Puppetry is: Manipulating inanimate objects to reflect life.
Puppetry can include 2D and 3D visual art, theater, dance, media, and music.
Crankies
Crankies are scrolling stories, often incorporating songs and shadow puppetry. These are some of my crankies. See the links below for many more by a variety of artists.
The Skeleton Man Takes a Bride by Julie Demers & Justin DuPont
The Farm by Justin DuPont
Meaning of the Universe by Justin DuPont – mini-crankie
Media Projects
Train to Moscow – A flashback sequence in an award winning short film by Elliot Ambrossio. (1 min. clip from film)
48 Hour Puppetry Film – Produced during early Covid lock-down.
Puppetry Festivals
Festival of Miniature Crankies – Feb. 2021 Featured Performances
Miniature Crankies are table-top performances of intimate moments; sometimes created as a quick “sketch” before making a full-sized production.
Puppet Homecoming Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Festivals
Co-creator with Arthur Poore 2012 & 2014; Anna Vargas 2016 & 2018.
Puppet Mutiny Puppet Slams – Included in the Regional Festivals
National Puppetry Festivals
Cardboard Parade Dragon Workshop
Workshops
Cardboard Crankies #1 – A simple crankie box construction.
Cardboard Crankies #2 – A bunch of different ideas using cardboard boxes.
Lightweight Portable Lazy-Tongs Puppet Stage – Created as a window frame.
Puppeteers of America and Local Guilds
Western Massachusetts Puppetry Guild
Puppetry Guild of Upstate New York
Puppetry Guild of Greater New York
Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry
Miscellaneous Other Puppetry Adventures
Mad Hatter Tea Party – 2016
Puppets of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and Sarah Palin at the table speaking their real quotes. Presented as a reading with puppets.
Environmental Advocacy
Story of a Tree
A changing tableau at the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market. This was a “slow puppet show” (a series of tableaux) that played out over several weeks.
Puppetry Theater History Notes