Spring 2009 Volume 60, No. 3 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS: COVER STORY 2 Ronnie Burkett’s “Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy” by Paul Eide ARTICLES 4 Back to School – Reclaiming a Role in the Schools Through Curriculum-Based Performance, by Lisa Sturz 7 2009 National Puppetry Festival – Let’s Start the Show, by Jeff Cornett 8 Profile: Llords’ “International” – One Man, Two Hands, by Wayne Martin 14 Dear Mr. President, by Hobey Ford and contributors to Puptcrit 15 Pulling Strings – the Marionettes and Art of gustave Baumann (Interview with Joy Ginther); Confessions of a Santa Fe Puppet Wrangler, by Joy Gwynne Ginther 17 Snow in Hawaii – an MFA Thesis, by Kat Pleviak 19 Praise & Puppets for Uncle Walt – a Conversation Between Puppeteers Bart Buch and Brian Selznick AT LARGE, compiled by Paul Eide, Editor
BOOKS 26 Two from Charlemagne Press, reviewed by Paul Eide A Pair of Cockeyed Optimists – The Puppetry Career of Bob and Judy Brown Stories and Shows from Pinocchio’s Marionette Theatre, by David Eaton 28 Banff Puppet theatre Intensive: The rocky Mountains in Winter, by Michael J. Vetere III, MFA REVIEW 30 The Voyages of Dr. Doolittle, Reviewed by Fred Putz COLUMNS 10 A Bob’s-Eye View • One Flew Over the Media Center 11 Scene East, by Steve Abrams • “Icarus” • I Made Sidia• Chinese Theatre Works 12 Scene West, by Beth Fernandez • Activities and Events on the West Coast 13 Scene Between, by Monica Leo • Pix Smith and the Dallas Puppet Theater 25 Poor Alan’s Almanack, by Alan Cook • Marionetas de la Esquina ADVERTISING 29 -PuppetFest Midwest • 28-Charlemagne Press 32-Ken’s Color Cards Inside Front Cover –2009 Puppetry Festival Inside Back Cover, The Puppetry Store |