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Amanda Maddock is a puppeteer, builder, wrangler, and teacher who has experience working with puppets of all sizes. From the regular puppets of The Book of Pooh, Bear in the Big Blue House, Between the Lions, Sesame Street, and The Muppets to the enormous puppets of Walking with Dinosaurs and How to Train Your Dragon, Amanda’s career has taken her across the country and around the world—including to Iceland to work on LazyTown and to Russia to puppeteer in the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Versed in many styles of puppetry, from tabletop to hand-and-rod to the animatronics of the two Five Nights at Freddy’sfilms, she has done it all. It’s my pleasure to chat with Amanda Maddock about all these projects and more on this episode of Under the Puppet.

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Connect with Amanda Maddock:

Website – http://www.amandamaddock.com
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/mander_mudduck_puppeterer
IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1566555
Sandglass Theater Summer Intensive (Amanda is teaching) – https://www.sandglasstheater.org/summer-intensive

Discussed on the show:

The Book of Pooh – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Pooh

Bear in the Big Blue House – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_in_the_Big_Blue_House

Between the Lions – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_Lions

Sesame Street – https://www.sesamestreet.org

The Muppets – https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Muppets

Walking with Dinosaurs – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_with_Dinosaurs_%E2%88%92_The_Arena_Spectacular

LazyTown – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LazyTown

2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics_opening_ceremony

Skidmore College – https://www.skidmore.edu

University of Connecticut Puppet Arts Program – https://drama.uconn.edu/puppet-arts/

National Puppetry Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center – https://www.theoneill.org/pup

Puppets in Prague – https://www.puppetsinprague.eu

Sandglass Theater – https://sandglasstheater.org

The Henson International Puppetry Festival – https://www.hensonfestival.org

The Jim Henson Company – https://www.henson.com

Bob Baker Marionette Theater – https://www.bobbakermarionettetheater.com

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Connect with Grant:
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Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver

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