• Puppetmongers create entertaining plays of relevance for intimate audiences
• We make shows for children, families and adults audiences
• We build on the traditions to invent new and wonderful forms of puppetry
• We explore what puppets can be and can do
• We make puppet theatre that is beautiful, exciting, and delightful
• We tour locally, nationally and internationally.
• We work with other artists and companies on projects and productions
• We offer classes to adult learners through our School of Puppetry

Why We Do It

• We explore the meaning of life through the exploration of stories. We use stories to reflect on reality, to comment on and raise questions about roles, traditions and stereotypes.
• We celebrate the richness and diversity of life: we make comparisons of then and now, here and there, this culture and that culture. We explore the complexities of human nature, trying to avoid easy solutions and type casting.
• We try to understand, sort and define the world around us.
• We share our vision with the world through performances and workshops
• Theatre is our choice of art form, and puppetry is our primary tool.
• We are fascinated by the potential of puppets in theatre
  • the extrapolation from life,
  • the stylization, the scale changes, the filmic qualities possible
  • the communicating with images, the archetypes,
  • the suspension of belief,
  • the control over the entire environment.
• We combine the visual arts with theatre to explore "magically intense" performance that take our audiences to that "other" state and leave them gasping and satisfied at the end.
• We explore new territory with each new work: with new materials, techniques, mechanics, design concepts, staging, forms of puppetry and animation
• We take it very seriously yet have a good time doing it
  

Who We Are

• Puppetmongers is the artistic vehicle of Ann Powell and David Powell
• We work with an ever-increasing number of exceptional artists: directors, musicians, dancers, designers, and technicians
• Our General Manager is Lucy Rupert

How We Do It: Our supporters

• We are assisted by our wonderful board of directors
  • Loet Vos
  • Sara Barker
  • Dr. Harry Weisbaum
  • Allyson McMackon
  • Joost Pelt
  • Dr. Larry Swartz
• We rely on Lucy Rupert for administration
• We are booked into the schools by Mariposa in the Schools and MASC
• We have charitable status and rely on the great generosity of our supporters
• We gratefully receive operating assistance from the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council
• We have at times received project funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Laidlaw Foundation, the Jackman Foundation, the George Lunan Foundation, Imperial Tobacco, and the Harbinger Foundation.