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Davies and John Tartaglia (Fraggle Rock) will serve as Co-EPs and perform as the puppeteers for Roxy and Ronald.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Other potential responses focus on the perpetrators rather than the puppeteers, prosecuting the petty criminals who carry out acts of sabotage or, in the Baltic Sea, boarding and impounding the offending vessel, as Finland did recently, and following up with a court case.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
In Bunraku, one puppet is handled by three puppeteers, each of whom is responsible for a different portion of the puppet’s body: the lead puppeteer takes the head and the right arm and guides the torso; the second puppeteer handles the left arm; and the third operates the lower half.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Mention the Handspring Puppet Theatre of Cape Town, South Africa, to any knowledgeable puppeteer and eyes invariably widen with admiration.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Other potential responses focus on the perpetrators rather than the puppeteers, prosecuting the petty criminals who carry out acts of sabotage or, in the Baltic Sea, boarding and impounding the offending vessel, as Finland did recently, and following up with a court case.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
In Bunraku, one puppet is handled by three puppeteers, each of whom is responsible for a different portion of the puppet’s body: the lead puppeteer takes the head and the right arm and guides the torso; the second puppeteer handles the left arm; and the third operates the lower half.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Mention the Handspring Puppet Theatre of Cape Town, South Africa, to any knowledgeable puppeteer and eyes invariably widen with admiration.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Puppeteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppeteer. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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puppeteer
noun
pup·pe·teer
ˌpəp-ə-ˈti(ə)r 
: one who works puppets
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