TABLE OF CONTENTS:
COVER STORY
2 The Puppet Co. Playhouse – Grand Opening for a Grand New Theatre, by Steve Abrams
FESTIVALS/CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS
5 6th Annual National Day of Puppetry – reports from around the country
11 Notes From the O’Neill, by Pam Arciero
FILM/TELEVISION VIDEO
12 UConn Puppet Arts on the Today Show
Team America Scheduled for Release
David Rudman Nominated for an Emmy
Strings
George Highham
Avenue Q on Regis and Kelly
ON STAGE
14 Avenue Q Wins the Big One/ Portraits of the Prairie
15 Ronnie Burkett’s “Provenance” – an Interview
17 The Magic Flute – a Mogul Experience, by Rolande DuPrey
18 Mum Puppettheater’s “The Visit” – a review by Miguel Romero
19 Stories on a String
20 Paul Mesner Puppets in “The Mikado” – Observations by the participants
21 Drama of Works Receives Award in Prague
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
22 Puppet Mania, by John Kennedy, reviewed by Guy Thompson
22 McPharlin Yearbooks Now on CD-ROM
23 Theatre on a Tabletop – Puppetry for Small Spaces, by Kuang-Yu Fong and Stephen Kaplin, reviewed by Paul Eide
PUPPET PLACES
24 Great Arizona Puppet Theater opens new performance space
Aurora Valentinetti Museum receives a gift of Chinese Puppets
New documentary on Ballard Institute and Museum/Puppet Arts Program at UConn
25 Page to Stage Productions 2004, by Thomas Sciacca
26 From the UNIMA-USA CENTER, by Reay Kaplan
IN MEMORIAM
26 Peter Baird, Bill Baue
NOTEWORTHY
27
POA
28 Takin’ Care of Business in Connecticut
INTO THE SHOP
29 How to Create a Papier Mache Master Model, by Michael Baroto
