Mane Bernardo and Sarah Bianchi’s Acting Hands: Pantomime of Hands and Modern Puppet Theatre Bettina Girotti In this article I analyze a series of performances, developed since the 1950s by Mane Bernardo and Sarah Bianchi, […]

Pictures and Puppet Performance: Peter Schumann’s Bedsheet Paintings John Bell Late in his life, and influenced by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the death of his wife Elka, and his […]

PERFORMANCE REVIEW:  Dracula: Lucy’s Dream and A Dolls’ House Dracula-Lucy’s Dream. By Plexus Polaire and Puppentheater Halle. Director Yngvild Aspeli. Dramaturges Ralf Meyer and Pauline T […]

CONFERENCE REPORT: Early European Puppetry Studies Conference  Early European Puppetry Studies Conference. Yale University, Connecticut. October 13-14, 2023. The article summarizes the offerings […]

Anamorphosis: Puppetry, Animation, and Automation in William Kentridge Mark Sanders Among contemporary artists, William Kentridge is notable for having worked across multiple media. Of particular note […]

BOOK REVIEW: The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in AmericaThe Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in America. By Jo Ann Cavallo. London, New Yo […]

From the EditorWelcome to the second issue of Puppetry International Research. While still relatively new, PIR is already experiencing some shifts and […]

BOOK REVIEW: A Galaxy of Things: The Power of Puppets and Masks in Star Wars and BeyondA Galaxy of Things: The Power of Puppets and Masks in Star Wars and Beyond. By Colette Searls. New York: Routledge, 2023. xii, 129 […]

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Wakka Wakka’s Animalia Trilogy Wakka Wakka’s Animalia Trilogy: Animal R.I.O.T., The Immortal Jellyfish Girl, and Dead as a Dodo. By Gwendolyn Warnock and Kirjan W […]

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Psychic Self Defense Psychic Self Defense. Created, Written, Directed, and Designed by Normandy Sherwood. Dream Music Puppetry Program. HERE Arts Center, […]

Women and Masks: Reflections on a Conference, a Project, and a Field Felice Amato During 2021-22, we held a year-long virtual conference entitled “Women and Masks: A Transdisciplinary A […]

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Adrift: A Medieval Wayward Folly Adrift: A Medieval Wayward Folly. By Happenstance Theater. Co-Directed by Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell. 59E59 Theaters, New York, […]

EXHIBITION REVIEW: The Calling: The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making.  Kathy Foley The Calling: The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making. Camila Bryce Laporte, curator, and […]

Founders of the Field: Nancy Lohman Staub Bradford Clark  This is a profile of Nancy Staub, the founder of the Worlds of Puppetry Museum at the Center for Puppetry Arts […]

EXHIBITION REVIEW: Stillness, Silence, and Shadows: Indonesian Wayang Exhibit at Yale Performance and Court in Indonesia. Asian Art Galleries, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.  Figure 1. An Indonesian kayon […]

BOOK REVIEW: <i>The Image of the Puppet in Italian Theater, Literature and Film</i>.The Image of the Puppet in Italian Theater, Literature and Film. By Federico Pacchioni. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. x, 125 pp., […]

WORKSHOP REPORT: Wayang Workshop Wayang Workshop: Balimodule, Denpasar, Bali, May 2-7, 2023, UNIMA-USA and University of California, Santa Cruz A workshop in […]

Cenk Blonk’s Balinese Shadow Puppetry During the COVID-19 PandemicDru Hendro and I Made Marajaya Cenk Blonk (I Wayan Nardayana) is Bali’s best known shadow puppeteer (dalang). His moniker is the […]

<i>Surya Sewana</i> in Balinese <i>Wayang Wong</i> Performance at Sanur Village Festival 2022 I Made Sidia Balinese see puppetry as the model and source of dance drama. A dalang (puppeteer) responds flexibly to the change […]

The Dissenting Paper in Zero-COVID ChinaZhixuan Zhu This article explores how paper became a tool of political dissent in Chinese people’s protests against the g […]