Blair Thomas (back of head) and Jeanette Delaney work together in Thomas's intensive workshop for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Credit: Kimzyn Campbell “Did they have puppets ...

While puppets have long appealed to moppets — upbeat shows filled with marionettes and felt figures have a whimsical way of eliciting giggles from youngsters — puppetry as an art form has long had an ...

In Little Shop of Horrors, Audrey II is a vociferous plant who develops a taste for human blood. In real life, Audrey II is a puppet - four puppets to be precise - but she's still known to inspire ...

When puppets can sing, fight, cuss, have both sex and identity crises, and still remain adorable, one might presume those puppets' masters were lifelong students of the medium. The co-creators of ...