Building, designing and performing with puppets has been a passion of mine since a small child. Though I have worked on almost every kind of puppet imaginable at some point, I mainly specialize in shadow puppetry today.
From helping to wrangle various puppets in a production of Avenue Q, to solving the time worn problem of the bear in A Winters Tale or coming up with lighting solutions for faerie puppets in A Midsummer Nights Dream, I have been helping artists and companies incorporate puppetry arts successfully into their stage productions.
My latest solo production was "Artaud's Last Dump - Pour En Finir Avec Le Jugement De Dieu" produced for The Center of Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as a part of their XPT: Xperimental Puppetry Festival 2025.
Below is a recent sampling of what I have been up to in the world of puppets!
The artist performing with the Artaud Puppet for the Center for Puppetry Arts.
Artaud's Last Dump
Produced by the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Georgia, USA for the XPT: Xperimental Puppet Festival 2025.
Audio, Scenic, Puppetry and Video were all created by me.
This piece was based on Antonin Artaud's last work, Pour En Finir Avec Le Jugement De Dieu and used the only known audio recording of Artaud attempting his Theatre of Cruelty.
Photos by Stacey Bode Photography @staceybode
doctor faustus lights the lights
Produced by Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio as a part of the Elsewhere 2024-25 Season.
Audio, Scenic, and Puppet were all created by me.
Directed by Blaine Hudak
Assisted by Madison Ellis
ENSEMBLE:
Nasir Malekijoo
Story Moosa
Sophia Zygmunt
Ben Haines
Chris Smith
Isabella Japs
Les Marionettes du Mal present Les Fleurs du Mal
Inspired by the infamous book of poetry by Charles Baudelaire and in celebration of the centennial of Surrealism.
This performance used traditional shadow puppets, found objects, digital video and animation with an immersive audio scape created specifically for the performance.
Performed November 1 & 2, 2024 at the Eva Marie Saint Theater at the Wolfe Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of
