Clients

  • Walt Disney Imagineering
  • Jim Henson Productions
  • Lucasfilm
  • Lyric Opera of Chicago
  • Children's Museum of Tucson
  • Indiana School of Music
  • PBS, NBC, ABC, UNC-TV
  • Center for Puppetry Arts
  • Ice Capades
  • Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium
  • Asheville Symphony
  • Birmingham Children's Theatre
  • Warren-Wilson College
  • NYC Puppet Fringe Festival
  • Silver Dollar City Theme Park
  • The Children's Museum of Tucson

Awards & Grants

  • 2021 Telly Award - Bronze General Television for              My Grandfather's Prayers co-produced with JLTV
  • 2021 Religion Communications Council: Solo Broadcast My Grandfather's Prayers co-produced with JLTV
  • UNIMA citation of excellence: the highest honor in American puppetry
  • California Emmy
  • Jim Henson Foundation 
  • Puppeteers of America 
  • National Endowment for the Arts 
  • Arizona Commission on the Arts
  • Arts Foundation of Tucson
  • NC Arts Council
  • Breaking Boundaries, Asheville Fringe Festival
  • Regional Artists Project Grants
  • Amy Mandel & Katina Rhodes Foundation

Staff

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Lisa Aimee Sturz is Founder, Artistic Director, and Puppeteer for Red Herring Puppets. She has 40 years of experience in building, performing, and directing puppetry for film & television, theatre, museums, educational institutions, and special events. She recently relocated to Tucson and is excited to share her passion and experience with her new community.
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Elysia Hansel joined Red Herring Puppets with 10 years of puppetry experience. She was raised in Minnesota where she was inspired by Heart of the Beast and Bare Bones puppet theatre. She enjoys making miniatures, puppets and small props. She worked for several years at The mini Time Machine museum, and currently manages a coffee shop, called Decibel Coffee Works.