Winter 2011 Volume 63, No. 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

COVER STORY

2 Alan Cook:  Apostle of Puppetry, by Greg Veneklasen

ARTICLES

10 Bob and Judy’s Not-So-Excellent Saudi Adventure, by Judy Barry Brown

16 Toronto: A New Acting Academy for Puppeteers, by Nic Lemon

17 Mexico:  Six Years for the Titizu Puppet Troupe, by Ronald Burgess

20 Here They Are Again...Kukla, Fran and Dear Old Ollie,  by Wayne Martin and Mark Milano

IN MEMORIAM

13 Bruce Sedley, aka “Sir Sedley”

PUPPETEERS OF AMERICA

14 Candidates for 2012-2013 Board of Trustees 

COLUMNS

22 A Bob’s Eye View, by Bob Nathanson

28 Scene East, by Steve Abrams (with guest review by Robert Askins)

29 Scene West, by Beth Fernandez

30 Scene Between, by Monica Leo

23 At Large, edited by Paul Eide

INTO THE SHOP

32 Kurt Hunter’s device for handling nylon cord 

CARTOON

23 Gag by Bob Nathanson and drawing by Steve Mark

BOOKS

26 “Balloons Over Broadway,”  reviewed by Sharon Peck

27 Tony Sarg:  In His Own Words

ADVERTISING

19 International Puppet Museum

19 PuppetFest MidWest

24 Jim Henson Foundation (2012 Grant Recipients)

Inside back cover:  The Handy Stage for Hand Puppets

PLAYBOARD WINTER 2012, Edited by Fred Thompson

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