Since the retirement of Mesner Puppet Theater creator Paul Mesner, the nonprofit arts organization moved to a new home and rebranded as What If Puppets. They're also doubling down on a new focus: ...

The Sugar Hole puppets are an odd bunch. Since May they have appeared every Saturday and Sunday and offered passersby cones of ice cream. When the weather turned, they began serving soup, hand pies, ...

When teachers noticed that children in Oakland preschool and kindergarten classrooms were not engaging in imaginative play or interacting with each other as much after the pandemic, staff at ...

Editor's Note: This interview is part of an ongoing Star series highlighting Kansas Citians from historically underrepresented communities and their impact on our region. The series builds on The Star ...

Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie may be the stars of Jim Henson's 1986 fantasy classic Labyrinth, but they're surrounded by scene-stealing puppets who seem every bit as human. That's the special ...

Lying next to a giant Frankenstein monster’s head one night in 1996, under the stage at Steppenwolf Theatre, I was told by a man named Blair Thomas, “We are aware that we are making things that people ...

Facial features on your puppet should be expressive yet simple enough to keep them recognizable as dolls. Use buttons or ...

Matthew Tye holds puppet Sir Ebral, a character seen in "Election Day" at Appleseed Avenue, an escape room venue featuring puppets. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) I am standing on what looks ...