From the EditorPIR Volume 3 No. 1. Winter 2026 Puppetry International Research is not only committed to publishing strong scholarship in puppetry and […]

Special Focus SectionIntroduction Ana Díaz Barriga and Paulette Richards Puppet Dramaturgy, as seen in the Chicago International Puppet Theater […]

Performance Review: Tritagoj Tritagoj. Co-created by Kurotani Miyako and Matsuzawa Kayo at the Striped House Gallery, Tokyo. May 29–31, 2024. Kurotani M […]

Performance Review: Ghostly Tales Sung and Materialized: Shinnai Meets Puppetry Ghostly Tales Sung and Materialized: Shinnai Meets Puppetry. Conceived, directed, and music performed by Sachiyo Takahashi (Okamoto Miya). […]

Book Review: Applied Puppetry: The Theory and Practice of Object EcologiesApplied Puppetry: The Theory and Practice of Object Ecologies. By Matt Smith.London: Bloomsbury, 2024, pp. 185, 20 b/w illustrations. […]

The Natural Landscape of Native Puppetry Opalanietet In this article, I focus on how the specificity of materiality in Ty Defoe’s Skeleton Canoe Indigenizes the puppets a […]

Notes Toward a Phenomenology of Depiction:On Plexus Polaire’s Yngvild Aspeli’s Dracula: Lucy’s Dream Katherine McNamara “A puppet, it’s a dead object that comes alive,” Yngvild Aspeli says. “[It’s] like a medium that connects t […]

Reflecting Off the Ice Théâtre de l’Entrouvert’s Anywhere as Lived Experience and Classical Adaptation Skye Strauss Théâtre de l’Entro […]

The Puppets of Dr. Caligari, or Putting the Guignol Back in Grand Guignol Jesse Njus The Cabinet, created by Frank Maugeri, is a puppet adaptation of the 1920 German Expressionist film The Cabinet of Dr. […]

Interview: Return of the Buffalo Celebration: A Cross-Cultural Puppet Collaboration JEM with Amethyst First Rider and Peter Balkwill The film, Iniskim – Return of the Buffalo, was screened during the 2025 Chicago I […]

Report: The Chuncheon World Puppet Festival, May 23 – June 1, 2025 Bradford Clark The article provides an illustrated critical survey of a selection of performances that took place at the May […]

From the EditorThis issue of Puppetry International Research opens with a continuation of our Founders of the Field series. Lawrence Switzky’s article o […]

REPORT: “EUMMA and UNIMA-USA: Korean Traditional Puppet Deolmi International Workshop.” June 2–5, 2025. Conducted by Eumma Gaengkkaeng (EUMMA), Seoul, South Korea.[1] Co-sponsored by UNIMA-USA and the University of C […]

REPORT: Interdisciplinary Dialogue Between Puppeteer and Researchers: Reflections on the 2025 Symposium of the Society for Arts and Anthropology Kairu Yamanaka[1] This report reflects on an interdisciplinary symposium on the performing-arts of the anthropomorphic figures, […]

BOOK REVIEW: Reading the Puppet Stage: Reflections on the Dramaturgy of Performing ObjectsReading the Puppet Stage: Reflections on the Dramaturgy of Performing Objects. By Claudia Orenstein. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, […]

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: Song of the North Song of the North. Created and directed by Hamid Rahmanian. Music by Ramin Torkian, featuring vocalist Azam Ali. OZ Theatre, Nashville, […]

PERFORMANCE REVIEW: HUMAN HUMAN. Written and directed by Nehprii Amenii. Music composed by Martha Redbone and Aaron Whitby with sound design by Joo Wan Park. […]

BOOK REVIEW: Object Performance in the Black Atlantic: The United StatesObject Performance in the Black Atlantic: The United States. By Dr. Paulette Richards. New York: Routledge, 2024. 312 pp., 82 b/w […]

CONFERENCE REPORT: Wayang, Ecology and the Sacred Symposium Wayang, Ecology and the Sacred Symposium. Yale University, Connecticut. November 9, 2024. The article summarizes a single-day symposium […]

CONFERENCE REPORT: Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium. The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry, University of Connecticut, October 25-26, 2024. The […]