File puptcrit/puptcrit.0710, message 95


Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:14:33 -0400
From: Libby Marcus <lmarcus-AT-maine.rr.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Jewish puppeteers


He is current, not past, but Eric Bass of Sandglass in Vermont comes to  
mind.  His 1990 show Invitation to  Heaven, Questions of a Jewish Child  
is a a story about a passover seder and questions a child has about his  
grandparents and Elijah and so on:  
http://www.sandglasstheater.org/performances/past/ 
past_performances.html#invitations

Libby Marcus

On Monday, October 22, 2007, at 08:52  PM, Greg Ballora wrote:

> Have you looked at the work of Len Levitt? He has done a lot of Video
> work, such as "Chanukah at Bubbe's", and the series "Alef, Bet
> Blastoff". Many of those puppets still exist, and Len is a pretty great
> guy, living here in Los Angeles.
>
> Greg Ballora
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 4:32 PM, robertrogers-AT-robertrogerspuppets.com  
> wrote:
>
>> I am working on a possible display for a seasonal museum called the
>> "Hannukah House" (located in Binghamton, New York).  I wonder if  
>> anyone
>> can recall the names of past American puppeteers who were Jewish.  I
>> know
>> that Paul Winchell and Shari Lewis were, and Yosl Cutler (much less
>> known
>> and from longer ago).  I also knew (and inherited the collection of)
>> Sara
>> Goldsmith who worked with marionettes in the 1930's.  But were there
>> others?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Robert Rogers
>>
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