AFTERWORDS with Puppeteer Matt Acheson

Please join us on Sunday, May 13, following the 3:00 p.m. performance of CANDIDE in the Woodruff Arts Center Second Floor Event Room for an AFTERWORDS conversation with CANDIDE Toy Theatre Designer and Puppet Master Matt Acheson.

Matt Acheson is a puppet and theater artist based in Brooklyn. He is a founder of AchesonWalsh Studios, a kinetic creation studio providing design, fabrication, direction and performance services, whose clients include Amazon Studios, Broadway, Lincoln Center Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Radio City  Music Hall and the Yale School of Drama. Matt has had the pleasure of working with many exceptional artists including Basil Twist, Dan Hurlin, Mabou Mines, Lee Breuer, Paula Vogel, Chris Green, Metropolitan Opera, the Swedish Marionette Cottage, MTV, Lake Simons and Nami Yamamoto. Matt designed, built and directed the marionettes for Rinna Groff’s Compulsion, directed by Oskar Eustis. Matt was the puppetry director for Warhorse during its run at Lincoln Center Theater and for the North American tour. Matt directs and curates the annual St. Ann’s Warehouse Puppet Lab with Krissy Smith. 

This event is free with the purchase of a ticket to see CANDIDE.