A PUBLICATION OF THE PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA
Contents SPRING 2020 VOL. 71 NO. 2 Editor: Steve Abrams
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Copy Editing: Steve Abrams Graphic Design: Joe Tenerelli
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Printing by Modern Litho, Jefferson City, MO 36 Photo: Tih Penfil FEATURES
6 Puppetry as a Vehicle for Change By Bruce Cannon
8 Great Small Works’ Online
Toy Theater Festivals By Stephen Kaplin
10 The End of the World as
We Know It? I'm Fine. By Chad Williams
11 The New Normal 12
and New Methods By Matt Sandbank
A Conversation With Allan Stevens By Jeff Bragg
18 The 48hr Puppet Film Project By Alex U. Griffin
20 Paul Vincent Davis and the
23 How Social Distancing Saved My Class By Jennifer Lale
24 Where Do We Go From Here? By Jamie Donmoyer
27 “Fraggle Rock: Rock On” By Jamie Donmoyer
34 A COVID-19 Puppet Gets Its
Comeuppance By Steve Abrams
Art of Puppet Theater Courtesy of the Ballard Museum and Institute of Puppetry
35 A Good Collaboration Is Something You
40 A Touching Farewell By Steve Abrams
DEPARTMENTS
3 From the Editor Steve Abrams
4 Books Steve Abrams
17
Guild Connection Kurt Hunter
22 Eureka Nancy Sander
30 Scene East Steve Abrams
31 Scene Between Monica Leo
32 Scene West 36 Milestones
Michael Nelson
Cover: COVID-19 puppet Photo courtesy of Images in Motion
Miss: Afsaneh Aayani By Evan Wildstein
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