Tribe

  http://www.lonewolftribe.com/
  Kevin Augustine and his band of foam-rubber creations. Tour schedule provided.

• MaxImagination

  http://maximagination.tripod.com/MaxWeb/
  Max and his friends are professional puppets available to entertain and teach children in various age groups.

• Michael Ziegfield

  http://michaelpaulonline.com/
  Official site with a biography, reviews and production schedule of the performing artist/media puppeteer. Also includes The Ziegfeld Company Multi-Media Group.

• Mountain Marionettes

  http://mountainmarionettes.com/
  A full time, professional puppet company, specializing in fast-paced marionette variety shows that will charm children and adults alike.

• Nick Barone's Puppets

  http://www.puppetbuilder.com/
  Nick Barone Puppets provides puppet shows and professionally built puppets and puppet videos.

• Opera in Focus

  http://www.operainfocus.com/
  William B. Fosser's puppet production presents fully staged scenes from well known operas in performances. History, repertoire and reservations.

• Performance Art and Puppetry from EE

  http://encroach.net/
  EE is a performance art group that uses puppets, projections, live music and costumes to create unique entertainment experiences.

• PetraPuppets

  http://petrapuppets.com/
  Steven and Jeanie Petruzzella perform for schools, libraries and family audiences.

• Presto Puppet Theatre

  http://www.prestopuppets.co.uk/
  British touring puppet theatre presenting colourful children's productions using a variety of puppet styles. Bookers select from a repertoire for smaller theatres and school presentation.

• Punch and Brodie Puppet Productions

  http://punchandbrodie.com/
  Puppet characters are available for business conferences, corporate communications, theme events, company meetings, sales events, trade shows, industrial training videos and other presentations.

• Puppets to Go

  http://www.stanwiest.com/ny_puppets_to_go2.htm
  Serving New York, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut for children's parties.

• Puppetworks, Inc.

  http://www.puppetworks.org/
  Puppet theatre in New York City: in Brooklyn (all year round) and Manhattan (twice yearly 6-week runs) and various other locations - with emphasis on the wooden marionette.

• Rainbow Puppet Productions

  http://rainbowpuppets.com/
  Touring theatre creating programs celebrating family and nature.

• Ramdas Padhye

  http://www.vpuppets.com/
  Information about the Indian ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet builder; his various collections of puppets and shows performed by him.

• Rayz Roadshow

  http://www.puppets.co.nz/
  Edutainment in schools and churches. Teaching morals through comedy, ventriloquism, illusions, sound effects, stories, balloon animals.

• Red Herring Puppets

  http://www.redherringpuppets.com/
  Over 25 years experiences designing, building, and performing puppets for film, television, theatre, opera, schools, libraries, museums and special events.

• Rick Lyon

  http://www.lyonpuppets.com/
  Film and television puppeteer for television programs like Sesame Street and Bear in the Big Blue House and films like Men In Black. Rick also performs with his own troupe, The Lyon Puppets.

• Sicilian Puppet Theater of the Flli Pasqualino

  http://www.pupisiciliani.com/eng/index.html
  The traditional form of epic popular theater that developed in Sicily in the early 1800's, performed with the famous sicilian puppets, a unique kind of marionettes covered with knightly armor.

• Small World Puppets

  http://www.smallworldpuppets.com/
  Offers mobile puppet theater and workshops. Descriptions of shows including Puppet Palooza.

• Sol y Tierra

  http://www.solytierra.com/
  Theatre and video with puppets for children with positive messages; useful for Schools and Cultural Centres.

• Svanen

  http://www.svanen-dukketeater.dk/
  A Danish-Czech professional touring puppet-theater for children and childish grown-ups.

• Teatro en kofro

  http://www.dvk.sk/
  Introducing a puppet theatre that caters for both children and adults, presented by the famous solo-puppeteer, Thomas Plaszky , one of the leading puppeteers of Slovakia.

• The Drawbridge Puppet Theater

  http://www.drawbridgepuppets.com/
  Puppet and marionette performances, gifts and workshops.

• The Frisch Marionette Company

  http://www.frischmarionettes.com/
  A professional marionette puppet theater company and creators of high quality, one of a kind, professional, handcrafted, working marionettes.

• The Huber Marionettes

  http://www.hubermarionettes.com/
  Phillip Huber and David Alexander invite you to experience a world of sophisticated puppetry designed for entertaining discerning tastes.

• The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

  http://www.theoldtrouts.org/
  Based on a ranch in Southern Alberta, this workshop creates original avant-garde puppetry performances for adults and children alike.

• The Puppeteers' Company

  http://www.puppco.demon.co.uk/
  UK based company which tours internationally. Programmes are variously suited to cabaret audiences; festivals; t.v. and theatre; schools.

• The Robert Rogers Puppet Company

  http://www.robertrogerspuppets.com/
  This professional puppet troupe creates magical plays with original puppets for performances across the US and around the world.

• The Worldwide Friends of Punch and Judy

  http://www.punchandjudyworld.org/
  A group of people who love the show. Includes an overview of the organization, its mission, and membership details.

• Tiny Ninja Theater

  http://www.tinyninjatheater.com/
  Features descriptions of all shows, archives of reviews and press, company information, store, and production studio. Based in New York.

• Toytheatre

  http://www.bawden.freewebspace.com/
  The art of staging a performance in a small scale. The characters are in cardboard and on slides, the sceneries are changeable and the drama enfolds as the practionneers lend voices and movement to the stage held in a miniature theatre the size of a tv box

• Transformed Puppet

  http://www.transformedpuppet.com/
  Transformed puppet, aliencow puppet show, the shat, corpsy and other puppet videos.

• Wayne Martin Puppets

  http://www.waynemartinpuppets.com/
  Show and production information, along with a short video [Real Player format].

• Wonderworld Productions

  http://www.wonderworldproductions.com/
  Ric Morton provides family entertainment for fairs, festivals, birthday parties and other events, as well as educational programs for schools and libraries in southern California.

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