![]() This scholarship honors one of the great character puppeteers, Jerry Nelson, and is awarded to puppeteers who have a special interest in character and vocal development of puppet performances.Īlumni Grants are awarded to returning participants who display a desire to retool their thinking about their work in the art of puppetry. The Lisa Simon scholarship is awarded to a female director whose work is currently or is growing in the puppet arts. Winner of 20 Emmys over a career spanning four decades, Lisa started with a summer job as a file clerk and a caretaker for children who appeared on the show during the early days and rose to supervising producer/director of Sesame Street. She directed shows for Between the Lions, Oobi and many humanitarian outreach projects. On April 4, 2015, we lost a dear friend in Lisa Simon, longtime producer and director on Sesame Street, on her 64th birthday. Please help us honor the memory of the one and only Allelu Kurten with a donation to the "Generous Spirit Scholarship" that has been created in her memory. ![]() This scholarship is awarded to puppeteers who have a special interest in marionette construction and manipulation.Īllelu Kurten Generous Spirit Scholarship This scholarship honors Jim Rose, one of the great marionette masters, beloved Conference mentor, and son of Margo & Rufus Rose. Most applicants will receive some form of scholarship assistance. ![]() If necessary, we highly encourage all applicants to apply for a scholarship. The application for scholarships is included within the application for conference attendance. Pam holds a BA in Dance and Drama from the University of Hawaii and a MA in Puppetry from the University of Connecticut. She has taught for the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, the University of Hawaii, Sesame Street International South Africa remotely for Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Taipei National University of the Arts, the University of Connecticut, and California State University, Fresno. Pam directed the film Whiskey Neat, and she has also directed Between the Lions and Oobi for television. She has performed in many commercials and films, including Zappos, Fuze, Angel Soft, Sundance Myths, Sundance Film Festival Extreme Measures, Little Monsters, and Follow That Bird.Īs a stage director, she directed Iftah Ya Simsim-Sesame Street Saudi Arabia, Sesame Live Shows for Sesame Place, Beaches Turks and Caicos, Beaches Jamaica, Port Adventura, Barcelona, Spain Sea World Orlando Play with Me Sesame Live, US tours and Disney's Wahoo Wagon at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles. Seuss, TV Funhouse, Oobi, Eureeka's Castle and The Great Space Coaster. She has worked on many adult and children's programs including Between the Lions, Blue's Clues Blue's Room, Chappell's Show, Allegra's Window, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Pam Arciero is a principal puppeteer with Sesame Street, performing numerous characters, most notably Grundgetta Grouch. Roccoberton Jr., and Jim and Margo Rose and is dedicated to the legacies of Bill Baird, Jim Henson, Rufus and Margo Rose, Don Sahlin, Martin Stevens, Burr Tillstrom, Brad Williams, Nikki Tilroe, and George Latshaw in the spirit with which they shared their artistry and themselves. ![]() The O’Neill's National Puppetry Conference was established by key founding members Jane Henson, George Latshaw, Richard Termine, Bobbi Nidzgorski, Bart P. On the global stage, our puppeteers have gone on to produce and perform in shows in Afghanistan, Iran, Australia, Scotland, India, Uganda, and China. Their work has also been seen in commercials in films such as Being John Malkovich, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and The Muppets and on television, including Sesame Street, Between the Lions, Saturday Night Live, and Bear in the Big Blue House. Past conference participants have gone on to work in such venues as HERE Arts Center, Dixon Place, La MaMa, Redmoon, The Puppet Showplace, The Sandglass Theatre, Trouble Puppet, The Center for Puppetry Arts, Zeum, Automata Theater. Participants collaborate with renowned guest directors, puppet artists, and playwrights to develop innovative productions conceived by guest artists, as well as presentations initiated by the Conference participants. Each June, participants gather from across the globe to create works that defy the bounds of contemporary theater and the imagination. The mission of the National Puppetry Conference is to encourage puppet artists to create and communicate through the visual and kinetic form of the puppet, to push beyond their personal boundaries, and develop new works for puppet theater.
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