Celebrating People in Puppetry!
A Global Gallery
Please join us in celebrating the plurality of people and voices it takes to keep the art of puppetry alive.
- All
- Designer/Builder
- Director
- Filmmaker
- Presenter
- Producer
- Puppeteer
- Teaching Artist
- Other
Amy Kraft
Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Producer, Designer/Builder
Photo Gina Bjørgo
Robert Beuth
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Designer/Builder
Spica Wobbe
New York, NY, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Photo by Hsin-che lee
Samantha V
Chicago, IL, USA
Plays with Puppets
Catie Olson
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder
Miron Gusso
Cleveland, OH, USA
Puppeteer
Klaudia Kovács
California, USA
Director
Karen Torley
DERRY, Northern Ireland
Puppeteer
Brenda Plumey Morales
Puerto Rico
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder
Scott Sorensen
Roseville, MN, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Xavier Lassandro
Orlando, FL, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Filmmaker, Director
Matt Connard
Charleston, WV, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Caden
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director
Livier Cruz
MEX. BCN . USA
Puppeteer, Director, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist
Alexander Mantia
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Tessa Beck Fey
Storrs, CT, USA
Filmmaker, Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Pam Arciero
Wilton, Connecticut, USA
Puppeteer, Producer
Sam W. Kaszas
Barkhamsted, CT, USA
Puppeteer, Filmmaker, Designer/Builder
Myra Su
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Teaching Artist
Vanessa Valliere
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Producer, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist, Clown
Photo by Alex U. Griffin
Tom Lee
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Puppet Designer, Director, Teaching Artist
Photo by Richard Termine
Tarish Pipkins
Efland, North Carolina, USA
Puppeteer
Stoph Sheer
Los Angeles, California, USA
Puppeteer
Dr. Schroeder Cherry
Maryland, USA
Puppeteer
Claire Saxe
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Director
Photo by Richard Termine
Sandy Smith Gerding
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Producer, Presenter
Nick Lehane
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Puppeteer
Photo by Richard Termine
Michael Oleon
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Designer/Builder
Michele Stine
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer, Director
Photo by Nancy Behall
Michael Montenegro
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Producer, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist
Robin Frohardt
New York, New York, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Filmmaker, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist
Lucy Wirtz
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Photo by John J Kim
Lolly Extract
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Rachel Singer
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder
Photo by Loren Toney
KT Shivak
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Designer/Builder
Samuel J. Lewis
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Producer
Heather Henson
New York, New York, USA
Puppeteer
Marsian De Lellis
Los Angeles, California, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Producer, Teaching Artist, Installation Artist, Writer, Activist
Photo by Owen Scarlett
Blair Thomas
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Presenter, Teacher, Designer/builder, Director
Photo by Saverio Truglia
Anthony Michael Stokes
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Teaching Artist
Alex Griffin
Los Angeles, California, USA
Puppeteer, Filmmaker
Taylor Bibat
Los Angeles, California, USA
Puppeteer, Producer, Teaching Artist, Filmmaker
Noah Ginex
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Photo by Richard Termine
Dan Hurlin
New York, New York, USA
Puppeteer
Roxanna Myhrum
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Director, Producer, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Basil Twist
New York, New York, USA
Puppeteer, Filmmaker
Dan Kerr-Hobert
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Erica Mott
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Jesse Mooney-Bullock
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Puppeteer
Martin P. Robinson
Redding, Connecticut, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist
Grace Needlman
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Photo by Joe Mazza
Jacky Kelsey
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Caitlin McLeod
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Designer/Builder
Andy Gaukel
New York, New York, USA
Puppeteer
Photo by Richard Termine
Lindsey Noel Whiting
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Joe Mazza
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Photographer
Ty Defoe
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Puppeteer
Photo by Alex U. Griffin
Phillip Huber
Cookeville, Tennessee, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Photo by Troy Saliba
Linda Wingerter
Ithaca, New York, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Producer, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist
Chamindika Wanduragala
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Filmmaker, Presenter, Puppeteer
Jaerin Son
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Sarah Fornace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist
Photo by Michael Brosilow
Claude Fethiere
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Photo by Loren Toney
Sharaina Latrice Turnage
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer
Photo by Evan Barr
Laura Torres
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Producer
Photo by Loren Toney
Rocio "Chio" Cabrera
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Teaching Artist
Photo by Loren Toney
Julia Miller
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer, Director, Filmmaker
Photo by Dexter Ellis
Maria Tri Sulistyani (Ria)
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Puppeteer, Presenter, Director, Teaching Artist
Yael Rasooly
Puppeteer, Director, Teaching Artist
Photo by Richard Termine
Koryu Nishikawa V
Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Puppeteer, Director, Teaching Artist, Fifth Generation Headmaster
