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Press Releases


Background information, including staff bios, is available on the Media Kit page. Last updated December 4, 2012.

Press materials are available in Word or PDF format.



Current Press Releases

The Adventures of Mighty Bug Press Release - "The Adventures of Mighty Bug Buzzes into Center for Puppetry Arts on January 31" PDF

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ Press Release - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ Returns to Center for Puppetry Arts" PDF

The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast Press Release - "Center for Puppetry Arts Bids Farewell to The Ghastly Dreadfuls: The Last Ghast" PDF

The Tortoise, the Hare, and Other Aesop's Fables Press Release - "Center for Puppetry Arts Presents The Tortoise, The Hare, and Other Aesop’s Fables" PDF

2009-10 General

Common Good Funds Grant Press Release - "The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Awards a Common Good Funds Grant to the Center for Puppetry Arts" Word Doc | PDF

Bunraku Workshop Press Release - "Center for Puppetry Arts Welcomes Bunraku Puppet Masters for Special Workshop" Word Doc | PDF

String Fling Gala 2009 Press Release - "Reach for the Stars!" Word Doc | PDF

Jim Henson Day Press Release - "Center for Puppetry Arts and The Jim Henson Legacy Host 'Jim Henson Day'" Word Doc | PDF

NEA Stimulus Grant Press Release - "Center for Puppetry Arts Awarded $50,000 NEA Stimulus Grant" Word Doc | PDF

Jim Henson Community Honor Press Release - "Four Honorees Cited with annual 'Jim Henson Honors'" PDF

IMLS Grant Press Release - "Center for Puppetry Arts Awarded Prestigious Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services" Word Doc | PDF

Nation's Largest Puppetry Center to Open Jim Henson Wing in Atlanta. Henson Family Proposes Gift to Center for Puppetry Arts. Word Doc | PDF


2009-10 Family Series

Rainforest Adventures Press Release - "Rainforest Adventures! " Word Doc | PDF

A Woodland Cinderella Press Release - "A Woodland Cinderella " Word Doc | PDF

The Last Dragon on Earth Press Release - "The Last Dragon on Earth!" Word Doc | PDF

The Shoemaker & the Elves Press Release - "The Shoemaker & the Elves!" Word Doc | PDF

Dinosaurs Press Release - "Dinosaurs Galore!" Word Doc | PDF

Adventures of Little Noodle Press Release - "Aetna Grant to Fund Anti-Obesity Education Project -- Center for Puppetry Arts Introduces Little Noodle" Word Doc | PDF
2009-10 New Directions Series for Teens & Adults

Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Press Release - "Tales of Edgar Allan Poe" Word Doc | PDF


2008-09 Family Series

Old Man and the Monkeys & other Chinese Tales Press Release - "The Center for Puppetry Arts and NACA-Atlanta Present a Weekend of Chinese Culture" Word Doc | PDF

Jack & the Beanstalk Press Release - "Jack & the Beanstalk: A Sky High Tale of a Bad Deal Gone Right" Word Doc | PDF

Weather Rocks! Press Relase - "It's Meteorology With a Musical Twist!" Word Doc | PDF

Sam the Lovesick Snowman Press Relase - "A Festive Tale of a Snowman in Love...With a Stove?" Word Doc | PDF



2008-09 New Directions Series for Teens & Adults

Don Quixote Press Release - "When Fantasy and Reality Collide, Adventure Abounds in the Center’s New Bilingual Adaptation of the Cervantes Classic" Word Doc | PDF

Don Quixote Press Release en Español - "Cuando Batallan la Fantasía y la Realidad, la Aventura es Abundante en la Nueva Adaptación Bilingüe del Clásico de Cervantes" Word Doc | PDF


2007-08 Family Series Cinderella Della Circus Press Release - "A Big-Top Take on the Cinderella Story!" Word Doc | PDF

2007-08 Season Press Release - "Center for Puppetry Arts Announces 2007-08 Season!" Word Doc | PDF

2007-08 New Directions Series for Teen & Adult Audiences

Anne Frank: Within & Without Press Release - "Anne Frank: Within & Without Returns!" Word Doc | PDF


Education

Shadow Puppetry With Overhead Projectors Fact Sheet - "Artistic Director Jon Ludwig Teaches Shadow Puppetry" Word Doc | PDF

Strings Fact Sheet - "Tied by Hate, Bound by Love: Danish Mythological Epic Screens at the Center for Puppetry Arts" Word Doc | PDF

Mirror Mask Press Release - "Henson Family Film Screening at the Center for Puppetry Arts" Word Doc | PDF

Sit for a Spell with Thom Fountain, Puppeteer from Sabrina the Teenage Witch Press Release
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Museum & Special Exhibits

Jim Henson Special Exhibit to open at Center for Puppetry Arts September 25, 2007. On the heels of announcing the planned Jim Henson Wing, the Center for Puppetry Arts presents a new special exhibit, Jim Henson: Puppeteer. Word Doc | PDF

Nation's Largest Puppetry Center to Open Jim Henson Wing in Atlanta. Word Doc | PDF

POSTERS INTERNATIONAL Special Exhibit Fact Sheet. Word Doc | PDF

Asian Mask Special Exhibit Press Release - "Gods and Demons, Monkeys and Men" Word Doc | PDF

Art Clokey's Gumby: The First 50 Years Press Release - "Gumby Comes to Town" Word Doc | PDF


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Miscellaneous

NEH Grant Press Release - "National Endowment for the Humanities Awards $40,000 Grant to Center for Puppetry Arts" Word Doc | PDF

Barbara and Bill Wylly Executive Director Chair Endowment Press Release - Center for Puppetry Arts Announces Third Endowment Word Doc | PDF

Quality Books Press Release - Center Inks Distribution Deal with Quality Books, Inc. Word Doc | PDF

Telly Awards Press Release - "American Tall Tales" Ropes In A Telly Award! Word Doc | PDF

Emmy Awards Press Release - Jon Ludwig Nominated For Emmy! Word Doc | PDF

Puppets at Play! Center debuts DVDs of three productions Word Doc | PDF

Center Receives Award from Web Marketing Association Word Doc | PDF

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A student in Puppet Camp performs in an original production.




A poster on display in the Center's special exhibit of global puppetry posters.




David Simpich's teen and adult production of The Firebird.