Justin Otaki Perkins

Justin Otaki Perkins is a puppeteer and designer. Recent work includes See What I Wanna See (Out of the Box Theatrics, puppeteer/puppetry director), Madama Butterfly and Florencia en el Amazonas (Met Opera, cover), Hansel and Gretel (Michigan Opera Theater, principal puppeteer), Alaxsxa|Alaska (Ping Chong + Co, NYC/tour), Shank’s Mare (Tom Lee & Koryu Nishikawa, NYC/tour), And Here We Are (Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, National Sawdust), The Eye Which We Do Not Have (Kate Brehm, HERE). Justin’s puppetry work has been supported by Jim Henson Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Puppet Lab, Catwalk, Center at West Park, Dixon Place, and more. He’s a founder and curator at Object Movement Puppetry Festival at Center at West Park, a year-long development residency program for puppet artists with new works in development, currently in its eighth season. New Hampshire-born, MFA Sarah Lawrence College, lives in beautiful Brooklyn. IG @jstnprkns