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Kathy Foley

- 11/04/2025

Kathy Foley is a Distinguished Research Professor of Performance, Play, and Design at the University of California, Santa Cruz and she has taught at University of Hawaii, University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur), Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok) and Yonsei University (Seoul). She has served as President of UNIMA-USA and been a member of the UNIMA-International Research Commission […]

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Wendy Passmore-Godfrey

- 27/03/2025

Wendy Passmore-Godfrey, BFA, ASA, is a visual artist, writer, and performer, as well as the Artistic and Founding Director of WP Puppet Theatre, a non-profit charitable society established in Calgary, Mohkinstsis, Alberta, Canada, in 1991. She has designed, built, and performed in over 20 productions, touring both locally and internationally. Her latest project, Bakster and […]

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Linda Blanchet

- 9/03/2025

Linda Blanchet obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Berkeley (California) and a Master’s degree in directing and dramaturgy from the University of Nanterre. In 2018, she joined the documentary workshop at FEMIS. Since 2019, she has been one of the associate artists at La Ruche at Le Zef – Scène nationale de Marseille […]

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Zaven Paré

- 9/03/2025

Zaven Paré has always been at the forefront of avant-garde movements in puppetry. A pioneer in the field of technological arts, Paré replaced traditional puppet strings with cables to create his first electronic puppets in Canada, and later at the Cotsen Center for Puppetry (CalArts, 1999). Starting in 2007, he initiated the Robot Actors Project […]

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Stefan Kaegi 

- 9/03/2025

Stefan Kaegi creates documentary theatre, audio interventions, and immersive formats, often collaborating with non-actors who have unique stories to tell. He co-founded Rimini Protokoll with Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel in the early 2000s. His early projects include “Mnemopark,” a miniature world with model train enthusiasts, and “Cargo Sofia,” transforming a truck into a mobile […]

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