Wayfaring Zombie 2010
The Wayfaring Zombie, Mini Festival of New Puppet Theatre from the Lab,
St. Ann's Warehouse, 2010

Kevin White | Marionettist / Builder

The Wayfaring Zombie is the proud recipient of a 2012 Seed Grant from The Jim Henson Foundation & a 2012 BAC Community Arts Fund Grant.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011 | The Wind Up Bird Chronicles | Edinburgh International Fringe Festival | Puppet Builder

Carved and assembled two Dwiggins- style puppets for festival stage production.

2000 - Ongoing | Puppets in the Parks | New York, NY | Head Puppeteer

Currently performing The Secret History of the Swedish Cottage. Manage an ensemble of 4 puppeteers. Expert care and maintenance of all sets/props and marionette puppets. Past tour manager for Puppets in the Parks, travelling in all 5 boroughs

2005 | Basil Twist | New York, NY | Shop Assistant

Construction and stringing of five-foot tall marionettes for Spoleto Sleeping Beauty project.

2004 | PuppetHeap | Hoboken, NJ | Design Shop Assistant/ Carver

Working from original designs created marionettes for a Harvard University project for film and live performance involving French artist Pierre Huyghe. Worked on the project from all perspectives including pre-production, live-performance and design.

1992 - 2000 |Vagabond Marionette Theatre | Atlanta, GA | Tour Manager

Performed touring marionette shows. Tour manager for all shows. Directed six shows during my tenure. The troupe performed at elementary schools, libraries and festivals. Taught workshops in schools. Responsible for training puppeteers. Participated in all aspects of pre-production including voiceover work for each show recording. Created a variety of characters� voices and accents.

1991 - 1992 |Angela Beasley's Puppet People | Savannah, GA | Puppeteer

Performed at conventions, store openings, and festivals. Used Body puppets, hand and rod puppets, rod puppets, and adult puppets.

TRAINING

Puppets in Prague Puppet Workshop - Course in woodcarving for marionettes in the traditional Czech-style with Miroslav Trejtnar and Zdar Sorm.

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (Selected)

Cosmic Bicycle Theatre ,"Netherworld, a morality vaudeville" running October 27th to November 5th

Netherworld

Check out my work for Google Chrome,"Chromercise" www.chromercise.com, Performer

Labapalooza June 2010 The Wayfaring Zombie, Puppet Builder, Writer, Producer, Director

Labapalooza 2010

Josh Ritter music video by Liam Hurley, May 2010, "The Curse", Performer

Theater

Show	Producing Organization	Role
The Wayfaring Zombie	Labapalooza, 2010	Puppet Builder, Writer, Producer, Director
Hobo No-No	Writer/Director Billy Burns Labapalooza, 2007, Theater for the New City, 2010	Puppeteer
Hansel & Gretel, Beauty & The Beast, Jack & The Beanstalk, Sleeping Beauty	Vagabond Puppets	Puppeteer, Director

Music Video

Show	Producing Organization	Role
The Curse	Music, Josh Ritter Liam Hurley, Director	Puppeteer

TV/Commercial

Show	Producing Organization	Role
Chromercise, 2011	Google Chrome	Puppeteer
Hijinks, 2005	Nickelodeon Network	Puppeteer

Film

Show	Producing Organization	Role
Huyghe + Corbusier - a puppet opera	The Harvard Project	Lead Puppeteer

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