Don’t be an April fool! Read this newsletter and mark your calendars for all sorts of great puppet events in the near future. In this issue: Letter from Lee, with congratulations for our guild members who received grants and thank you for progress on the Northern California Puppet Festival being planned. May 18th Guild Meeting Northern California Puppet Festival & Celebration, announcement, and applications. Meet our members: Toni “Tone” Mikulka-Chang and husband “Cello Joe” Chang Call for Nominations for Guild Board of Directors Puppet Events A Special memorial puppet from Ilene Kennedy ..read more

We had so much for March, we needed a Part 2. See Part 1 here. Puppetathlon Basil Twist production coming to Stanford February 2024 episode of Under The Puppet  Why Dramatic Tension in Children’s Puppet Shows is Cool for Kids Puppetry Institute News Building a Vladamir Zakharov-Style Wrist Puppet More Puppetathlon Photos International Puppetry News & UNIMA-USA  The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making  Talking Stuff: The Materiality of the Puppet  Mark Segal’s “A Puppeteer’s Notebook” March-Newsletter-Part-2Download ..read more

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SFBAPG IS CELEBRATING 70 YEARS, starting this month with the guild holiday party and the World Premiere of the SFBAPG Puppetathlon. (Think “American Ninja Warrior” but with puppets!) Watch the newsletter also for the continuing series of articles on the history of our guild. What you don’t know might surprise you! Also inside: Puppet Events in the Bay Area Remembering Gail Schulter  Feb2024News-and-Guild-Holiday-Bash-and-Puppet-SportstacularDownload ..read more

Welcome to 2024! This will be a year of parties and celebration for the guild as we commemorate 70 years. We start with our guild party in February (performances, food, fun and more), followed by our usual array of great workshops, performances and meetings, moving into a summer with two (two!) puppet festivals in the Bay Area. Read about our list of upcoming events, table top puppet updates, scholarship opportunity at The Puppetry Institute, member spotlight, sharing Amal the twelve-foot-tall the Syrian Refugee Puppet walking in DC, recycled material tabletop puppets, and much more. Guild70t ..read more

December-Newsletter_2023-12-01-1Download Reminder to Renew, update on the Table Top Workshop, using puppets in the classroom, teaching college classroom puppetry, and Puppetry Institute Event ..read more