Puppets based on these designs are available for purchase / rent.
Photos taken on set are from the national touring production of A Christmas Carol by PerSeverance Productions, directed by Scott Severance. Set by Matt Kizer.
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a giant backpack puppet. Rod puppets were created for the children Ignorance and Want, and a removable mask for the Marley door knocker. Actor / Director Scott Severance is pictured in the photos of the Ghost and the Marley door.
A life-sized puppet of Tiny Tim (costumed by Jeffery Meek,) shown with actor W. Jerome Stevenson, was created for The Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma along with customized versions of Ignorance and Want.
Giant bobblehead masks/puppet heads are light-weight and durable. Each creation is customized to meet your needs.
The first group of images are of 12 heads based on luminaries from the history of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology.) These heads are 4 feet tall and were highlighted during a pageant directed by David R. Gammons and attended by 6000 people! For a 90 second video of the event go here.
The next group of 4 heads were built for an event presented by Volvo Mack Trucks. These heads are 3 feet tall and are based on cartoons provided by the company.
A sampling of custom creatures and giant puppets designed for stage, screen and live events.
Giant (15 feet tall!) Winifred Sanderson in her new job as a ranger in the National Forest Service. She made headlines after her appearance in the Haunted Happenings parade in Salem, Massachusetts. Head is available for rental.
A lifesized reindeer for the title role in the stage production of PRANCER. Contact Penny Benson for rental details. See the puppet on a newscast here: https://www.newschannel10.com/video/2023/12/05/2nd-cup-ali-allison-live-amarillo-little-theatre/
6’ tall “Wild Thing” created for Magic Wheelchair, after the book Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak.
A giant bumblebee for an event on Artist’s Row, Salem, MA. Available for rental 2024.
Mama Higgoth created for the Midnight Zoo, a Puppet Showplace Theater production. Artistic Direction by Brad Shur. Stage Direction by Roxanna Myhrum. Performers Brenda Ray and Deniz Khateri alternated as attendants to the monster and as puppeteer. Honey Goodenough performed as the caretaker of the baby Higgoth.
These puppets demonstrate other types and styles of puppets and techniques that I have in my repertoire which are not featured elsewhere on this site. Often a puppet is required to solve a problem or create a magical transformation. The red star shown here is an example as it was required to morph into a bird. I design and build hand, rod and string (marionettes,) and utilize a wide range of techniques to build them. These include, but are not limited to: carving (wood or foam,) flat patterning, paper sculpture, soft sculpture, felting, fabric manipulation, molding/casting (neoprene, latex, silicone, etc.) and papier mache´.
The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus, Red Rocks Community College. Cast of characters designed and created using recyled plastics.
Yellow Bird Chase, Liars and Believers. Custodial supplies are utilized to create the puppets and tell an adventurous story.
Matchless/Happy Prince. Underground Railway Theater. Puppets designed and created from objects that relate to their characters.
Icarus, Liars and Believers. Industrial junk comes together to create the Dream Monster.
Custom masks for stage, screen, cosplay and LARP. For giant puppet heads/masks see Giant Bobbleheads.
The first image is from CUCO!, a shadow cranky film created for Rogue Artists Ensemble’s Puppets & Prose online festival. CUCO! was written by Marytza Rubio.
The next image is from For a Nickel I'd do it Again. This is a shadow / dance piece that was conceived and performed in collaboration with choreographer /dancer Wanda Strukus for an event at the Peabody Essex Museum. The story line was inspired by a painting by Thomas Hart Benton which was on exhibit in the museum gallery. The work resulted in a shadow show performed on two overhead projectors with Wanda dancing and interacting with the images on the shadow screen.
The next five images are from dream sequences in Goblin Market, produced at Connecticut Repertory Theater. Through the use of shadow masks, adult human figures are transformed into a child and a goblin. A transparency and a mirror puppet were also utilized to create ghostly white images on the screen. Performers: Colleen Labella, Elizabeth Kaitlyn Gorman, Anamaria Cruciun and Kalob Martinez.
The remaining shadow images are from a filmed shadow sequence I created for touring production Three Cats of Venice, directed by Vincent Ernest Siders.
