A scene from Paperhand's 23rd Annual Summer Show Where Our Spirits Reside featuring Nnenna Freelon (left)
Industry
Theatre
Founded
1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Founder
Donovan Zimmerman, Jan Burger
Headquarters
6079 Swepsonville-Saxapahaw Road, Saxapahaw, North Carolina, United States
Website
paperhand.org
Paperhand Puppet Intervention is a puppet theatre company based in Saxapahaw, North Carolina and founded in 1998 by Donovan Zimmerman and Jan Burger.[1][2] Frequently performing outdoors, the group performs original stories inspired by the relationship between the natural world and humanity.[2][3] The stories include messages of social commentary and activism especially regarding conservation and race.[2][4][5][6][7]
^"About | Paperhand". Retrieved 2023-08-26.
^ abc"'We reside where we are': Local performers use puppeteering for activism". 'We reside where we are': Local performers use puppeteering for activism – The Daily Tar Heel. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^"'Paperhand Puppet' Show Tells Story Of Our Relationship With The Earth". WUNC. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
^Woods, Byron (2019-09-24). "If Politics Is Public Storytelling, Then Puppet Theater Is a Natural Political Medium". INDY Week. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^Collective19, Memory (2020-05-21). "To Whoever Witnesses It: An interview with Donovan Zimmerman of Paperhand Puppet Intervention". memory collective. collective memory. Retrieved 2023-09-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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