Fall 2012 Volume 64, No. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

COVER STORY

2  Dick Myers Puppets:  Ready to Live Again, by Seth Shaffer (Intro by Paul Eide)

PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA

4 Greetings from the new president and board, by Nicholas Hubbard

4 Announcement on the Puppetry Store,  from The Board of Trustees

27 2011 Financial Report

27 Statement of Ownership

SUMMER/FALL FESTIVALS AND CONFERENCES

5 Great Plains Regional in West Liberty, Iowa, by Paul Eide

7 Potlatch 2012, by Nancy Henk

8 The First Annual Puppet Homecoming, by Sharon Peck

10 New England Puppet Intensive, by David Lane and Peter Balkwill

12 The O’Neill National Puppetry Conference, by Ronnie Burkett

14 Puppets in the Green Mountains – a Model Festival, by Andrew Periale

17 Puppet Festival (r)Evolution is Coming, by Carole D’Agostino and Spencer Lott

17 Festival Scholarships, by Donald Kruszka

REVIEWS

18 Imagination Stage’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” reviewed by Randel McGee

PROFILES

19 The Olde World Puppet Theatre, by Steven Overton

28 The Man Beside Mantell, by Peter Newland

ARTICLE

24 A Swazzle in the Wilderness:  Recreating an 18th Century Early American Punch and Judy Show, by Wayne Krefting

WORKSHOP

32 Advanced Stringing Technique, or… How a Toothpick Changed My Life, by Kevin Menegus

COLUMNS

30 Scene West:   Review of activity on the West Coast, by Beth Fernandez

31 Scene Between:   Puppetry in Arkansas, by Monica Leo

33 At Large, by Paul Eide

PLAYBOARD FALL 2012, edited by Fred Thompson

34 Reum With a View, by M’El Reum

35 The Guild File, by Kurt Hunter

36 Eureka! by Nancy Sander