Kimi Maeda is a Japanese-American theatre artist based in Japan. Her ephemera trilogy, a collection of sand drawing and shadow performances that deal with memory, home, and trans-cultural identity, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2017. She worked at the Columbia Marionette Theatre for several years and was a co-founder of the Spork in Hand Puppet Slam. kimimaeda.com

Jacob Graham is the creator of The Creatures of Yes—a puppet web series set in the 1970s and made with period-appropriate technology. In 2016 Creatures of Yes was officially made a part of the VICE Creators Project and received an honorable mention in the digital shorts category at Series Fest in Denver. In 2017 he composed the soundtrack for E.A.T. Experiments in Art and Technology, a documentary about the collaborations between Bell Laboratories researchers and avant-garde artists in the '60s and '70s. Jacob is also a lighting and costume designer for the dream-pop band Sound of Ceres. creaturesofyes.com

With music by Emily Hope Price.

These two yahoos have been a part of Puppet Playlist since the very beginning. She's been trained in the ancient, mystical arts of singing and dancing, and currently spends her days running the office at Vantage Airport Group. He's the co-founder and 'Head Chef' of Puppet Kitchen, and spends his days doing exactly what you'd expect a puppet boss to be doing: spreadsheets! Aside from Playlist, they've been seen on stages from Edinburgh to Pittsburgh, Boston to Berkeley, NYC City to Nerlins, and Lincoln to Seattle. They've even been invited to perform there, too.puppetkitchen.com

Caroline is a new media artist working in animation, digital art, and installation. Nelson's practice has evolved from deconstructing environments in photomontage to creating animations inspired by American history and fabricated mythologies. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums such as Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Aperture Gallery, Birmingham Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Museum of the City of New York. Her award-winning short animated documentaries have screened at prestigious film festivals, including Ann Arbor Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Animasivo el Festival in Mexico City, Tricky Women at Film Archiv Austria, and St Louis International Film Festival.
She received her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA in Digital Art with a focus in Animation at Pratt Institute. She most recently was an Artist in Residence at MASS MoCA and for 9 months at the museum Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Nelson lives and works in New York City. cvoagen.com

Brodrick Jones has just finally purchased a comfortable chair, which makes him way happier in the lockdown. His new show, Madame Edgewise Tells Yur Fortune, will premiere, eventually, as part of the Object Movement Festival at the Center at West Park. instagram.com/BrodrickJones

Myra Su is a storyteller, puppeteer, and puppet maker. Her primary medium is shadow puppetry but her work also includes experimentations with crankies, video, bunraku and taxidermy. Most recently, she livestreamed a performance with the National Puppet Slamdemic, which is available for viewing on the Ibex Puppetry Facebook page. She is also a touring performer with Manual Cinema and a co-curator for a quarterly puppet slam in Chicago: Nasty, Brutish & Short. Growing up in-between the United States, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, she is interested in using puppetry to convey stories that are culturally mobile and emotionally universal. myrasu.com

Ellen is a performer, composer, and theater-maker based in Brooklyn. In 2017, she and Chris Littler co-directed/wrote/composed 36 Questions the podcast musical, starring Jonathan Groff and Jessie Shelton. Ellen's 1/5 of nerd-rock group Chamber Band, and together they have three albums and national tours under their belts. Currently, she's in post production for her debut solo album, Every Feeling I've Ever Felt. Every Sunday at 4p EST you can catch her "how are you feeling?" livestream on instagram, featuring artists from all over sharing their crafts, favorites snacks, and musings from inside. Oh and she already loves your dog. ellenwintermakesthings.com

Artist, tinkerer, tunesmith, swamp Yankee, Matt Lorenz is a one-man salvage specialist singing into the hollow of a Dumpster guitar, slipping a broken bottleneck onto the slide finger, railing on a box of twisted forks and bones, rocking till every sound is ragged at its edges, till the house is singing back. thesuitcasejunket.com

Guy is a prolific singer-songwriter who has played in a slew of bands through the years and currently lives in Kittery Maine with his two cats and works as a landscaper. burstandbloomrecords.com/artists/guy/

Saraswathi is a composer, musician and community organizer currently based in Tempe, Arizona. She has played and toured with Boston area bands for nearly a decade and is a passionate organizer with the Girls Rock Camp movement. She has composed original music for the stage, including Huntington Theatre Company in Boston and Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, NY. Jones was a 2019 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation artist-in-residence in Taos, New Mexico and is currently part of the City of Tempe Creatives Cohort for 2019-2020. Whenever possible, she performs solo and with her South Asian punk band Awaaz Do. saraswathijones.com

It's been nearly a dozen years since David Wax and Suz Slezak formed the Mexican-roots-inspired indie folk rock band, David Wax Museum—a partnership that's led to seven records, multiple Top 20 chart placements, performances alongside contemporaries like The Avett Brothers and heroes like Los Lobos. David and Suz tour around the country and beyond with their seven-piece band as well as two small children in tow. davidwaxmuseum.com

Emily and Jocelyn used to be in a band together called Pearl and the Beard with a guy named Jeremy. Emily plays the cello and sings and Jocelyn sings and does some other stuff. They are both seasoned Puppet Playlist artists and both love to eat Chipotle while crying. emilyhopeprice.com | jocelynmackenzie.com

Just a dad and daughter who both love singing. Andy is a full-time software and web developer by trade and Skyler is high school student who loves theater.

Jane is a singer-songwriter and actress, currently on an extended intermission from Broadway's "Jagged Little Pill". You can listen to Jane's EP "It's You" anywhere music is streamed, with more music coming very soon! janebrucemusic.com