Located in New York City, WonderSpark Puppets performs award-winning puppet theater in all sorts of venues. Theaters, schools, libraries, children's museums, and even your living room, you never know where WonderSpark Puppets will be appearing next.
Founded by husband and wife team Chad Williams and Lindsey "Z." Briggs, WonderSpark Puppets infuse fun and whimsy into all their performances. WonderSpark is happy to perform puppet shows for kids and adults alike.
Z Briggs has worked as a professional puppeteer for the last 6 years as a performer and builder on numerous projects including most recently Alissa Hunnicutt's The Kid Inside, Jonny Clockworks' Edward Lear's Absurd Ditties, Lone Wolf Tribes' Bride (2009 UNIMA Award), and the character Lottie Lamb on the PBS kids show Seemore's Playhouse.
Chad Williams is a filmmaker turned puppeteer, having shot and edited two puppetry documentaries: Puppet Fest '09 and Puppet Rampage.
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WonderSpark Puppets joyfully volunteers at Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital KidZone TV, and 826 NYC and recently gave a lecture and demonstration to a class at the Children's Museum for the Arts in Manhattan.
WonderSpark Puppets is based out of Astoria, NY and is happy to serve the 5 buroughs of NYC, Long Island, Upstate NY, New Jersey, Connecticut, and beyond.
WonderSpark Puppets have performed at the following venues:
2010: Perishable Theatre (RI), Puppet Showplace (MA), The Tank (NYC), Park Slope Jewish Center (NYC), Winner of So You Want to be a Puppeteer 2 at the Augusta Curtis Cultural Center (Meriden, CT), The Brick (NYC), New York Public Library - part of the National Day of Puppetry (NYC), Tribeca Kids Festival (NYC), Free Arts NYC (various locations - NYC)
2009: Puppets in Paradise (VT), Dixon Place (NYC), The Tank (NYC), Theater for the New City (NYC)
Chad and Z. also enjoy performing shows for adults as well. In our calendar you will see this noted as "WonderSpark after Dark" |