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puppetry & performance

burro marionette

burro marionette

Burro marionette for "The Mighty Burros of Manitou Springs" original solo show

Stage setup

Stage setup

Stage setup for "The Mighty Burros of Manitou Springs" original solo show. Featuring video, music, limberjacks, hand puppet, shadow cranky, and marionette.

Fabric Cranky

Fabric Cranky

Fabric cranky created with upcycled fabric and image transfers, performed with shadow puppets and music.

Shadow puppets

Shadow puppets

Some of the shadow puppets performed with the cranky in "The Mighty Burros of Manitou Springs"

Fred and Old Man Quinby

Fred and Old Man Quinby

Handmade wooden painted limberjacks for "The Mighty Burros of Manitou Springs". They have a dance-off performed by two audience members and the burro marionette.

Poster

Poster

Poster advertising "The Mighty Burros of Manitou Springs".

Stage setup

Stage setup

Stage setup for performance of "The Mighty Burros of Manitou Springs" at Green Box Arts, Green Mountain Falls, Colorado.

Avenue Q (right-hand Trekkie)

Avenue Q (right-hand Trekkie)

Wynot Productions, Pueblo Colorado

Avenue Q (Bad Idea Bear)

Avenue Q (Bad Idea Bear)

Wynot Productions, Pueblo Colorado

Aerial Hoop/Marionette

Aerial Hoop/Marionette

For "Felt Up" puppet cabaret at Denver Center for Performing Arts

Stilt walking

Stilt walking

For "Felt Up" puppet cabaret at Denver Center for Performing Arts

Stilt walking

Stilt walking

For "Felt Up" puppet cabaret at Denver Center for Performing Arts

Puella

Puella

Performance of "Puella" marionette on lyra for the Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam, Colorado Springs

Winter Wonders school show

Winter Wonders school show

Public school performance with bunraku-style puppets and shadow cranky

Puella2

Puella2

Performance of "Puella" marionette on lyra for the Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam, Colorado Springs

Winter Wonders cranky

Winter Wonders cranky

For Theatreworks, Colorado Springs. Original painted cranky scroll with shadow puppets, timed to narration

Winter Wonders cranky

Winter Wonders cranky

For Theatreworks, Colorado Springs. Original painted cranky scroll with shadow puppets, timed to narration

Puella3

Puella3

Performance of "Puella" marionette on lyra for the Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam, Colorado Springs

Stilts narrator

Stilts narrator

Millibo Art Theatre, "Flotsam" original children's show

Ukulele

Ukulele

Millibo Art Theatre, "Flotsam" original children's show

Puella table-top puppet

Puella table-top puppet

Millibo Art Theatre, "Flotsam" original children's show

building marionette

building marionette

Process image of building soft marionette

National Puppetry Conference

National Puppetry Conference

Performed hand/rod and shadow puppets for Jim Kroupa's "Howdy Do Show, Part Duh!"

National Puppetry Conference

National Puppetry Conference

Designed, directed, performed shadow piece for participant project (created in 5 days)

I Wonder If We Should Do Something

I Wonder If We Should Do Something

Rebuilt participant project from National Puppetry Conference, performed at Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam, Colorado Springs

giant puppet workshop

giant puppet workshop

Taught high school week-long giant puppet workshop utilizing student ideas and designs

giant puppet workshop2

giant puppet workshop2

Some of the finished puppets from high school workshop

Snowy Tales rehearsal

Snowy Tales rehearsal

Theatreworks, Colorado Springs

Snowy Tales- shadow puppetry/crankie

Snowy Tales- shadow puppetry/crankie

at TheatreWorks, designer/director Katy Williams Design

Snowy Tales backstage cranky demo

Snowy Tales backstage cranky demo

Designer/director Katy Williams Design

Snowy Tales narration

Snowy Tales narration

Designer/director Katy Williams Design

Surf Dreams in Quarantine

Surf Dreams in Quarantine

Still from original puppet film screened online for Los Angeles Puppetry Guild

julie and flora

julie and flora

Video still, Julie and Flora

"Blind Date"

"Blind Date"

Original script and puppets performed in Denver at Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam

audience talk-back

audience talk-back

explaining shadow puppetry to audience, Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam

shadow puppet table set-up

shadow puppet table set-up

puppeteer for Katy Williams Design at Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam

rehearsals- The Myth of Pegasus

rehearsals- The Myth of Pegasus

Puppeteer for Fort Collins Fringe Festival, Katy Williams Design

The Myth of Pegasus

The Myth of Pegasus

at Fort Collins Fringe Festival (Katy Williams Design)

Sad Monk performance

Sad Monk performance

at Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam

video still- Sad Monk

video still- Sad Monk

Original puppet video/live performance for Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam

original hand puppet "Aguacate"

original hand puppet "Aguacate"

Original puppet and script performed live online for Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam remote version

sock puppet for "Stranded"

sock puppet for "Stranded"

created for online video performance of "Stranded" for American School of Puerto Vallarta

aerial fabric performance

aerial fabric performance

Vampire Ball, Portland OR

comedy trapeze act

comedy trapeze act

Festival Circus, UK

aerial fabric classical

aerial fabric classical

For Forte Music annual recital, Portland OR

Spanish web performance

Spanish web performance

Festival Circus, UK

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