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UConn Puppet Arts Alumni Puppet Forum

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry

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Wed, 01 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm

1 Royce Cir, Ste 101B, Storrs, CT, United States, Connecticut 06268

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Wed, 01 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm (EDT)

1 Royce Cir, Ste 101B, Storrs, Connecticut 06268

1 Royce Cir, Storrs Center, CT 06268-2259, United States, Storrs Mansfield

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UConn Puppet Arts Alumni Puppet Forum
As part of its 2025 Fall Puppet Forum Series and in conjunction with its exhibition Art, Movement, Imagination: 60 Years of UConn Puppeteers, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry is pleased to host an Alumni Puppet Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle, Storrs, CT.

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the UConn Puppet Arts program, this lively discussion, led by Ballard Institute Director John Bell, will feature alumni Frankie Cordero (BFA 2004) and Joe Therrien (MFA 2017) to explore UConn’s internationally acclaimed puppetry program and the fascinating work that UConn puppeteers create after graduation This forum will also be broadcast via Ballard Institute Facebook Live (facebook.com/BallardInstitute).

Chicago native Frankie Cordero is an Emmy-nominated puppeteer, puppet builder, and director for live and television puppetry, best known for his roles as Purple Panda and Turtle-Lou on Spiffy Pictures' Donkey Hodie, as Rudy on Sesame Street, and in theater productions with such companies as Phantom Limb, Blair Thomas & Co., and Walking with Dinosaurs. He also teaches television-style puppetry in the Chicago area.

Joe Therrien builds, directs, and performs in puppet shows throughout the Northeast, working with groups including Bread and Puppet Theater, Great Small Works, Papel Machete, and Al Limite, among others. He is a founding member of the Brooklyn-based Boxcutter Collective. In 2011, he founded the People's Puppets of Occupy Wall Street, a democratic art collective which created street performance, puppets, and visual art for various grassroots and community organizations in New York City and the surrounding area.

Megan and John Regan created CactusHead Puppets in 2010 after they both graduated from UConn’s Puppet Arts Program. CactusHead performs extensively throughout the Northeast, with such family-friendly shows as The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Bremen Town Musicians, and Magnificent Monster Circus, as well as frequent Puppet Slam appearances. They are affiliated artists with Boston’s Puppet Showplace Theater.

Admission to this event is free (donations greatly appreciated!), and refreshments will be served. For more information or if you require accommodation to attend a forum, please contact Ballard Institute staff at 860.486.8580 or YmltcCB8IHVjb25uICEgZWR1.


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UConn Puppet Arts Alumni Puppet Forum, 1 October | Event in Storrs Mansfield | AllEvents
UConn Puppet Arts Alumni Puppet Forum
Wed, 01 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm