JHF Collection at NYPL – TOFT

The Jim Henson Foundation Collection of Puppet Theater is located at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.  The collection has over 70 performances from the 1992, 1994, 1996 & 1998 International Festival of Puppet Theater.  Below is a list of the complete holdings for the collection, with links to each catalog entry at the library.  Students, researchers, and individuals are welcome to view performances from this collection.

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1992

Roman Paska, Theatre for the Birds – The End of the World
New York, USA

Stuffed Puppet Theatre – Manipulator & Underdog
Netherlands

Paul Zaloom – Sick but True: A Fabulous Evening with Paul Zaloom
New York, USA

Theodora Skipitares – Underground
New York, USA

Theatre Drak – Pinokio
Czechoslovakia

Eric Bass, Sandglass Theater – The Village Child
Vermont, USA

Hystopolis Puppet Theater – The Adding Machine
Chicago, USA

Theater Im Wind – Hermann
Germany

Jusaburo Tsujimura – Kecho
Japan

Janie Geiser & Company – When the Wind Blows, News Update
New York, USA

Cie Philippe Genty – Dérives (Driftings) (excerpts, 1989)
France

Green Apple Puppet Theatre – The Far Away Land
Finland

Diablomundo – Memories, Dreams & Illusions
Argentina

Paul Vincent Davis – Androcles and the Lion & Golden Touch of Midas – performed as part of Big Bird and Friends
Boston, USA

George Latshaw Puppets – Wilbur and the Giant – performed as part of Big Bird and friends
Florida, USA

Yang Feng – Traditional Chinese Folk Tales – performed as part of Big Bird and Friends
China

The Theatrical Inanimate: Perceptions of Puppetry:

• Contemporary Puppet Theatre: Innovations and Impact

  • JoAnne Akalaitis – speaker

  • Eileen Blumenthal – panelist

  • Philippe Genty – panelist

  • Josef Krofta – panelist

  • Henryk Jurkowski – panelist

  • Michael R. Malkin – moderator

  • Betty L. Corwin

• Puppetry as a Cultural Expression

  • John Bell – panelist

  • Michiko Ueno-Herr – panelist

  • Dalang I Wayan Wija – panelist

  • Gautam Dasgupta – panelist

  • Yang Feng – panelist

  • Nancy Lohman Staub – moderator

  • Betty L. Corwin

• Puppetry as Personal Expression

  • Eric Bass – panelist

  • Janie Geiser – panelist

  • Roman Paska – panelist

  • Enno Podehl – panelist

  • Peter Sellars – panelist

  • Cheryl Henson – moderator

  • Betty L. Corwin/

• Visons of the Future

  • Ana Maria Amaral – panelist

  • Vincent Anthony – panelist

  • Franz Fazakas – panelist

  • Brian Henson – panelist

  • Bonnie Sue Stein – speaker & panelist

  • David R. White – moderator

  • Henryk Jurkowski – speaker

  • Betty L. Corwin