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Winter/Spring 2016/17 Volume 68, No. 2

Table of Contents:

3  From the Editor BY STEVE ABRAMS

4  Magnificent Gesture of Support BY STEVE ABRAMS
Julie’s Greenroom Welcomes Young Viewers to the Stage

5  The Theatre of Robert Anton BY STEVE ABRAMS

6  Lara “Lars” MacLean: Puppet Wrangler BY JAMIE DONMOYER

10  Austin Public Library’s Literature Live! BY ELLEN TURNER SCOTT

12  Pip’s Island: Immersive Theatre for Family Audience BY MARC PETROSINO

13  Steve Googled This For You BY STEVE ABRAMS

14  All the Years Combine, They Melt Into a Dream BY JEFF BRAGG

16  Amahl and the Night Visitors BY PAUL EIDE

20  Professional Development at the Chicago International Puppetry Festival BY KAT PLEVIAK

22 Feathers, Beads and Boas: A Love Story BY JULEEN MURRAY SHAW

24  REEL PUPPETRY: Yamasong: March of the Hollows BY ALEX U. GRIFFIN

26  Kansas Puppeteer Looks Back BY BILL SOLLNER
The Magic Glade: Puppet Plays by Bill Henderson REVIEW BY NICHOLAS COPPOLA

27  SCENE EAST BY STEVE ABRAMS AND PETER LEWIS

30 MILESTONES: Robert Gregg, Bill Cassady, Julie Goell, Linalice Carey, Donald A. Schluter, Captain Noah, Steven L. Schutt

32  SCENE WEST BY CAMILLA HANNEMANN

33  SCENE BETWEEN BY JAN WOLFE

34  GUILD CONNECTION BY KURT HUNTER

35  EUREKA! BY NANCY SANDER