![]() ![]() So it becomes clear that it is important that she is able to expand her understanding of the artistry of puppet theater. ![]() She often attends rehearsals and gives one on one pointers to puppeteers for the Rose productions that utilize puppets. ![]() Stephanie is the person that many of the directors at The Rose consult for guidance on the best use of puppetry for their shows. So how do the Rose’s use of puppets and Stephanie come together? Whether it was string marionette kitten puppets in Goodnight Moon, pig puppets in The True Story of the Three Pigs, or a full-sized reindeer puppet in Prancer, The Rose has made use of its fair share of puppets this past season. With the 2016-17 season wrapping up, audiences have had the pleasure of seeing multiple types of puppets appear on The Rose Theater stage. She has also undertaken a few other theater endeavors in the Midwest. As a holder of an MFA in Acting and being a trained puppeteer specializing in shadow puppetry and Bunraku, she has worked at a plethora of theaters in NYC, including The Jim Henson Company’s Sesame Street as Assistant to the Artistic Supervisor. Stephanie’s name has been seen in a few places beyond her now home in Omaha. She has also appeared in several mainstage shows at The Rose as an actress in shows like Frog & Toad, Ivy & Bean, Honk!, The Jungle Book and she teaches classes at The Rose too!Ībove: Photos of puppetry from The Rose’s world premiere of The Grocer’s Goblin and The Little Mermaid Some of you may have seen or heard Stephanie’s name around The Rose, specifically in regards to shows that she has directed including George and Martha, Charlotte’s Web and The Rose’s world premiere of The Grocer’s Goblin and The Little Mermaid, The Misfits and others. She previously served as co-curator of Nasty, Brutish & Short Puppetry Cabaret at Links Hall, on the Artistic Direction Committee for Puppet Festival (r)Evolution, and made 3 appearances in the National Puppetry Slam.Stephanie Jacobson, a Teaching Artist and the Director of Youth Productions at The Rose Theater was one of six artists invited to work with Ronnie Burkett in a 3-day preconference for the 2017 National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Connecticut this June. Ann's Warehouse, Puppet Kitchen, Streb Lab, and Puppet Playlist, and regionally at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the Puppeteers of America National Festival, and NerdCon: Stories.Īs a fabricator she has worked with The Jim Henson Company, Rick Lyon Puppets, Puppet Kitchen, Furry Puppet Studio, and Transformed Puppet. In New York she has performed at La MaMa, Dixon Place, St. She has worked internationally in residence at Nordland Figur Teatret in Norway and her original work has appeared across the US. ![]() Jessica Simon is a recipient of an UNIMA Citation of Excellence, support from the Jim Henson Foundation, and was selected as an Emerging Artist at the O'Neill National Puppetry Conference, and a Catapult Artist at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. ![]()
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