Wherever historic puppetry forms are still strong, and often part of annual ceremonies or rituals, they provide a firm base on which contemporary forms and inventions emerge. At the International ...

It’s not easy emoting to a tennis ball. But in this era of computer-generated wizardry, actors are often forced to shoot their scenes opposite a character that doesn’t yet exist — an alien, a talking ...

Tiffany is a streetwise girl from North Carolina. Behind her brave exterior is a girl struggling with insecurities. Another thing: She’s a hand-built foam puppet. Created by storyteller Marilyn ...

Jim Henson modernized the age-old art of puppetry by using foam rubber to coat the puppets’ limbs. Previously, most TV puppets were made of carved wood. But Henson believed that foam rubber and cloth ...