GoPuppets! Theater aims to encourage creativity that is compassionate towards humanity and towards Earth's resources. The stories we tell are educational, funny, and encourage the use of peaceful communication rather than violence.
Artist & Director Lorene Anderson has been a puppet artist for over six years, helping to create original designs and shows for a wide range of audiences. While an undergraduate student at Northland College in Ashland, WI, Lorene studied and performed with artist Chris Lutter-Gardella, founder of Puppet Farm Arts, now located in Minneapolis, MN.
Most productions are built using scrap and waste materials including: plastic jugs, old couch cushions, coat hangers, flour bags, plastic cartons, plastic easter eggs, old plastic flowers, scrap lumber, worn-out clothes, bald beauty school styling heads, old broomsticks, buckets, plastic grocery bags, bottle caps, busted rubber inner tubes, cardboard, receipt tape rollers, toilet paper tubes, chicken wire, twist ties, bulk apple packing material, electrical tubing, latex house paint--basically any and all manner of interesting throw-away materials.