Winter 2010 Volume 62, No. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

COVER STORY

2 The O’Neill National Puppetry Conference Celebrates 20 Years - by Pam Arciero, Richard Termine,  Fred Thompson;  edited by Paul Eide

FEATURE ARTICLES

8 Rudolph Live!, by Jon Ludwig

10 A New Day for the McPharlin Collection, by Tih Penfil

16 Having New Eyes – The Journey of Yamasong, by Sam Koji Hale

19 Wayne Martin – Living the Life;  an Interview with the Artist

24 It Gets Better, by Steve Abrams

FESTIVALS

7 The National Puppetry Festival (Atlanta, 2011) – A Diamond Anniversary Celebration, by Jeff Cornett, Festival Co-Director

WORKSHOP

12 Building a Star in 400 Hours, Part 1, by Phillip Huber– A photo essay documenting the building of his latest marionette

IN MEMORIAM

27 Norman Hetherington, by Richard Bradshaw

Nancy Frazier Fawcett (see Scene Between) 

COLUMNS

28 Scene West, by Beth Fernandez  (News of activities on the West Coast)

29 Scene Between, by Monica Leo (Remembering Nancy Frazier Fawcett)

30 A Bob’s Eye View, by Bob Nathanson (Profile of Jim Napolitano)

31 At Large, compiled by Paul Eide

PLAYBOARD NOVEMBER 2010-FEBRUARY 2011, edited by Fred Thompson

33-36

COVER

Top image: 20 Year Remix – a Retrospective, by Richard Termine, Marianne Kubik, Lenny Pinna;  Performed by Valeska Maria Populoh, Mask by Bernd Ogrodnik (2010)

Left:  “Molta” by Collette Searls (2004)

Center:  Paul Mesner’s “Urban Myth” –  L-R:  David Karle, Ryan Dillon, Zach Dorn, Patrick Daniel Holmes, Caroline Reck (2008)

Right:  Ron Binion rehearsing Paul McGinnis’ “The Dance Within” (2002)