Welcome Sara Shirley, Dream Tale Puppets, & More

  We’d like to welcome a new marionette (above): Sara Shirley, made by the awesome craftsman, Rob Lauten. The only direction I gave Rob was a spec sheet with a handful of illustrations, my Czech marionette, Hurvinek, and a couple of marionette books and he made this incredible little creature … more on the Seeds…

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The Eleanor Courier Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1

Happy February! Click here for our first newsletter of 2022, Volume 2, Number 1! It’s a quick read! Our e-newsletter, The Eleanor Courier Journal, is a monthly publication about writing, illustration, and puppetry. Click here to view the first issue, here for the Vol. 1, No. 2, here for the Vol. 1, No. 3, and…

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Available Now: The Eleanor Courier Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4

Happy New Year! Click here for our latest newsletter– it takes only a minute or two to read. Our e-newsletter, The Eleanor Courier Journal, is a monthly publication about writing, illustration, and puppetry. Click here to view the first issue, here for the second issue, and here for the third issue. Please sign up to…

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Just Released: The Eleanor Courier Journal

We are pleased to announce the launch of our very first E-newsletter, The Eleanor Courier Journal, a monthly publication about writing, illustration, and puppetry. Click here to view the first issue, here for the second issue, and here for the third issue. Please sign up to subscribe if you like to receive future issues!

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Second Article Published in UNIMA-USA’s E-newsletter

It is exciting to share that UNIMA-USA published another article of mine in the fall issue of their member’s only quarterly e-newsletter (many thanks to Laurie Swygert at UNIMA-USA)! Check it out here too: “When students are involved with making crankies in teams they talk with one another and negotiate about what words and pictures…

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Crankie article published in UNIMA-USA newsletter

UNIMA-USA, one of 101 national centers of Union Internationale de la Marionnette, published my article about crankies in their most recent newsletter (May 2021)! Many thanks to Katherine Fahey for sharing her knowledge and experience with me for the story! The Crankie: Not For Pleasure Only The motto of the Royal Theatre at Copenhagen, Ej…

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