Puppeteers of America

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Seeking Puppeteers.org Bloggers

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Are you interested in writing about puppetry? Do you have a few hours to volunteer each month? Then apply to write for the PofA Blog! We are looking for puppeteers to cover particular interest areas, such as puppet history; film, TV, and web video; news from the puppetry centers, etc. Blog articles will appear on […]

Save the Date! The University of Connecticut will host the Puppeteers of America 2015 National Puppet Festival

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The Puppeteers of America Board of Trustees have officially approved the University of Connecticut as the site of the 2015 National Puppet Festival. The festival will take place August 9 – 16, 2015 in multiple venues across the Storrs, CT campus. Bart P. Roccoberton, Jr. will serve as festival director. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer for Sesame Street’s Big Bird, […]

Congratulations to the winners of the Puppet Festival (r)Evolution Awards!

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This year, for the first time, at the conclusion of the National Puppetry Festival, performers were presented with awards from a judges panel comprised of distinguished artists in puppetry. Best of the Festival (tie) ADA/AVA by Manual Cinema & Lunatic Cunning by James Godwin Best Performance (tie) Billy the Liar by Toybox Theater with Cripps […]

Relive the (r)Evolution on Facebook and Pathable!

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Just days ago over 500 puppeteers gathered in Swarthmore, PA to celebrate the art of puppetry at the National Puppetry Festival – Puppet Festival (r)Evolution.  Now that everyone has returned home it’s time to keep that to relive some of those amazing moments and keep the spirit and inspiration of the festival going. The Puppeteers […]