Puppeteers of America

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Celebrating and Remembering Puppeteers Born in January – Part 2

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Part 2 of a list of puppeteers, all born in January.  A special thank you to Steve Abrams for putting this blog post together. Ernie Kovacs (Jan 23, 1919-Jan 13, 1962). Wildly innovative, out of the box , comedy genius of early TV. He sometimes used puppets. Lenny Suib was his puppetry mentor. You can […]

Celebrating and Remembering Puppeteers Born in January – Part 1

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Part 1 of a list of puppeteers, all born in January.  A special thank you to Steve Abrams for putting this blog post together.  Part 2 will be posted in a couple days! Margo Rose (Jan 31, 1903- Sept 13, 1997) At the end of January the Connecticut Guild of Puppetry has an event to […]

In Memory of Bob Baker

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Bob Baker’s magnificent contributions to the art of puppetry earned the Puppeteers of America, President’s Award in 1987. He was a member for more than 60 years. His first of many festival performances was in 1957. Nancy Staub wrote, “Bob was an amazing, sweet man, not just a creative, outstanding puppeteer. He and his partner Alton […]

In Memory of Diane Houk, Puppetry Arts Institute

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Diane Houk (1932-2014) was a generous, kind and gracious host to any puppeteers who visited the Kansas City area. In 2000 she founded the Puppetry Arts Institute, Independence Missouri. Diane created the Institute to preserve the legacy of Hazelle Rollins (1910-1984) of Kansas City MO, who established a very successful company that manufactured marionettes. The institute includes […]