
2026 Upcoming Events
Jan 23 .................................. Nasty Brutish & Short Cabaret presented by Rough House Puppets, Constellation, Chicago, IL
Jan 31 .................................. Crankie Night, Birdhouse Center for the Arts, Lambertville, NJ
Feb 10, 11 ............................ Shadow Futures Workshop, and guest Crankie performance, VCAM at Haverford College
March 18, 19 ..................... Teen Arts Festival, DIY mini crankie pop-up station, Burlington County, NJ
March 21 ............................ Vermont Crankie Fest, New England Youth Theater, Brattleboro, VT
June 21 ………………………… Blood From a Turnip Slam, Firehouse Theatre, Richmond, VA
Selected Past Opportunities
2025 A Rafter of Crankies with Sandglass Theater, Putney, VT
EPHEMERA, an evening of shadow puppets, crankie theater, and drag @ Philadelphia Brewing Co. Tasting Room
Arts After Dark Crankie Festival 2025 @ Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton NJ
Philly Puppet Slam! (Fringe Fest Edition) Co-coordinator and emcee @ Studio 34
Makers and Music Festival, Giant Puppets and pop-up Puppet-Making Booth with Lou Hemler in Partnership with
Camden FireWorks @ Camden Waterfront South Neighborhood, NJ
Wham Bam Puppet Slam @ The Deep End Studios
Fundraiser for JUNTOS @ Hall Pass, Community Talent Show / Art Gallery / Raffle
Let's Make Giant Puppets! A workshop series with Maisie and Lou, in partnership with Camden FireWorks
Puppets in the Garden @ Phoenix Community Garden, Brooklyn, NY
2D Puppetry workshop with Youth Arts Workshop @ Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia
PUPPET OVEN launch! A puppeteer and puppetry-curious makers meetup around Philly
Festival of Scrolling Panoramic Art, Confluence Center for Creative Arts, Confluence, PA
We Wiggle Dolls VIII Puppet Slam @ Rubulad, Brooklyn, NY
2024 On the Cusp of Revolution, Fundraiser for families in Gaza @ Dahlak Paradise, Philadelphia
Community Fair @ Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia
Collaborating visual artist / live overhead projections for The Conditions, by Lucy M. May
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Montréal arts interculturels, Montréal, Québec
PHL PuppetPalooza supporting and welcoming Asheville, NC's TOYBOX THEATRE @ The Deep End Studios, Philadelphia
International Puppet Slam in NYC, Presented by the Puppet Slam Network and Green Feather Foundation @ Dixon Place
In-Process Salon with the Philadelphia Animation Ensemble, presented by cinéSPEAK @ Making Worlds Books, Philadelphia
Arts After Dark Crankie Festival 2024, co-coordinator and emcee @ Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton NJ,
Palabras, Poppies, and Poetry: a Tribute to Palestinian Resistance, Malcom X Park, Philadelphia, please read and support
Magic Lantern Festival @ Burlington County NJ Lyceum of History and Natural Science
Family Festival: Creature Features @ The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Ever So Lonely / Eyes / Ocean music video in collaboration with Gingger Shankar, Charlotte Qamaniq, and Amy Lee Ketchum
Crankies with The Lantern Sisters, @ Studio 34. Katherine Fahey & Dan Van Allen, with Elizabeth LaPrelle and Maisie O'Brien
DORAN @ Studio 34. Elizabeth LaPrelle, Brian Dolphin, Annie Schermer & Channing Showalter with Maisie O'Brien
Guest shadow theater lecturer and workshop instructor with Jacinta Yelland, Temple University
Festival of Scrolling Panoramic Art, Confluence Center for Creative Arts, Confluence, PA
2023 Ithaca Crankie Cabaret, presented by LilyPad Puppet Theatre, Ithaca, NY
Show of Hands Puppet Festival, with shadow puppetry workshop, presented by Visionaries + Voices, Cincinnati, OH (remote)
Arts After Dark Crankie Festival 2023, co-coordinator and emcee, Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton, NJ
Spirit-Rider & Night Heart, Summer & Fall tour– a music and shadow show created and performed with Georgia Beatty,
Minneapolis Crankie Festival, Minneapolis, MN, (remote)
National Puppetry Festival, College Park, University of Maryland
Festival of Scrolling Panoramic Art, Confluence Center for Creative Arts, Confluence, PA
The Environment is Generational, shadow short film and workshop series in partnership with Camden FireWorks, NJ
Nasty Brutish & Short Puppet Cabaret with the 2023 Chicago International Puppet Festival, Chicago, IL (virtual screening)
2022 Meadow Fest, crankie performer opening for the Save the Meadows and Stop Cop City campaigns, FDR Park, Philadelphia
Goldenrod Worship: In Situ Polyculture Beta Residency in natural dyes and pigments, Saxtons River, VT
Mother Water (Mami Wata) short film pilot, shadow puppetry and design, written and directed by Brittany Clemons
Baltimore Crankie Fest 2022, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
Puppet Slamwich at Black Cherry Puppet Theater Baltimore, MD
2021 CARE: Access, highlighting the role of caregivers in the pandemic, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia
319 Artist in residence at Grizzly Grizzly gallery, Vox Building, Philadelphia
O'Neill National Puppetry Conference, "Making Manual Cinema" strand attendee, O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT (remote)
2020 Virtual Rocky Mountain Puppet Slam, presented by Katy Williams Design with Theatrical Response Team, Denver, CO (online)
Virtual Slam Extravaganza, presented by Puppet Showplace Theater, Brookline, MA (online)
International Toy Theater Festival Day #5, presented by Great Small Works, Brooklyn, NY (online)
The Codex Project, Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia
2019 Artist in residence at Officina Stamperia del Notaio, printshop and studio residency, Tusa, Sicily, Italy
2018 Bread and Puppet Theatre Summer Apprenticeship, Grasshopper Rebellion Circus & Out of Joint Hamlet, Glover, VT
2015 Independent art and puppetry absorption abroad, Penn. Academy of Fine Arts Women's Board Travel Scholarship
(A backpacker's quest for art and puppets throughout Germany, France, Scotland, and England)