Fall 2011 Volume 63, No. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

COVER STORY

2 Puppet Heap:  Professional Puppet Building with a Sense of Play, by Steve Abrams

ARTICLES

6 First Peek:  Puppets on Film – An Interview with Cheryl Henson, by Leslie Strongwater

8 Disney Was Right!  It’s a Small World After All, by Bob Brown

10 Monkey Mind Pirates – The World’s only Puppet-Rock-Yoga-Opera for Families in Search of Calm, by Shari Aronson

14 My Real Bali Experience, by Julia Ohm

16 BeeSting, by Lisa Aimee Sturz

19 Time For Dr. Orbius, by Rick Liljeblad • Introduction by Tom O’Lenick

22 A Humanitarian Mission for Puppets in Uganda, by Ronald Binion

29 Puppets, Music and Special Needs Teenage Boys, by Pat Coffie

30 PuppetFest Midwest 2011, by Peter and Debbie Lutzky Allen

BOOKS

12 “You Will Call Me Drog”  by Sue Cowing

How I Got to Know “The Anti-Pinocchio of Middle School,” by Sue Cowing

INTO THE SHOP

4 Puppet Painting Tips for Hard Materials, by Tom McLaughlin 

COLUMNS

9 A Bob’s Eye View:  Fifteen Minutes of Fame, by Bob Nathanson

24 Scene East, by Steve Abrams

25 At Large, by Paul Eide

27 Scene West, by Beth Fernandez

28 Scene Between, Puppet Slams, by Monica Leo 

IN MEMORIAM

32 A Tribute to Providence’s Favorite TV Uncle Chet Dowling, by Kevin Butler

33 Tony Mata, by Bob Abdou

POA BUSINESS

33 Balance Sheet  for 2010

Statement of Ownership

PLAYBOARD FALL 2011, Edited by Fred Thompson

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