Photo by Ayumi Sakamoto
Louise Lapointe
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Presenter, President of UNIMA International
Photo by Patrick Sanfaçon, Archives La Presse
Jerrell L Henderson
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Director, Puppeteer
Carol Trobe
Wadsworth, Illinois, USA
Designer/Builder, Sculptor, Doll Maker
Sherwin Rackal
Trinidad and Tobago WI
Director, Designer/Builder, Producer, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Matthew Isaac Cohen
Connecticut, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Valeska Populoh
Maryland, USA
Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist, Puppeteer
Photo by Laura Ferrara
Alice Wedoff
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Kilah Storm
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist, Presenter
Mark Saltzman
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Presenter, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist, Puppeteer
Mike Horner
Kansas City, MO, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Photo by Travis Young
Grant Baciocco
Burbank, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Presenter, Director, Filmmaker, Producer, Podcaster
Matt Hawkins
Kansas City, MO, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Averly Sheltraw
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Mable Buchanan Palmer
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Puppeteer
Lisa Zagone
Concord, CA, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
J Hann
New York, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Designer, Puppetry Director, and Teaching Artist
Photo by Dillon Heape
Bonnie Duncan
Boston, MA, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Photo by LIz Linder
madigan burke
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Producer, Director
Luděk Vémola
Česká republika
Puppeteer, Director
Ronny Aelbrecht
Belgium
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Presenter, Other
TJ Jacobs
Norwalk, CT, USA
Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder, Presenter
Deborah Hertzberg
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Monica Leo
Iowa, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Brodrick Jones
Baltimore, MD, USA
Puppeteer
Duygu Bayar Ekren
New York, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Chih-Jou Cheng
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Movement Director
Jason Hines
Atlanta, GA, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Filmmaker
Joe Newman-Getzler
New York, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Writer
Kimzyn Campbell
Chicago, IL, USA
Journalism, Outside Eye, Playwright
Mark Blashford
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist
Photo by Richard Termine
Nadia Parisi
Alençon, France
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist, Director
Dante Ingram
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Producer, Puppeteer
Photo by Erik Saari
Bridget Sanders
New Zealand
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Producer, Teaching Artist
Chad Williams
New York, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Writer, Producer
Michelle Finston
New York, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist
K80 Correll
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Chris Ignacio
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Puppeteer, Producer
Andy Evans
Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, UK
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder, Producer, Director
Photo Tim Knight
Angelo Aiello
Acri (CS), Italy
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Puppet Therapist, Designer/Builder, Director, Producer
Photo Lamorfalab Studio Creativo
Tania Corvalan
Lota, Chile
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Andrew Kim
Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Director
Eli Socoloff Presser
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder, Filmmaker, Presenter, Producer, Busker
Photo Victor Curtis
Derek Lux
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Producer, Teaching Artist
Connor Asher
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Filmmaker, Teaching Artist, Director
Maïté Agopian
Fairbanks, AK, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Sylvie Anna Doris Kessler
Granite, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Mary Gragen
New Jersey, USA
Designer/Builder, Producer, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Jessica Hickman
Victoria, BC, CANADA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Producer, Presenter, Director, Teaching Artist
Ayten Ogutcu
Alacati, İzmir, Turkey
Designer/Builder
Bonnie Kim
Hawaii, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Director
Photo Sean Dennie
Cabot Parsons
Beacon, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Filmmaker, Director, Designer/Builder
Photo Richard Termine
Aya Nakamura
London, UK
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Producer, Teaching Artist, Theatre Maker / Playwright for Puppetry
Bright Ong
Malaysia, Singapore, UK
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Producer, Director
Duda Paiva
Amersfoort, the Netherlands
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Photo by Sander Heezen
Bobbi Nidz
Niantic, CT, USA
Puppeteer
Chloe Ziner
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Clown, Producer, Director
Jake Thompson
Newfoundland, Canada
Puppeteer
Candice Conner
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Photographer
Puppet by Eric Mercure
Helen Day
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer
Arlee Chadwick
New York NY, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist
Sheila Gaskins
Baltimore, MD, USA
Puppeteer
Cinna Vesterberg
New York, USA
Puppeteer
Carles Cañellas
Calders (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Teaching Artist, Producer
Photo by Jesus Atienza
Alex Bird
Edinburgh, Scotland
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director
Photo by Mihaela Bodlovic
Abby Palen
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Darryl Worbey
Bedford, United Kingdom
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Filmmaker
Alonso Galue
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Kenneth Gross
Brooklyn, NY, USA
scholar and critic of puppet theater
Mary Plaster
Duluth, MN, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Julian Crouch
Upstate NY, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Jorge Suarez
