Theater
Writing, directing, and performing for puppetry and immersive theater
Bob Baker Marionette Theater
For the last 3 years, I’ve been working at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater as a puppeteer, while learning about puppet fabrication as an apprentice in their workshop.
I’ve performed in 8 different shows with the theater, puppeteered at Knott’s Berry Farm as part of a residency there, and worked on several film productions at the theater including music videos and an Apple TV+ shoot.
Additionally, I assist in the fabrication, restoration, and refurbishment of old and new marionettes.
Bev & Blanche
Who are Bev and Blanche? They are a nutty pair of codependent marionette twins who love to preach about mental health!
Molly Maslak and I developed these beautiful girls at the Eugene O’Neill Puppetry Conference in 2024, and have spent the last year performing with them and building their story.
Most recently, they performed at the Without Walls Festival with the La Jolla Playhouse, walking around the festival, leading people in guided meditations, and giving people unsolicited advice.
Bev & Blanche’s Real Good Feel Good Reel/Audition Tape
Click to view our proposal document submitted to the WOW Festival 2025 for an immersive puppetry show.
We ended up performing a bite-sized, walk-around version of this proposed show at the WOW Fest and are still developing the full show.
Featured Projects
“Interview with a Pumpkin” - October 2023
For this piece, Gabe Jamison and I interviewed friends and family ranging from ages 7 to 92, asking them about life at their respective ages.
Each jack-o-lantern puppet was carved out of a real pumpkin, existing only for this one performance. Why do jack-o-lanterns’ brief lives on our doorsteps bring us so much joy? And how is it that those fleeting moments in life are the ones we remember most, that mean the most, and that make it all worth it?
I feel so fortunate to have captured these beautiful moments with my loved ones, including my elderly grandparents.
“Sting” - Shadow Puppetry - August 2023
For the LA Guild of Puppetry’s astrology-themed Puppet Slam, I created and live puppeteered this piece using an overhead projector. Music and narration by yours truly.
I then brought this piece to the California Creative Learning Academy where I assistant taught 3rd graders as part of thei arts integration program. In this class, students learned about LA history and native animals around the LA River by creating shadow puppet shows.
“Lucky to be Me” - Hand, Rod & Mirror Puppetry - March 2023
I wrote, built, directed, and performed this piece with Ricky Chavez for the LA Guild of Puppetry’s Puppetzilla Puppet Slam.
Campfire Tales: Shadows in the Flame
Campfire Tales was an intimate immersive show of spooky stories told around the campfire that spanned 8 nights.
For this event, I wrote and performed an original scary story/song on guitar called Aria the Earworm.
