ALLYSON GONZALEZ
Independent Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer, Musician & Director in the Midwest
Artistic Undertakings & Grassroots Organizations
2020 - Present Author of the Substack FOOD over FUNCTION
2020 - Present House of Egregious, synth music - solo act touring the Midwest
2015 - 2024 Author of the TinyLetter *Secret Bonus Track*
2021 Author of Six One-Acts in Six Months on Patreon
2020 Founder of Thankyoutine's Day
2019 - 2022 Co-Founder & Creative Director of the Puppeteers of Color Social
2018 Founder of The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange
2012 - 2014 Author & Publisher of the zine Save the Bees Worx, Vol. I, II & III
2009 - 2017 Founder & Artistic Conductor of Stand On Your Hands and Clap
Artistic Trades
drawing comics, short-form films, writing {essays / one-act plays / poetry} puppetry, stop-motion animation, directing, performance art, zines, needlefelting, watercolors, lomography, building and playing semi-modular synthesizers, patching, soundscape design and producing
Film - Director, Puppeteer, Composer, Cinematographer & Producer
2023 Newspaper Headlines Omit Queer Joy by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler
2023 Branches Are Arms Are Branches by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler
2022 An Abundance of Lavender by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler,
2018 I'm On The Pursuit of Happiness and I Know Everything That's Shine Aint Always Gonna Be Gold But I'll Be Fine Once I Get It Yeah I'll Be Good by Allyson Gonzalez, Edited by Michael Heffler, screened at Sea Beast Puppet Company's Puppet Meltdown Puppet Slam, Chicago, IL & Black Cherry Puppet Theater's Virtual Slamwich, Baltimore, MD
2018 Test Case 1 by Sam Grossman, created and performed by Sam Grossman, Directed by Allyson Gonzalez, Edited by Michael Heffler, The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange. Chicago, IL
2017 I Got Hot Sauce In My Veins by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, original music composed and recorded by Mathew Roberts & Paul Cherry, Edited by Michael Heffler, shadow puppetry consultation by Myra Su, puppetry assistance by Sean Dolan, screened in Juneau, AK, Baltimore, MD & San Francisco, CA
2014 Bow Tie Boy’s Cross-Country Spoken Word Feltamation by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, produced in New York, NY & Chicago, IL
2012 Felt PSA: Reminder to Vote by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, Chicago, IL
Dramatic Works
2021 Crushed to Death, One-act play, Patreon
2021 Straight to Voicemail, One-act play, Patreon
2021 I Would Not Like to Thank the Academy, One-act play, Patreon
2021 ¿Como Se Dice Mindfulness?, One-act play, Patreon
2021 Toothache/Heartache, One-act play, Patreon
2021 Quantum Vacation, One-act play, Patreon
2020 Ethical Porn Search Engine B*Storm, One-act play, Patreon
2020 Take More Cabs & Make New Friends, One-act play, Published in the deadline. Issue 39 by Back to Print
2017 Baby I'm Rich AF, One-act > Puppetry, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2016 A Stack of Bonds This Big, One-act > Performance Art and Audio Drama, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2013 The Moon Is A Wild Place To Answer The Call Of The Wild, One-act > Puppetry, Published in Save the Bees Worx: Issue I and performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2009 THIS IS A MIRROR, YOU ARE A STATUS UPDATE, Co-written with Nivan Yahaghi, One-act play, Performed during The Invention of Space, an immersive theater experience
2007 When the Smoke Clears and Other First Time Hits, One-act play, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
Zines & Other Publications
2025 Daily Reminders for When the Waters Get Choppy, zine, Author and Publisher
2023 5 Ways to Beat Creative Block, zine, Author and Publisher
2022 Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, zine, Author and Publisher
2020 "Compensation," Comic Artist , Published in the deadline. Issue 40 by Back to Print
2020 Thankyoutine's Day advertisement, Comic Artist, Published by ZINEMercado - Annual Artist Compilation Zine
