VT
Sarah Frechette is a touring puppeteer, arts educator and stop-motion animation costumer. She is the founder of PUPPETKABOB, an award-winning touring puppet company. Sarah has developed four original full-length productions and her VT based show “The Snowflake Man”, received the prestigious UNIMA-USA citation of excellence.
As an arts educator, Sarah has conducted many elementary & middle school artist-in-residencies focusing on shadow puppetry, crankies and recycled-arts. As a guest artist for adult organizations, she has lead many Master Classes focused on more complex puppetry techniques. Sarah is a Vermont Arts Council Teaching Artist.
She trained in Germany with Legendary Marionette Master Albrecht Roser, and has toured internationally with her hand-made marionettes across the U.S., Canada, Germany, France and China. Sarah's roser-style marionette “Wally”, as well as three figures from “What The Moon Saw”, were exhibited as part of “Puppets: World on a String” at the Shelburne Museum, VT.
This past year, Sarah was part of the "Eyesight & Insight: Lens on American Art" exhibition at the Shelburne Museum, VT. She also produced and hosted Vermont's first ever Creemee Dreemee Puppet Slam! As well as, performed at Highlight NYE in Burlington, VT; the Boulet Brothers (Dragula) Halloween Ball in Los Angeles. CA; Lake Eden Arts Festival's 50th anniversary celebration in Black Mountain, NC; and in Seattle, WA at the Left Coast Puppet Love Fest. All while also honing her skills by working on miniature costumes and large-scale puppets for stop-motion animation films like Netflix's "Wendell & Wild".
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Puppetkabob's 1920-style solo marionette show!
Puppetkabob's shadow & rod puppet show!
Puppetkabob's paper doll / pop-up puppet show!
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Artist / Creative (Individual)
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
2001
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Artist / Creative (Individual)
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Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
2001
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Theater - PuppetAdditional Disciplines:
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Ward Elementary
School (K-12 Arts Program / Department)
Date: 01/2023-01/2023
Presented the marionette show "The Snowflake Man". Conducted some Pop-Up Puppet Theater Workshops.
Lincoln-Eliot Elementary School
School (K-12 Arts Program / Department)
Date: 01/2023-01/2023
Presented the marionette show "The Snowflake Man". Conducted some Pop-Up Puppet Theater Workshops.
Bakersfield Elementary and Middle School
School (K-12 Arts Program / Department)
Date: 09/2022-09/2022
In-person artist-in-residence with 5th graders to design "Moving Panoramas" by adapting Fairytales, Fiction and Folklore. This programs supported by a grant from the Vermont Arts Council.
Northwest Region Puppeteers of America
Guild / Union / Professional Association
Date: 08/2022-08/2022
Presented Puppetkabob's latest "She Thinks She's Queen Elizabeth But She's Dirty Gerts To Me" as part of the 2022 Left Coast Puppet Love Festival in Seattle, WA.
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$400 - $4,800Teaching Settings:
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