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at the Black Cherry Puppet Slamwich. photo by Dessie Delaplaine

The things I do

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•Shadow theater, Crankie Theater, & Puppetry – design, creation, performance, consultation, and teaching

-Puppet show and Crankie festival co-coordinator

-Collaborations in dance, theater, film, and music, etc!

-Workshops for the passionate and the curious: shadow puppetry, giant puppets, paper maché, printmaking, toy making

-Guest lectures about my art and its roots in puppet theater, printmaking, and music

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•Education in seasonal partnership with

Spiral Q  / Asian Arts Initiative / Fleisher Art Memorial / Camden FireWorks / Burlington County NJ Parks / Temple University / Haverford College

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Education and Community Roots

 

•Puppet Oven

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​•Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Workshops

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-Shadow Puppetry II with Linda Wingerter

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-Crankie Theaters with Myra Su​

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•Philadelphia Animation Ensemble

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•University of Connecticut (UConn), Puppetry Arts unmatriculated student, Advanced Shadow Theater with Annie K. Rollins

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​•2023 National Puppetry Festival

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​•2021 O’Neill Puppetry Conference​

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​•2018 Bread & Puppet Theater Summer apprentice, Grasshopper Rebellion Circus, and Out-of-Joint Hamlet

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Funding​

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Center for Cultural Vibrancy Grant, crankie festival co-coordinator

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Puppet Slam Network Grant, slam co-coordinator

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Art is PHL grant

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Bartol Foundation Teaching Artist Micro-grant

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Illuminate the Arts Grant, distributed by the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, and Philadelphia City Council

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© maisie goodnight obrien 2026

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