2017 "A Pinter Pause Held" POEM A DAY, Poet, Published by Back to Print
2017 SOS DISTRESS SIGNALS TO GET US THROUGH STOP, digital zine, Author and Publisher
2014 Save the Bees Worx: Issue III, zine, Author and Publisher
2013 The Wild Pumpkin Patch, Illustrator, Published by Back to Print
2013 Save the Bees Worx: Issue II, zine, Author and Publisher
2013 "Good Morning. How Are We Going to Help Save the Planet Today?" Write for Light: A Collection of True Stories and Poems about Finding Light in the Darkness, Poet and Comic Artist, Published by Dean Tucker
2013 Save the Bees Worx: Issue I, zine, Author and Publisher
2000 Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans: 2000 Edition, Poet, Published by the American Academy Of Poetry
1998 Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans: 1998 Edition, Poet, Published by the American Academy Of Poetry
///Puppetry Expertise
Performance, Construction & Film: stop-motion, object work, table top, multimedia, toy theater and shadow puppetry
Member of UNIMA
///Solo Performance - Director, Puppeteer, Playwright & Producer
2021 Revenge Is For The Birds, Detroit Puppet Slam, CMAP, Detroit, MI + YouTube live stream
2021 The World Is Yours, World Puppetry Day Virtual Puppet Slam, Puppet Showplace Theater, Boston, MA + zoom stream
2019 Why Men Great Til They Gotta Be Great? Puppeteers of Color Social, University of Chicago's Chicago Performance Lab residency, Chicago, IL
2018 This Gonzalez Is Here to Take Your Job, Puppeteers of Color Incubator, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2016 A Stack Of Bonds This Big, Poetry Talk, The Public House Theatre, Chicago, IL
2015 Serious Business, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2015 The Case of the Curious Couch, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2015 I’ll Be Dead Wrong and You’ll Be Just Fine, Puppet Meltdown, Sea Beast Puppet Company, Chicago, IL
2014 Take a Hike, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2013 It’s Unbearable, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2012 A Rocketship In a Hurry, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Angel Island, IL
///Collaborative Performance - Director, Puppeteer, Playwright & Producer
2017 Baby I'm Rich AF, performed with Angela Antkowiak & Amy Nicole, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014 It Was Supposed To Be My Day Off, performed with Sean Dolan, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Angel Island, IL
2014 How I Spent My Summer Vacation, performed with Kayla Pulley & Maggie O'Keefe, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014 The Princess and The Prick, performed with Maggie O'Keefe, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2013 Well, Hell, I Guess That Makes Me a Feminist, performed with Sean Dolan, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., The Den, IL
///Group Tours - Shadow Puppeteer
2017 Copy & Paste by Myra Su and Through the Lookingglass by Myra Su & Mitch Salm, performed with Myra Su & Mitch Salm, Trade Routes: A Festival of Artistic Exchange, Links Hall, Chicago, IL & Black Cherry Puppet Theater, Baltimore, MD
2016 Spot of Bother by Myra Su, performed with Myra Su & Cynthia Campos Costanzo, A-Squared Asian American Performing Arts Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2016 Spot of Bother by Myra Su and Through The Lookingglass by Myra Su & Mitch Salm, performed with Myra Su & Mitch Salm, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL; National Puppet Slam at the Center for Puppetry Arts & DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
2014 And Dream of Teeth by Rough House, performed with Rough House, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014 The Shadow Puppet Conspiracy, with Sea Beast Puppet Company, The Chicago Humanities Fest & The Chicago Improv Fest, Chicago, IL
Solo Tours
House of Egregious - solo synthesizer and bass guitar act
2023 - Present West Michigan, Chicago and streaming online as a member of the Earth Modular Society