Lima, PERU
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Photo by Paul Suarez
SohamMagic
India
Presenter, Designer/Builder, Filmmaker
Miranda Elliott-Rader
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Producer, Puppeteer
Ethan J Koerner
Sioux Center, IA, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Educator, Director
Felicia Cooper
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Puppeteer, Producer, Designer/Builder
Agnotti
Chicago, IL, USA
Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Deviser
Photo Evan Barr
Paul McGinnis
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Filmmaker, Producer
Lake Simons
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist
Kurt Hunter
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Director, Author
Chris Pirie
Bristol, UK
Designer/Builder, Director, Presenter, Producer, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Puppetry Advocate
Photo Adam Laity
Katherine McNamara
Charlottesville, VA, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Presenter, Puppeteer, Producer, Playwright
Photo Ryan Mueller
Maude Gareau
Montreal, QC, Canada
Director, Designer/Builder, Producer, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Kimmy Miller
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Alissa Hunnicutt
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Photo by Kelly Anderson
Libby Schap
Boston, MA, USA
Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Photo by Dominic BeÌ rubel
Caitlin Brzezinski
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer
Robbie Lynn Hunsinger
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist, Puppeteer, Composer
Photo by Greg Inda
Dyana Díaz
San Francisco, CA, USA
Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Puppet Slam Organizer
Photo by Richard Termine
Risa Lenore
Berkeley, CA, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Producer
Photo by Erin Feller
David Roston
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Producer, Filmmaker
Pierre-Yves Charlois
Charleville-Mézières, France
Presenter
Mohamed Fita Helmi Tahir
Taipei
Presenter, Lighting Designer
Linda Boyle
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Presenter, Crankiest-Singer-Song Writer, Storyteller
Natasha Mirny
Rockville, MD, USA
Teaching Artist, Director, Presenter, Producer, Puppeteer
Photo by Stepan Liubimov
Emilie Wingate
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder
Leah Lara
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Presenter
Linnea Bullion
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Photographer, Enthusiast, Patron of the Arts , Puppeteer, Director
Benjamin Gown
California, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Presenter, Teaching Artist
Diane Matyas
New York, USA
Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder, Presenter
Emily Butterfly
Oakland, CA, USA
Producer, Puppeteer, Presenter
Lee Thompson
London, UK
Puppeteer
Jon Bristol
Connecticut, USA
Filmmaker, Designer/Builder, Producer, Puppeteer, Director, Presenter
Dalrymple MacAlpin
Grass Valley, CA, USA
Designer/Builder, Producer, Puppeteer, Director, Composer
Photo by Waking Crow
Edward Einhorn
New York, NY, USA
Director, Producer, Presenter, Puppeteer, Writer
Photo by Zach Sun
Sarah Olmsted Thomas
Baltimore, MD, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Photo by Sean Dennie Photography
Alex Vernon
Baltimore, MD, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Photo by Dan Corey
Nicole Walter
Orange County, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Director
Laura Geiger
Helsingborg, Sweden
Puppetry-based Relational Practitioner, Teaching Artist
Photo by Sofia Bel Habib
Wayne Martin
Boston, MA, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Presenter, Producer
Toby Olié
London, UK
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer
Photo by Ellie Kurttz
Jessica Nebeker
Boise, ID, USA
Presenter, Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Photo by Chaz Gentry
Laura Heit
Oregon, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Penny Benson
South Carolina, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Producer, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Jeff Bragg
Washington, D.C., USA
Filmmaker, Teaching Artist
Livier Cruz Guerrero
California, USA
Director, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Presenter, Producer
Victor Yerrid
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Producer
Joe Selph
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Puppeteer
Plucky Rosenthal
Illinois, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder
Honglan Huang
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder, Director
Michael Reed
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Presenter, Producer, Puppeteer
Rene Roy
Chicago, IL, USA
Producer, Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
Gretchen Hasse
Global
Designer/Builder, Director, Puppeteer, Filmmaker
Photo by Danny Smitherman
Andrew Marchetti
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Scott Gryder
IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer
twan
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer
Anurupa Roy
Delhi, India
Director
David C. Herzog
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Producer, Teaching Artist
Samuel Locke
IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Teaching Artist
Jamie Olah
Chicago, IL, USA
Playwright, Teaching Artist
Photo and puppet by Amber Snyder
Karen Hoyer
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Teaching Artist, Designer/Builder
Sophia Tarducci
Chicago, IL, USA
Designer/Builder, Puppeteer, Presenter, Producer
Lisa Weiss
IL, USA
Puppeteer, Filmmaker, Producer
Amanda Glynn Card
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Teaching Artist, Producer
Bernard J Brown
IL, USA
Puppeteer, Producer, Director, Filmmaker, Designer/Builder
Anthony Banks
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer
Freddie Levin
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer
Janet (Max) Zarecor
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Director, Filmmaker, Producer, Designer/Builder
Pedro Hermelin Vélez
Charleville-Mézières, France
Puppeteer
Photo by Herve Dapremont
Ana McKenzie
California, USA
Designer/Builder, Director, Filmmaker, Puppeteer
Liana Bdewi
Los Angeles/Toronto
Puppeteer, Voice Actor
Photo by Seanna Kennedy
Christopher Knowlton
Chicago, IL, USA
Puppeteer, Designer/Builder, Director, Creative Technologist
