In a small Racine workshop, foam, fabric and a little imagination—turn into something that feels surprisingly real. Scott Lema is the creator behind the genius chaos of Oddly ...

Brant Bollman operates a cat puppet from inside during a "puppet stroll." Brant Bollman doesn’t just make puppets — he brings larger-than-life creatures to small-town Iowa. Bollman, who serves as the ...

Ryan Gosling was helped by sharing the screen with a real-life puppet on Project Hail Mary instead of a digital creation. With the hit film’s directors opting for practical effects over CGI, Ryan, 45, ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Arm-of-the-Sea Theater’s larger-than-life puppets bring the 19th-century industrial legacy of the village’s Esopus Waterfront to life, in “Rags to Riches to Ruin” on July 23 and 30, ...

Althea Clayton, a puppeteer with Paperhand Puppet Intervention, looks out from a river puppet during a rehearsal for the organization’s show, “The Gift,” on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at the Forest ...