66th National Puppetry Festival

July 18-22, 2023

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Puppetry Workshops:

• Business in Puppetry

• Puppet Building

• Working Internationally with Puppetry (UNIMA)

• Character Voices

• Hand Puppet Techniques

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Volunteer Work:

• Stage Hand for National Puppet Slam (July 19, 2023)

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Puppet Productions Witnessed:

• Aanika's Elephants Written and Produced by Annie Evans, Directed by Pam Arciero, Puppet Design and Built by Marin P. Robinson

• How to Snag a Sea Monster by What if Puppets (Sack Puppets)

• The Three Little Pigs by Puppet Art Theater Co. (One Man Hand-Rod Puppets Show)

• Lupita's Revenge Written and Directed by Abel Klainbaum, Lead Visual Artist Phil Jasen, Illustrated by Anthony Gaskins and Antonio Kino (Shadow Puppets)

• National Puppet Slam (Variety of Puppet Styles)

• Oma by Sandglass Theater (Glove Puppets, Hand Puppets, Mechanical Puppet)

• Migraciones/Migrations by Paradox Teatro (Hybrid Puppets, Sand Drawings, Shadow Puppets)

• 5P1N0K10 (Spinokio) by Tarnish' Jeghetto' Pipkins

• Packrat by Concrete Temple Theatre

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Aside from learning a massive amount of different styles of puppetry, I also had the pleasure of meeting many puppetry artists, including puppet legends, influencers, designers and creators. Inspired from my journey and with confidence heightened, I am eager to accept new and exciting challenges in my puppet career!

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Walt Disney World

​May 23, 2013 - Present

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Shows:

• Festival of the Lion King (Full Body Puppet)

• Celebration of Festival of the Lion King (Full Body Puppet)

• The Muppets Present Great Moments in American History! (Arm Rod Hand Puppet)

• Voyage of the Little Mermaid (Rod Puppets)

• Celebrate the Season (Full Body Puppets)

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Experience: 

• Selected to Audition for a Puppet Specialist Position (May 31, 2018)

• Meet Star-Lord and Groot (Mechanical Rod Puppet)

• Puppetry Workshops Participant (Hand Puppetry, Hand-Rod Puppets and Full Body Puppets)

• Character Performer

 

Films:

• SAG Films (The View and Wheel of Fortune, Full Body Puppets)

• Special Events (ABC, Good Morning America, Disney Channel, Superbowl Parades, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, etc., Full Body Puppets)

 

These positions have permitted me to express and grow in my abilities in improvisation, technique, animation, and much more.

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Carved: A Pumpkin's Musical Adventure

September 2015 - November 2015

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Roles:

• Shadow Puppeteer for Pumpkinville Villagers (Shadow Puppets)

• Puppet Assist for Edna (Live Hand Puppet)

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This production granted me access to work with multiple styles of puppets, including puppets that require more than one performer to fully operate. Apart from puppeteering in this musical, I additionally extended my talent in singing and ribbon dancing.

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