Winter 2007 Volume 59, No. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

COVER STORY

2 AMERICAN GEPETTO - FRED COWAN by Bob Abdou

ARTICLES

5 LISA STURZ / PETRUSHKA WITH THE ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY, from an Interview with Lisa Sturz, conducted by Steve Hageman

6 CANDIDATES FOR THE 2008-2008 BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Bios and photos)

7 PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA AND UNIMA-USA HOLD DISCUSSIONS IN ATLANTA

9 VOICE 4 VISION PUPPET FESTIVAL:  THE JESTER OF TONGA, Review by Anna Vargas

10 WORLD FESTIVAL OF PUPPET THEATER - CHARLEVILLE 2006 by Elizabeth Luce

15 BUILDING A DREAM THEATER by Paul Eide, from an interview with Jeff Cobabe 

17 REST YE MERRY PUPPETEERS by Albert Jewell 

19 THE SANTA MONICA PUPPETRY CENTER - THE FIRST TEN YEARS: RELOCATION AND REFLECTION by Steve Meltzer 

20 A ROLLING REGIONAL by Doris Hicks 

27 WAKKA WAKKA’S FABRIK An Endowment Fund Interview by Len Gerwick 

28 THE PUPPETMASTER OF LODZ Review by Peter Lewis

COLUMNS 

13 A BOB’S EYE VIEW -  “Shaking the Bushes to Wiggle the Dollies” - Bob Nathanson

14 AT LARGE - Paul Eide, Editor

24 SCENE EAST - Steve Abrams

25 SCENE WEST - Beth Fernandez

26 SCENE BETWEEN - Monica Leo and Teri Jean Breitbach

32 POOR ALAN’S ALMANACK - Alan Cook

IN MEMORIAM 

22 FRED KNAPP - Bob Abdou

MAGGIE KERR - Lynne Jennings, Mindy Donner, Kathy Felker, John Kerr 

23 JEWELL PERKINS - Angela Beasley

MARGO (ASHTON) RISCH - Fred Putz