{"id":2595,"date":"2012-10-03T01:42:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T01:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/puppeteers\/?page_id=2595"},"modified":"2020-05-27T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:48:16","slug":"regions-and-guilds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/who-we-are\/regions-and-guilds\/","title":{"rendered":"Regions and Guilds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST<\/a> | PACIFIC SOUTHWEST<\/a> | GREAT PLAINS<\/a> | SOUTHWEST<\/a> | GREAT LAKES<\/a> | SOUTHEAST<\/a> | NORTHEAST<\/a> | MID-ATLANTIC<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Puppeteers of America encourages local puppet groups known as “guilds.” The guilds are independently run with no financial or administrative connection to Puppeteers of America.\u0003<\/p>\n

Puppet Guilds are communities of people with a common love and interest in the Art of Puppetry. The Guilds provide opportunities for puppet professionals, enthusiasts and those new to puppetry to meet regularly, enjoy performances, and learn puppet technique.<\/p>\n

You can belong to PofA without belonging to a guild, and you can belong to a guild without belonging to PofA. If you are interested in forming a new guild, or have questions about guilds, please review the\u00a0Guidelines for Guilds<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a complete list of guild contact information, contact the PofA office.<\/p>\n

PACIFIC NORTHWEST<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: \u00a0Alaska, Alberta British Columbia (Canada),\u00a0Idaho, Montana,\u00a0Oregon,\u00a0Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nAnnett Mateo<\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER<\/strong>
\nJean Enticknap<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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British Columbia<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppetry Guild of Victoria (inactive)<\/strong><\/div>\n
President: Dawn Schell<\/div>\n
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Montana<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Montana Puppet Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1985<\/div>\n
President: Sherry Johns<\/p>\n

Editor & Webmaster: Sylvie Wood<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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Oregon<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppetry Guild of Portland<\/a>\u00a0 (formerly\u00a0Columbia Association of Puppeteers)<\/strong>
\nChartered 1980\u00a0(pursuing reactivation, target reactivation Oct. 2019)<\/i><\/div>\n
President: Mary Nagler<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppetry Guild of Portland Gazette<\/em>
\nEditor & Webmaster: Valerie Scott<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Willamette Valley Puppeteers<\/a><\/strong>
\nChartered 2009<\/div>\n
President: Doris Hicks<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Newsletter<\/em>
\nEditor: Doris Hicks<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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Washington<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppeteers of Puget Sound<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1981<\/div>\n
President: Dustin Curtis<\/p>\n

Membership Director: Jean Enticknap<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppet Intelligencer<\/em>
\nWebmaster: Zane Exactly<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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PACIFIC SOUTHWEST<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: \u00a0Arizona,\u00a0<\/strong>California, Guam, Hawaii,\u00a0<\/strong>Nevada, Utah, Wyoming<\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR
\n<\/strong>Christine Papalexis<\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER
\n<\/strong>-Position Open-<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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Arizona<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Phoenix Guild of Puppetry<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1959, Chartered 1962<\/div>\n
President: Connie Galeener<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Punchline<\/em>
\nEditor: Position Open<\/p>\n

Guild Webmaster: Kevin Hedgpeth<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

California<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Central Coast Puppetry Guild (inactive)<\/strong>
\nChartered 1972<\/div>\n
Contact: Judy Sims
\nSanta Barbara, CA<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1956, Chartered 1957<\/div>\n
President: Adrian Rose Leonard<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppet Life<\/em>
\nEditor: Tara Nitz<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Orange County Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1961 & 1978<\/div>\n
President:\u00a0Lorene Gilleland<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Strings \u2018n\u2019 Things<\/em>
\nEditor: Lois Harmeyer<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1954, Chartered 1960<\/div>\n
President: Glynn Bartlett<\/p>\n

Newsletter: SFBAPG<\/em>
\nEditor:\u00a0Michael Nelson<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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Hawaii<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Hawaii Puppetry Guild<\/strong>
\nChartered 1978<\/div>\n
Contact: RoxAnne Lawson<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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Utah<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppetry Arts Guild of Utah<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
Contact: Susan Neidert<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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GREAT PLAINS<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: Colorado,\u00a0Iowa,\u00a0<\/strong>Kansas,\u00a0Minnesota,\u00a0Missouri,\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Nebraska,\u00a0<\/strong>North Dakota, Saskatchewan \u2013 Manitoba (Canada),\u00a0<\/strong>South Dakota<\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nStan Gulick<\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER<\/strong>
\nWayne Krefting<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
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Colorado<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Mile High Puppet Guild<\/strong>
\nChartered 1968<\/div>\n
Contact: M\u2019El Reum<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Iowa-Nebraska<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Prairie Guild of Puppetry (inactive)<\/strong>
\nChartered 1979<\/div>\n
Contact: Marie Thompson<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Minnesota<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Twin Cities Puppeteers<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1940, Chartered 1962<\/div>\n
President: Benjamin Peterson<\/p>\n

