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Citations of Excellence Recipients (2007)
LIVE THEATRE CATEGORY
(No awards presented this year in the Recorded Media Category)




 Ten Days on Earth

Review Panelists said:
"A brilliant and totally mesmerizing  performance. Compelling, touching, and heart wrenching."

"What elevates this show to the level of truly outstanding is the heart and humanity in the script.”

“You’re brought to tears with the pathos this production evokes because Darrell and his mom, as well as the other characters, have become real.”

Ten Days on Earth
Ronnie Burkett

 Anne Frank, Within and Without
Review Panelists said:
"Every element was perfect. Bobby Box has truly arrived as a significant puppetry artist.”

Anne Frank, Within and Without
Bobby Box

 Show of Virtues
Review Panelists said:
"Clever, unusual and creative.”

"I feel strongly about this one”

also by Grey Seal Puppets...
Bathtub Pirates
Show of Virtues
Drew Allison - Grey Seal Puppets

 We the People. WAKE!
Review Panelists said:
"My 'oh, not this again' attitude was overwhelmed by the moving, effective, theatrical event that drove home the enormous loss of human life and potential which results from armed conflict."

"...powerful and memorable."

"...hopeful in that at the end all present were invited to participate in a dance of life."

We the People. Wake!

 Special Citation

OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION of UNIMA-USA
Whereas they have exercised enormous energy, consummate skill, groundbreaking creativity and elegant diplomacy on behalf of North American Puppetry:
Serving UNIMA-USA in the same position longer than any other officers in its history
• Enhancing the image of puppetry in the context of world theater
Championing sophisticated thought and writing about puppetry
Advancing puppetry through their own work as artist
Working as Editor and Designer/Production Manager of A PROPOS from 1985 through 1999
• Shaping PUPPETRY INTERNATIONAL as founding Editor and Designer/Production Manager since 1995
Developing new and more discerning audiences for puppetry
• Being honored friends, admired colleagues and respected advocates of puppeteers around the world
Sharing their ardor for puppetry with unique charm, disarming sophistication and boundless wit
UNIMA-USA OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMS ANDREW AND BONNIE PERIALE
North American Puppetry’s OUTSTANDING  JOURNALISTS for the TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Andrew and Bonnie Periale
Andrew & Bonnie Periale
 

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