

Puppet Playlist #20: Billy Joel
Puppet Playlist always reminds me of how happy I am to be a part of the puppetry community in NYC. There are so many open-hearted, friendly creators who perform in and who run this show. This Puppet Playlist was particularly fun for me for several reasons: -My brother Yoshie got together a ridiculous amount of musicians (ridiculously talented ones) and he created fun instrumentations for Billy Joel songs (the xylophone was a very nice touch). I sang with the band for "Traveli


First Day of Puppetry, Clown and Devising Classes at Muhlenberg College
First day of work, we walk into the office, and this is sitting on top of our mailbox - extra noses for our students! #Doppelskope #Puppetry #Clown


Team Spirit Music Video
I had a great time pupppeteering the puppet version of Kieren Smith (the guitarist with the hat) in this music video Alex Russek directed for Team Spirit. #Puppetry


Puppeteers of America 2015 National Festival at UConn
Amy Rush brought Chris and I to the puppetry conference with her very cool project DEPICT-O-MAT. The project uses Advanced DEPICT-O-MAT Technology to combine nostalgia, improvisation and toy theater to develop and dispense several short, personalized stories. We set up the booth and performed for the first couple hours of the festival, and then we spent the rest of the festival meeting puppeteers of all ages, taking workshops and seeing performances. Amy also organized the Fr