Red Herring Puppet Staff
Lisa Aimee Sturz is the Owner and Artistic Director of Red Herring Puppets. She has an MFA in puppetry fromUCLA and over 40 years of experience building, performing, and directing puppetry for film & television, theatre, museums, educational institutions, and special events.
Click below to download Lisa's résumé. 
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, managed Decibel Coffee Works and currently works with the U of Arizona's alumni department.
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Katie Popiel is thrilled to be a troupe member of Red Herring Puppets. When she's not puppeteering, Katie teaches clog dancing for Tucson Clogging Connection and directs the exhibition troupe Saguaro Stompers Clog Dance Company. Katie is also the director of a comedic musical theatre troupe, One Rehearsal Short. She has worked with Stories That Soar and is a frequent performer with Arts Express.
Maria Hays is Red Herring's Spanish language translator and puppeteer. She is skilled at sewing and crafting of all kinds and home-schools her two young puppeteers, Caleb & Gabriel. She has experience as a Hotel Manager and Event-Planner/Coordinator and is a consultant with the educational non-profit, ABC Guidance Counseling.
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