Newsletter: TC Puppet Monitor<\/em>
\nEditor: Paul Eide<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Paul Eide<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Missouri<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppet Guild of Greater Kansas City (inactive)<\/strong>
\nChartered 1983<\/div>\n
Contact: Coyote Schaaf<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
Puppet Guild of Greater Saint Louis<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1939, Chartered 1963<\/div>\n
President: Daniel Romano<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppet Guild of Greater St. Louis<\/em>
\nEditor: Tom Bonham<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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 <\/p>\n

SOUTHWEST<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: \u00a0Arkansas, Louisiana,\u00a0<\/strong>New Mexico, Oklahoma,\u00a0<\/strong>Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nJoanne Schroeder<\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER<\/strong>
\nJean Kuecher<\/p>\n

REGIONAL\u00a0Webmaster<\/strong>
\nBrian Berlin<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Texas<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Greater Houston Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1956-1979<\/div>\n
President:\u00a0Joanne Schroeder<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppet News<\/em>
\nEditor: Jean Pirtle<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Lone Star Puppet Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1972<\/div>\n
President: Patricia Curry<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Lone Star Reporter<\/em>
\nEditor: Patricia Curry<\/p>\n

Guild Webmaster: Patricia Curry<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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 <\/p>\n

GREAT LAKES<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: \u00a0Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,\u00a0<\/strong>Michigan, Ohio,\u00a0West Virginia,\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Western Ontario (Canada),\u00a0Western Pennsylvania,\u00a0Wisconsin<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nRick Morse<\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER<\/strong>
\nDavid Herzog<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Illinois<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Central Illinois Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1989<\/div>\n
President:\u00a0Anne Newman<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppetoptics<\/em>
\nEditor: Ginger Lozar<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Chicagoland Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1938, Chartered 1961<\/div>\n
President: Connor Asher<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Puppet Patter<\/em>
\nEditor: Mel Biske<\/p>\n

Guild Webmaster: Jeff Biske<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Indiana<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Indiana Puppetry Guild<\/strong>
\nChartered 1982<\/div>\n
President: Terri Klingelhoefer<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Indiana Puppetry Guild Newsletter<\/em>
\nEditor: Guy Thompson<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Michigan<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Detroit Puppeteers Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1946, Chartered 1963<\/div>\n
Vice President: Diane Boatman<\/p>\n

Newsletter: DPG Newsletter<\/em>
\nEditor: Nancy Henk<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Brad Lowe<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
West Michigan Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
President: Joe Emory<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Ohio<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Cincinnati Area Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1973<\/div>\n
President:\u00a0Terrence Burke<\/p>\n

Newsletter: C.A.P.G. Puppetgram<\/em>
\nEditor:\u00a0Position Open<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Columbus Puppetry Guild, Inc.<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1940 & 1976<\/div>\n
President: Michael Siculan<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Columbus Puppetry Log<\/em>
\nEditor: Janice McDonald<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Janice McDonald<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Puppetry Guild of Northeastern Ohio<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1975<\/div>\n
President: Vincent J. Polowy<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Swazzle<\/em>
\nEditor: Nancy Sander<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Vincent J. Polowy<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppetry Guild of Pittsburgh<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n
President: Darlene Fedele Thompson<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Wisconsin<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Wisconsin Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1983<\/div>\n
President: Brandon Kirkham<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppetcetera<\/em>
\nEditor: Sandye Voight<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

SOUTHEAST<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: \u00a0Alabama,\u00a0Florida,\u00a0<\/strong>Georgia,\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Mississippi, North Carolina,\u00a0Puerto Rico,\u00a0<\/strong>South Carolina,\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Tennessee<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit the Southeast Region website: puppeteers.org\/southeast\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR<\/strong><\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER<\/strong>
\nJody Wren<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Florida<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Central Florida Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1988<\/div>\n
President:\u00a0April Tennyson<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Central Florida Puppet Guild Journal<\/em>
\nEditor: Hannah Miller<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Florida Suncoast Puppet Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1976<\/div>\n
Contact: Jody Wren<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Suncoast Puppet Platform<\/em>
\nEditor: Robert Anthony and Priscilla Lakus<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Gold Coast Puppet Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1982<\/div>\n
President: Alan Gibson<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Puppet Post<\/em>
\nEditor: Sherry Reardon<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Puppet Guild of South Florida<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1965<\/div>\n
President: David Goboff<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppet-Gram<\/em>
\nEditor: Position Open<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Georgia<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Atlanta Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1974<\/div>\n
President:\u00a0Heidi Carpenter<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Atlanta Puppet Press<\/em>
\nEditor: Charles Pillsbury<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Kevin Pittman<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Savannah Coastal Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1979<\/div>\n
President:\u00a0Kathy Bolch<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Gluppet Gazette<\/em>
\nEditor: Kathy Bolch<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Mississippi<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Mississippi Puppet Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1985<\/div>\n
Contact: Peter Zapletal<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

