Kurt Hunter (Penguin In My Pocket, Sock Puppet Serenade‪)‬ Under The Puppet

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Kurt Hunter built his first marionette at age 12.  Ever since he’s made marionettes his passion creating several shows he’s performed all over the United States with his company Kurt Hunter Marionettes.  In addition to teaching and performing at National Puppetry Festivals, he is now on the artistic staff of the O’Neill Puppetry conference.  I talk to Kurt about his puppetry journey on this episode of Under The Puppet.
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Connect with Kurt Hunter:
Website - https://www.huntermarionettes.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/huntermarionettes/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0koWRlgeAv7WFv4GEwvPw
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/huntermarionettes
DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW:
Tony Urbano - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/09/utp-51/
Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts - https://www.foapom.com
Bob Hope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope
Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org
Washington University - https://wustl.edu
Nebraska Wesleyan University - https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu
Penguin in my Pocket - https://youtu.be/AdHaTHdTUPE
Bob Kramer's Marionettes - https://kramersmarionnettes.com
St. Louis Guild of Puppetry - https://www.facebook.com/PuppetGuildStL/
Puppets, Kids, and Christian Education How to Use Puppets in Your Christian Education Program - https://www.amazon.com/Puppets-Kids-Christian-Education-Program/dp/0806664096/ref=sr_1_1?
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Albrecht Roser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Roser
Bread and Puppet - https://breadandpuppet.org
Heart of the Beast - https://hobt.org
George Latshaw - https://wepa.unima.org/en/george-latshaw/
Tony Sarg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Sarg
Bil Baird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Baird
Shari Lewis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis
Sock Puppet Serenade - https://www.huntermarionettes.com/performances/
UNIMA-USA - https://www.unima-usa.org
Phillip Huber - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/06/utp-17/
O'Neil Puppetry Conference - https://www.theoneill.org/pup
Puppet Fest Midwest - https://www.puppetfestival.org
Jim Henson Foundation - https://www.hensonfoundation.org
Paul Mesner - https://www.mesnerpuppets.org
Clown Shirt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zSO5PFmVM
Paper Marionette Experiment - https://youtu.be/XbMp-8DWJSY
Open Eye Figure Theater - https://www.openeyetheatre.org
Gordon Smuder - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/10/utp-33/
Bernd Ogrodnik - https://worldsofpuppets.com
Steven Widerman - https://twitter.com/stevenwiderman
Marty Robinson - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_P._Robinson
Alice Gottschalk - https://sites.bu.edu/womenandmasks/alice-gottschalk/
Pam Arciero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Arciero
Jim Rose - https://ysnews.com/news/2021/02/james-p-rose (Obituary)
Tyler Bunch - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/03/utp-001/
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/01/utp-11/
University of Connecticut - https://drama.uconn.edu/programs/puppet-arts/
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Art by Parker Jacobs
Music by Dan Ring
Edited by Stephen Staver
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