Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:06:27 -0400
From: Steve Abrams <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Michael Curry Apology


Michael and team
Thanks so much for your very thoughtful note.

To reach puppeteers with audition notices you could try posting here on
puptcrit. You could also post a casting call on the bulletin board of the
Puppeteers of America website www.puppeteers.org

Ten years ago you did a presentation at the national puppet festival in
Seattle. I, and many others, remember it vividly. It was inspirational
Steve Abrams

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:12 AM, Michael Curry <
michael-AT-michaelcurrydesign.com> wrote:

> I was told by one of my team that a lively debate was forming around
> various
> comments made about using actors and dancers instead of puppeteers. It
> should be noted that Robert Lepage and I used six dedicated puppeteers on
> the recent Nightingale Opera. These were manipulators of the first order
> from Quebec City. It is true that most of the thousands of performers I've
> put on stage over the last 20 years have not been actual puppeteers but
> more
> generally trained actor dancers. I rarely see puppeteers responding to
> audition calls and notices. I certainly cast puppeteers. They are just much
> more rare than the seemingly endless line of actor dancers who apply to
> audition calls. To find proper puppeteers I generally reach out to them and
> convince them to be involved.
> I must confess I love puppetry and its practitioners. This form of art has
> driven me for 30 years and it is the performers who deliver the art to the
> audience. I will, in the future, be more careful with my descriptions of
> these performer qualities. I would like to apologize to the puppeteer
> community for any comments that may have been perceived as less than
> respectful.
>                                Michael Curry
>
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