Roger Mara's Workshop

During our trip to Seattle we had hoped to visit with Roger Mara, a puppeteer friend of ours that had been diagnosed with cancer. Sadly he passed away before we arrived. Roger was an amazing and talented puppeteer and puppet builder. His early death was a great loss to the puppetry community. When Patrick and I were just starting out, we often looked to Roger for help and advice. Drawing on his years of experience, he taught us how to run a successful and professional puppet company. While up in Seattle, Elizabeth Luce, his long time friend and collaborator kindly let us tour his workshop, so that we could see some of the new puppets he created since relocating to the Pacific Northwest. Over the coming days I'll be sharing some of Roger's puppets with you. I hope his work inspires you as much as it inspires me.

Seattle Children's Theater Puppet Workshop

This is Doug's puppet workshop back stage at the Seattle Children's Theater. He has a nice corner carved out for himself in the large scene shop. Doug has designed, built, directed and performed puppets for various Seattle Children's Theater productions including: Winnie-the-Pooh, Bunnicula, The Big Friendly Giant, The Odyssey, The Lion Which and the Wardrobe, and more.

To learn more about Doug and see samples of his work check out his website.