2019 Recipients
Dragoncillo Puppet Troupe/Rice University
Lilypad Puppet Theatre
The Custer Wolf
MattaMagical
2017 Recipients
Jon Levin (Sinking Ship Productions), A Hunger Artist
Margarita Blush, The Rule of the World
Marcie Berg, The Neighborhood of Make-Believe
Frank Maugeri, Death is Not the End
James Mooney-Bullock, Brothers of Invention
2015 Recipients
Bonnie Duncan, Lollipops for Breakfast, Jamaica Plain, MA
Z Puppets Rosenschnoz, Cellula, Minneapolis, MN
Matt Sandbank, Still Life, Austin, TX
Ilana Marks, Voyager Girl and the Spirit of Inquiry, Glendale, CA
Lindsay McCaw, Gross Bliss, Dubuque, IA
2013 Recipients
Vit Horejs, Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre, The Republic (My Dinner with Socrates) New York, NY
Sean Cawelti, Rogue Artists Ensemble, Fantasmagorico Mejico, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Recipients
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bethesda, MD
Photo: Scott Suchman
Two Stories that End in Suicide
Brooklyn, NY
Photo: Emily Friend Roberts
2009 Recipients
Adventures of Little Noodle by Jon Ludwig
Atlanta, GA
New York, NY
The Colour of Her Dreams
Decatur, GA
The Hobo Grunt Cycle
Brooklyn, NY
How to Grow a Pickle
Baltimore, MD
Hard Times
Toronto Ontario, CANADA
Photo Credit: Aviva Armour-Ostroff
Heidi Rugg, Barefoot Puppet Theatre, Little by Little – Richmond, VA
Larry Hunt, Masque Theatre, King Fear – Bethlehem, CT
Kathleen Conroy Mukwashi, Teddy Bear Tales – Milford, MA
Art Grueneberger, Puppet Art Theatre Co. Riley the Wily Rabbit Sacramento, CA
2007 Recipients
Alice in the Shadows-episode 2
Mission Hills, CA
Duke Ellington’s Cat
Atlanta, GA
The Frog Prince – Danville, CA
As I Lay Dying
Atlanta, GA
Big Dipper – Fairview, NC
Workshop
Glendale, CA
Fabrik
Long Island City, NY
(formerly: Circus Minimus Puppetry)
The Puggles, a Platypus Adventure
Minneapolis, MN
Seabat Studios – Fayetteville, AR
2005 Recipients
Ala Dean and the Marvelous Lamp
Minneapolis, MN
Anne Frank Within and Without
Atlanta, GA
Bride
Brooklyn, NY
Basura
Baltimore, MD
The Vertigo of Sheep
WA
Photo: Bruce Silcox
2003 Recipients
This Land
Seattle, WA – $500
West of Snow, a Story of the Donner Party
San Diego, CA – $1,000
The Brementown Musicians
West Brattleboro, VT – $850
Octaclaus
part of Erik Ehn’s Mary Shelley’s Santa Claus
Los Angeles, CA – $500
Quick Silver
Minneapolis, MN – $500
Photo: Jeff Austin
Connie Galeener, 24 Hours Old – Cave Creek, AZ – $500
Pamella O’Connor, Pamella O’Connor Puppets, The Anatomy of Melancholy – Asheville, NC – $850
Douglas Paasch, Infinite Noir – Seattle, WA – $500
2001 Recipients
Workshop
Bloomsbury, NJ – $400
The Painter
Storrs, CT – $600
Alice in the Underground
Mission Hills, CA – $600
Galapagos George
Richmond, VA – $1,000
Burning House, Opera
Seattle, WA – $1,000
Facets –
South Windham, CT – $600
Nosferatu
Glastonbury, CT – $600
Kalimanku (Formerly Ptchka)
Somerville, MA – $1,000
Photo: Luna Theatre
Nancy Bloom, Parade – Baltimore, MD – $800
Nilda L. Garces, Eastern European Folk Tale – Bronx, NY – $600
Samuel K. Hale, Insomnia Dentata – Hayward, CA – $500
Paul Mesner, Paul Mesner Puppets, Stinky Cheese Man – Kansas City, MO – $500
1999 Recipients
Don Quixote
Atlanta, GA – $450
Song of Sixpence Humorous Cantata (1914)
Brooklyn, NY – $600
Succubus (film)
Chicago, IL – $450
A Small m
Chicago, IL – $700
Some Puppet to Watch Over Me (video)
Milwaukee, WI – $450
Lisa Sturz, Red Herring Puppets, Still Life, Fairview, NC – $600
1997 Recipients
Alice in the Shadows
Aleta, CA – $525
Mrs. Twig and the Stupid Machines
Seattle, WA – $525
Mike Artelle, Elephant Productions, Fuzzy Fables, Ottawa, Canada – $525
Preston Foerder, Interesting Times, Jersey City, NJ – $525
Joannie Levrone, Glass Heart Puppet Theatre, Canterbury Tales, Alexandria, VA – $525
Moe Pomerantz, Puppetranz!, Wings & Walls by Laura Gans – story boarding, Mansfield Center, CT – $525
Robert Bresnick, Puppetsweat, Poe Shadow Play Project, New Haven, CT – $525
1995 Recipients
Space
Atlanta, GA
Tell Tale Heart
Milwaukee, WI
Bernd Ogrodnik, Alchemilla, for a microphone, Spencer, NY
Michael Baroto, The Art of Polyeurethane, Tuckerton, NJ
Kim Snider, Heard Instinct, Harpoun and the Sea of Stories, New Brunswick, Canada
Rosemary Tyrell & Mark Robertson, Icarus, The Crane Daughter, San Diego, CA
Sophie Parker, Next Stage, Son Corazon Heart Strung, Jamaica Plain, MA
