TABLE OF CONTENTS:
COVER STORY
The Melikin Puppets, by Fred Putz
ARTICLES
6 Andrew Periale's "Animal Farm", by Andrew Periale
10 Pady Blackwood: A Charmed Life - Notes from His Friends, edited by Paul Eide
14 Puppets in American Samoa, by Sara Skinner-Probst
24 A Summer of Festivals - Regional Previews by Festival Directors
ONSTAGE
15 "The Colonists", Reviewed by Anna Vargas
BOOKS
19 "Handspring Puppet Company ", Reviewed by Steve Abrams
COLUMNS
16 Scene East, by Steve Abrams
17Scene West, by Beth Fernandez
18 Scene Between, by Monica Leo
21 Poor Alan's Almanac, by Alan Cook
22 A Bob's Eye View, by Bob Nathanson
7 At Large (Award for Eric and Ines Bass; Puppets at Spoleto Festival)
29 Marguerite puppet restored (notes by Alan Cook)
20 Steve Mark Cartoon , from an idea by Bob Nathanson
IN MEMORIAM
23 Steve Meltzer, by Greg Vaneklasen, Bob Abdou
24 Jan Stefura, by Richard Termine
24 Jim Malone, by Joyce Berty
PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA
28 Presenting Trustee Candidates for 2010-11
33 PLAYBOARD JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2010, Edited by Fred Thompson
ADVERTISING
Inside front cover: Pacific Northwest Festival; Atlanta Festival DVD; PuppetFest Midwest; Inside back cover: The Puppetry Store
15 Membership in Puppeteers of America / UNIMA-USA
30-31 Jim Henson Foundation
32 Southeast Region Festival; Great Lakes Region Festival
