From: "Preston Foerder" <preston-AT-pfpuppetry.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:48:56 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] whose work got you going?


As a child, Bil Baird, who's theater I attended in Greenwich Village and
Nicolo Marionettes, both companies that I am glad to say that I went on to
work for as an adult (although after Bil passed and Nicolo had become
Puppetworks (and yes Nick, I know it's more complicated than that.))

On television, Bil, Burr, and Jim, although not the Muppets of Sesame Street
but the Muppets that showed up on the Ed Sullivan Show every couple of weeks
with variety numbers, as well as a special that Jim Henson made for PBS in
the early 60s on being a puppeteer and making puppets.

And Bil Baird's The Art of the Puppet which I kept borrowed from the library
and stared at endlessly.

As a professional, Philippe Genty and Josef Krofta, both of whom I took
workshops with in Charleville, thanks to UNIMA-USA.

And one of my great regrets is missing the D.C. UNIMA Fest.

Preston 


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