Theatre Arts

Puppets & Puppet Theatre

2012 was the inaugural year of The Everyman Puppet Theatre. Besides performances, I am offering workshops on puppets and puppet theatre for adults and children in and around Picayune, MS.

I studied puppetry at the University of Washington in 1984-1985 under world-renowned puppeteer Aurora Valentinetti and have since designed/created/directed puppet shows, designed/built puppets for other plays, and taught various workshops and a college course.

I LOVE puppets and want to spread the word about this fantastical theatre art!

For how-to videos and short puppet plays, visit
The Everyman Puppet Theatre
on YouTube!

Puppet Shows

The Porcupine & The Pig /
Pearl the Turtle Saves the Day

The Christmas Festival of Lessons & Carols
with Puppets

St. Barnabas Anglican Church
Picayune, MS
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Saturday, December 8, 2019

Festival of 9 Lessons & Carols
with Puppets

St. Barnabas Anglican Church
Picayune, MS
Saturday, December 12th, 2015

The Christmas Story
A Service of Lessons & Carols with Puppets
St. Barnabas Anglican Church
Picayune, MS
Sunday, December 14th, 2014

The Christmas Story
A Pageant of Lessons & Carols with Puppets
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Murray, KY
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

* June 29-30 at FREEDOMFEST *

On the Courthouse Square in Murray, KY,
A dramatized reading of the Declaration of Independence
from
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
by none other than
Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, 1776!

* Little Hands Story Time *

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Vacation Bible School
Murray, KY

June 5, 2012 - The Lion & the Mouse
June 12, 2012 - Jesus Loves the Little Children
June 19, 2012 - The Hamster & the Wolf
June 26, 2012 - Little Hands Can Heal

Some Other Examples of My Work:

from The Mermaid & the Sea Dragon

Clive the Seahorse

This puppet play performance was the "final project" of a course I taught, Introduction to Puppets & Puppet Theatre (Interim 2009, Greenville College, Greenville, IL)

"The Beast" - Mask from the Evergreen Children's Theatre production of “The Masque of Beauty and the Beast” (1995) is on display at The Aurora Valentinetti Puppet Museum - 280 4th St, Bremerton, WA

"Oysters" under construction for "Alice in Wonderland"

See my Theatre Arts Portfolio to learn more about my experience:

Mama Rose & Kitty June

Kitty June in "beauty" mode...

Kitty (on left) has grown up!