Puppet as character, as landscape, as dreamscape. Puppet as accomplice. Puppet as stand-in. Puppet as twin. A puppet can be anything, really. You can carve them out of foam, like Kevin Augustine does (and how I would love to take a workshop class with him!). You can use video as in (RUS)H. You can use words, as I’ve done with my mecs. Or the sway and flicker of old-fashioned shadow puppetry, as we’re planning for our Under the Poppy trailer (more details to follow on that shortly). You can reimagine a classic, like Basil Twist has done with “Petrushka.” Or make it all totally new, take the first step into the dark sparkle of the void, holding the hand of your own creation. This puppet universe is just about limitless. If you haven’t tried it yet, well. . . maybe it’s time. What method speaks for you? What object, what face, what voice? And what are you going to make your puppet do?