North and South Carolina<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppetry Guild of the Carolinas (inactive)<\/strong>
\nChartered 1976<\/div>\n
Contact: Mac McCord<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Carolina Connection<\/em>
\nEditor: Mac and Judy McCord<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
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 <\/p>\n

NORTHEAST<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: \u00a0 Connecticut,\u00a0Eastern Canada,\u00a0<\/strong>Maine,\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Massachusetts,\u00a0<\/strong>New Hampshire,\u00a0Rhode Island,\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Upstate NY (does not include NYC), Vermont, <\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nSharon\u00a0Murphy Boski<\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER
\n<\/strong>Anna Vargas
\n<\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Connecticut<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Connecticut Guild of Puppetry<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1975<\/div>\n
President: Matt Leonard<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Nutmeg Puppet News<\/em>
\nEditor: Fred Thompson<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Christopher Grande<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

Massachusetts<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Boston Area Guild of Puppetry<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1961<\/div>\n
President: John Lechner<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Control Stick<\/em>
\nEditor: John Lechner<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Alison Plante<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

New York<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppetry Guild of Upstate New York<\/a><\/strong>
\nChartered 1981<\/div>\n
President: Nancy Hardy<\/p>\n

Newsletter: Puppetry Guild of Upstate NY<\/em>
\nEditor: Jassa Maran-kaiel<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

 <\/p>\n

MID-ATLANTIC<\/h1>\n

States\/Provinces: \u00a0Delaware,\u00a0<\/strong>Eastern Pennsylvania,\u00a0Maryland,\u00a0<\/strong>New Jersey,\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>New York City & Long Island, Virginia,\u00a0Washington DC<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

REGIONAL DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nJeff Bragg<\/div>\n
REGIONAL TREASURER<\/strong>
\n-Position Open-<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Maryland-D.C.-Virginia<\/strong><\/h2>\n
National Capital Puppetry Guild, Inc.<\/strong><\/a>
\nChartered 1964<\/div>\n
President: Jeff Bragg<\/p>\n

Newsletter: D.C. Puppetimes<\/em>
\nEditor: Jeff Bragg<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Eric Brooks<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Southeastern Virginia Puppetry Guild\u00a0(inactive)<\/strong>
\n(formerly the Puppet Arts Center of Virginia)
\nChartered 2006<\/div>\n
Contact: Matthew Bernier<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

New Jersey<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Garden State Puppetry Guild<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chartered 1972 & 2002<\/div>\n
President: Diane Koszarski<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The Phoenix<\/em>
\nEditor: Steven Hollow<\/p>\n

Webmaster: Steven Hollow<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n

New York<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Puppetry Guild of Greater New York, Inc.<\/strong><\/a>
\nFounded 1962, Chartered 1966<\/div>\n
President: Joshua Holden<\/p>\n

Newsletter: PuppetMaster<\/em>
\nEditor: Peter Lewis<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
Puppetry Guild of Long Island (inactive)<\/strong>
\nChartered 1966<\/div>\n
Contact: Rob Boehm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Greater Philadelphia Area Puppetry Guild<\/strong><\/a>
\n(Formerly Quaker Village)
\nFounded 1938, Chartered 1940<\/div>\n
President: Martina Plag<\/p>\n

Newsletter: The GPAPG website blog\/discussion forum<\/em>
\nContributing Editor: Martina Plag<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

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PACIFIC NORTHWEST | PACIFIC SOUTHWEST | GREAT PLAINS | SOUTHWEST | GREAT LAKES | SOUTHEAST | NORTHEAST | MID-ATLANTIC Puppeteers of America encourages local puppet groups known as “guilds.” The guilds are independently run with no financial or administrative connection to Puppeteers of America.\u0003 Puppet Guilds are communities of people with a common love and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2579,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2595","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36484,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2595\/revisions\/36484"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacquiparledesign.com\/pofa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}