THINGS YOUR GUILD
CAN DO...
Your guild's festival activities may include:
Hosting the coolest party
Giving a scholarship to a budding member
Volunteering as artist transportation
Taking out an awesome program ad
Doing a group performance at Potpourri
Having a guild meeting during lunch
Coming up with some creative insanity

To have your Guild represented, contact Festival Directors Bob Nathanson and Drew Allison .

If you are not a member of a guild yet, email the contact at the guilds closest to you - OR START YOUR OWN GUILD TODAY!

REGION
GUILDS - DIRECTORY
(A few are in the process of receiving their Charter)
GREAT LAKES

States/provinces: IL IN KY OH MI WI WV Western PA Western Ontario

Regional Director: Aretta Baumgartner, hensonfan@fuse.net

ILLINOIS
Central Illinois Puppetry Guild
Ginger Lozar, clozar@aol.com

Chicagoland Puppetry Guild, http://www.chicagopuppet.org/
Cynthia Von Orthal, cvonorthal@earthlink.net

INDIANA
Indiana Puppetry Guild
Vicky Kline, vkline@gibsoncounty.net

MICHIGAN
Detroit Puppeteers Guild, http://www.detroitpuppeteersguild.org
Brad Lowe, thatpuppetguy@aol.com

West Michigan Puppetry Guild
Dan and Dodie Vander Vere, dcv@datawise.net

OHIO
Cincinnati Area Puppetry Guild, http://www.puppetrevolution.com/capg/
President: Linda Mason, bill.mason.how9@statefarm.com

Columbus Puppetry Guild, Inc., http://cpg.brianwindsor.com/
David L. Greenbaum, starsonstrings@netzero.net

Puppetry Guild of Northeastern Ohio, http://www.pgno.org
Jean Jackson, jeanjackson@ameritech.net

PENNSYLVANIA
Three Rivers Puppetry Guild
Cheryl Capezzuti, cheryl@studiocapezzuti.com

WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Puppetry Guild, http://www.wipuppetry.org/
Sandye Voight, voight@mhtc.net

GREAT PLAINS

States/Provinces: MN SD ND NE CO KS MO IA, Saskatchewan-Manitoba

Regional Director: Steve Mark, litheart@aol.com

COLORADO
Mile High Puppet Guild
Alice M. Szwarce, aszwarce@mindspring.com

Fort Collins Guild
Giny McConathy, Ginymcc@aol.com

IOWA - NEBRASKA
Prairie Guild of Puppetry
Marie Thompson, solor.marie@mach3ww.com

MINNESOTA
Twin Cities Puppeteers, http://www.tcpuppet.org/
Laura Krentz, lkrentz@visi.com

MISSOURI
Puppet Guild of Greater Kansas City
Coyote Schaaf, puppet5793@aol.com

Puppet Guild of Greater Saint Louis, http://www.puppetguild-stl.org
Glenn Papa Wright, JPapaWright@sbcglobal.net

PACIFIC-NORTHWEST

States/Provinces: AK MT ID WA OR WY Alberta BC

Regional Director: Sherry Johns, johns.sherry@gmail.com

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Puppetry Guild of Victoria
Dawn Schell, dschell@islandnet.com

Vancouver Guild of Puppetry
David Rowland, djrowland@shaw.ca

MONTANA
Montana Puppet Guild, http://montanapuppets.com
Sherry Johns, johns.sherry@gmail.com

OREGON
Columbia Association of Puppeteers, http://www.Cappuppets.org/
Jason R-Cady, dragontheater@hotmail.com

WASHINGTON
Puppeteers of Puget Sound, http://www.geocities.com/pofps/
Rob D'Arc, kidstuff@linkline.com

PACIFIC- SOUTHWEST

States/Provinces: AZ CA HI NV UT-WY Guam

Regional Director: Kamala Kruszka, kkruszka@csub.edu

ARIZONA
Phoenix Guild of Puppetry, http://www.angelfire.com/az2/puppetguild/
Camilla Mican, camican@attglobal.net