Chris Burnley, Puppeteria, The Fabulous Life of Alice Maple, New York, NY
1993 Recipients
Begin giving grants every other year
Rumplestilskin
Vancouver, WA
Demeter & Persephone
San Diego, CA
Preston Foerder, The Toy Box, NJ
Rebecca McNulty, The Vanishing Point, CT
Lisa Sturz, Puppets Artista Collaborative, Icons Revisited, Los Angeles, CA
Nathan Scott, Wayang Kanchil, Indonesian Trickster Tales, Seattle, WA
Kim Snider, The Great Cow Show, New Brunswick, Canada
1992 Recipients
Nevermore, The Last Days of E.A. Poe
Charlotte, NC – $350
Greg Carter, Heart of the Beast, This Land, Minneapolis, MN – $800
Kevin Hedgepeth, The Tower, Phoenix, AZ – $500
Rosemary Tyrell, Icarus & Co., The Perfect Gift, San Diego, CA – $500
James Huston, Temple Knights Productions, The Little Master, Toronto, Canada – $800
Rod Young, Tango Slaves, New York, NY – $350
1991 Recipients
video
Conshohocken, PA – $1,000
Photo: Matt Cashore
The Reluctant Dragon
Harpton, CT – $1,000
Faust in NY (film)
New York, NY – $300
Scott Swenson, Chi town Puppet Theatre, Ecology Show, Chicao, IL – $200
Peter Allen, Parasol Puppets, The Goodalls at the Opera, Hawaii – $500
Paul Mesner, Paul Mesner Puppets, The True hree Little Pigs, Kansas City, MO – $200
Joan Mickelson, World Tree, Wings, Minneapolis, MN – $1,000
1990 Recipients
Gen’s Positive Puppet Program
San Diego, CA – $150
Montana’s Puppet Lady: Blanche Harding (film)
Kalispell, MT – $200
David (robotic & bunraku controls)
Tampa, FL – $1,000
Penny Dreadful
Seattle, WA – $1,000
Raymond & The Whales
Portland, OR – $400
Really Really Terrible Very Old Stories
Strafford, NH – $800
The Bookaneers
Abington, PA – $400
Sandy Spieler, Suitcase Puppet Theatre, Minneapolis, MN – $150
Janet Bradley, Tears of Joy Puppet Theater, Aladdin & His Magic Lamp, Vancouver, WA – $150
Debra Wise, Underground Railway, Rediscovering America, Arlington, MA – $150
1989 Recipients
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Frog
Seattle, WA – $1,000
Jean Mattson, Seattle Puppetory Theatre, Tales of Old Seattle, Seattle, WA – $1,000
Sue Ackley, Starbird, The Enchanted Doll – A Russian Cinderella, Tamworth, NH – $500
1988 Recipients
Q’welti – Tales of the Makah
Seattle, WA – $500
Abraham Lincoln from New Salem to Springfield
Springfield, IL – $200
Robert Smythe, Mum Puppettheatre, Icarus, Philadelphia, PA – $500
David Wheeler, Grand Opera Contemporary, New Orleans, LA – $500
Marge Williams, Space Camp, San Franciso, CA – $500
1987 Recipients
Orpheus Descending
CA – $750
Nancy Laverick, House of Nanimal, Sleeping Beauty, MA – $750
Bart Roccoberton, Institute of Professional Puppetry Arts, Margo Rose – Snow White Revival, Waterford, CT – $300
Mike Schuster, Stories My Father Told Me – $250
1986 – incomplete information
1985 Recipients
Anerca
Portland, ME
Photo: Christopher Dierdorff
Peppi and the Pop-Up Dragon
New York, NY
Robert Rogers, Puppets Unlimited, Wilton, CT
Sipple School, Davison, MI
Sue Ackley Starbird, S Tamworth, NH
1984 Recipients
Anerca
Portland, ME
Photo: Katie Fagan
The Yoo Whoo Safety Crew
UT
Eros and Psyche
Los Angeles, CA
Photo: Mel Helstien
Nancy Henk, Atlantis Expedition, Detroit, MI
Cedric Flowers, Bennington Marionettes, Bennington, VT
Diane Mortier, Bristol, VT
Sandra Piechocki, Out of Hand, Belfast, ME
Virginia Conover, Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1983 – incomplete information
Barbara Pollitt, NY
1982 Recipients
Autumn Portraits
New York, NY – $500
Janie Geiser, Atlanta, GA – $500
Stephen Kaplin, Brooklyn, NY – $500
Ralph Lee, New York, NY – $500
Joan Mickelson, Minneapolis, MN – $500
Stephen Stoia, Amherst, MA – $500
1981 Recipients
Firebird
Boston, MA – $800
Stephen Carter, Carter Family Marionettes, Miro Show, Seattle, WA – $600
Betty Polus Hart, Picaro, San Francisco, CA – $400
Sandy Spieler, In the Heart of the Beast, Oh River, Minneapolis, MN – $500
Christine Crane & Alan Krulick, Starry Night Puppet Theatre, The Griffin & the Minor Canon, Vestal, NY – $500
Fund began in 1976, first grants awarded 1981.
Thanks to the selection committee and the committee chairs, from 1976-present: Allelu Kurten, Doris McBride, Steve Schutt, Judy Pankratz, Bev London, David Smith, Nick Coppola, Len Gerwick, Margo Rose, Jim Henson, Nancy Staub, Doris McBride, Jane Henson, Johan Vandergun, Nancy Frazier, Lettie Schubert, Nancy A. Cole