Puppet Publications Roundtable

A Roundtable Discussion Hosted by Puppet Professors Claudia Orenstein & Colette Searls

What interesting discussions are people having about puppetry? How are they addressing juicy topics like puppetry and robotics, AI, religion, sexuality, race, spirituality, new media, feminism, and disability? Claudia and Colette will guide you through a wealth of new books and articles addressing these and other issues as they share and exchange their views on recent publications, followed by Q&A and an opportunity to browse materials. 

Come join us! 

Claudia Orenstein is author of Reading the Puppet Stage: Reflections on the Dramaturgy of Performing Objects and co-editor of Making Meaning in Puppetry: Materials, Practice, Perception; Puppet and Spirit: Ritual Religion and Performing Objects (in two volume); Women and Puppetry: Critical and Historical Investigations; and The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance. She is Editor of PIR, Puppetry International Research. 

 Colette Searls is author of A Galaxy of Things: the Power of Puppets and Masks in Star Wars and Beyond. She is the performance review editor for PIR.