CALIFORNIA
Central Coast Puppetry Guild
Judy Sims, hjsims@earthlink.net

Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry, http://www.lapuppetguild.org/
Rob Saunders, lagopres@earthlink.net

Orange County Puppetry Guild
Lois Harmeyer, lharmeyer@dslextreme.com

San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild, http://sfbapg.org/
Michael Nelson, Mail@magicalmoonshine.org

HAWAII
Hawaii Puppetry Guild
RoxAnne Lawson, paanipuppets@hotmail.com

Walczuk Family Animation Theatre Guild
Lee Michael Walczuk, leemichael@walczuk.com

UTAH
Utah-Wyoming Puppetry Guild, http://www.utahpuppetry.org/
Susan Neidert, pupetmania@aol.com

NORTHEAST

States/Provinces: Eastern Canada CT MA ME NH RI Upstate NY (but not NYC) VT

Regional Director: Judith O'Hare, jaohare@gmail.com

CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Guild of Puppetry, http://www.ctpuppetry.org/
Jim Napolitano, nappy2xL@earthlink.net

MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Area Guild of Puppetry, http://www.puppetsbostonguild.org/
Alison Plante, alison@treblecove.com

NEW YORK
Puppetry Guild of Upstate New York
Melanie Zimmer, melanie@dreamscape.com

Maine
Maine Guild
Linda Sisson, linda@peregrinepuppets.com

MID-ATLANTIC

States/Provinces: DC DE MD NJ NYC & Long Island Eastern PA VA

Regional Director: Liz Joyce, liz@goatonaboat.org

MARYLAND - D.C. - VIRGINIA
National Capital Puppetry Guild, Inc., http://www.dcpuppetguild.org/
Bill Hopkins, billhop@earthlink.net

Southeastern Virginia Puppetry Guild
Matthew Bernier, berniemg@evms.edu

NEW JERSEY
Garden State Puppetry Guild, http://www.geocities.com/gsgpmembers/
Matt Leonard, barkford@yahoo.com

NEW YORK
Puppetry Guild of Greater New York, Inc.
Ina Kramer, inadesigna@aol.com

Puppet Guild of Long Island
Marie Doran, dolan49@yahoo.com

PENNSYLVANIA
Greater Philadelphia Area Puppetry Guild, www.phillypuppets.org
Ann Neff, gwneff@mac.com

SOUTHEAST http://www.puppetlove.com/southeast
States/Provinces: AL FL GA MS NC SC TN & Puerto Rico

Regional Director: Susan VandeWeghe, Vanpuppet@citcom.net

FLORIDA
Central Florida Puppetry Guild
Peter Effaldana, puppets7@cfl.rr.com

Florida Suncoast Puppet Guild
Jody Wren, jodymcat@aol.com

Gold Coast Puppet Guild
Lesli Lopez, leslilopezlmt@yahoo.com

Puppet Guild of South Florida, www.groups.yahoo.com/group/pgsf
and http://www.puppeteers.org/guilds/gr-miami.htm
David Goboff, dgoboff@yahoo.com

GEORGIA
Atlanta Puppetry Guild, www.atlantapuppetryguild.org
Peter Hart, HartPete@aol.com

Savannah Coastal Puppetry Guild
Kathy Bolch, skipnstones@earthlink.net

MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Puppetry Guild
Peter Zapletal, peterzap@jam.rr.com

NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Puppetry Guild of the Carolinas
Lyon Hill, mermecolion@msn.com

SOUTHWEST

States/Provinces: AR LA NM OK TX MEXICO

Regional Director: Chuk Kubricht, Charles.A.Kubricht@usa-spaceops.com

TEXAS
Greater Houston Puppetry Guild, www.CarranzaPuppets.com
David Carranza, carranza62@juno.com

Lone Star Puppet Guild, http://www.lonestarpuppetguild.org
Pat Curry, pcurry@swbell.net

New Mexico Guild
Sunny Birklund, sbduende@msn.com

The PoA is made up of 8 Regions and 50 Guilds. It's a tradition for the guilds to take an active part in the festival - after all the festival is yours!

Over the next few months, guild participation will be posted so you can see how your local community is a part of the wild excitement.