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Thirteen Center for Puppetry Arts productions have earned the Citation of Excellence from UNIMA-USA: Jungle Book (Vincent Anthony, 1977) AlleGorey ( Janie Geiser, 1982) Dr. In addition to the Center’s own award-winning shows, it regularly hosts guest performances by artists from all over the USA and the world.
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The Center’s two theatre spaces present over 600 fully staged puppetry performances per year including a Family Series, the New Direction Series for Adults & Teens, experimental works, and a film series. It is also the headquarters of UNIMA-USA. Throughout the years, the Center for Puppetry Arts has been a leading voice in the field of puppetry arts, and has hosted numerous conferences and festivals. Today, the award-winning Center features performance spaces, educational workshops and classes, Distance Learning programming, the Nancy Lohman Staub Puppetry Research Library, and the Worlds of Puppetry Museum with galleries featuring the Jim Henson Collection and the Global Collection.
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Founded in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, by Vincent Anthony, the Center for Puppetry Arts is the largest nonprofit in North America dedicated to the art of puppetry.