Hosting Your Own Retrospective Is Like Throwing Your Own Birthday Party But That's Not Going to Stop Me (an examination of the first decade)
>>Menu includes a poetry reading from Save the Bees Worx Issues I, II & III, film screening of Chronology Never Gets Old, shadow puppetry performance of This Gonzalez Is Here to Take Your Job and audio roller coaster A Stack of Bonds This Big Redux
2020 Padua, Italy / Chicago / NYC / LA *cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions*
2019 Radio Penny. St. Louis, MO
Residency
2019 Chicago Performance Lab, Puppeteers of Color Social presents Two Liberated Women, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching
2023 Manifestation Zine Making Workshop, Online via Zoom
2020 UX designer of mailinballotdate.com, created a site to inform Americans about the necessary window of time one needs to plan for when mailing a presidential ballot
2018 Stop-Motion Animation and Web Presence 101, The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange. Baltimore, MD x Chicago, IL
Art Exhibits
2024 Agitator Animation! showcased a collection of hand-drawn stop motion animations. Group Show. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
2024 Agitator Comics Vol. 4. You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks. multi-panel comic in ink. Group Show. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
2020 Tip Street Vendors Big for Making Life Delicious, paper cut instillation, Purple Window Gallery's Hello Neighbor public art initiative. Chicago, IL
Public Speaking
2022 I'm in Hell With Owen Thiele, SpotifyLive podcast episode: favorite moments of episodes past
2021 THE COME UP with Nik Whitcomb, YouTube podcast episode #36, co-starring Jamillah Hinson
2021 "When I See You Your Honey On a Spoon," Poet, Virtually performed at Read Some Shit #20, based in Chicago, IL
2019 Stand-up comedy at the Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Office Hours: I Made a Thing, Now What? Panelist, BackerKit Bond Conference, San Francisco, CA
2016 So You Want To Be a Puppeteer, Panelist, DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
Press
2025 Writer Carolyn Zaldivar Snow. "The Itch That Follows The Scratch." Wow and Flutter. Substack. July 31st, 2025. Digital.
2018 Arts & Culture, Catey Sullivan. "Nasty, Brutish & Short Showcases Work from the Puppeteers of Color Incubator." The Chicago Reader. Vol 48, No. 10. 20. Print & Digital.
2018 Editorial Assistant. Negesti Kaudo. "Alumni Shorts." Demo: The Alumni Magazine of Columbia College Chicago. Issue 27. Fall/Winter 2017: 35. Print & Digital.
2017 Editorial Assistant. Negesti Kaudo. "Class Notes." Demo: The Alumni Magazine of Columbia College Chicago. Issue 26. Spring/Summer 2017: 53. Print.
2017 Campus Editor, Ariana Portalatin. "Alumna Creates Recycled Puppets for One-Woman Shows." Columbia Chronicle. Print & Digital.
2016 Senior Editor, Justin Breen. "Chicago Puppeteer Wants To Turn Your Garbage Into Props." DNAinfoChicago. Digital.
Education
2024 Dogbotic's Animating By Hand - Remote
2023 Dogbotic's DIY Synthesizers For The Electronically Unacquainted - Remote
2022 Learning Sound & Synthesis with Sarah Belle Reid - Remote
2022 Comics Journalism: Documenting the World Around Us, School of Visual Arts, NYC - Remote
2018 Puppeteers of Color Incubator, co-presented by The Art Leaders of Color Network, Links Hall & Rough House Theater - Chicago, IL
2016 National Puppetry Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center - New London, CT
2014 Chicago Puppet Lab, Rough House - Chicago, IL
2009 Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Directing, Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
2008 The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education - Chicago, IL
Independent Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer, Musician & Director in the Midwest
Artistic Undertakings & Grassroots Organizations
2020 - Present Author of the Substack FOOD over FUNCTION
2020 - Present House of Egregious, synth music - solo act touring the Midwest
2015 - 2024 Author of the TinyLetter *Secret Bonus Track*
2021 Author of Six One-Acts in Six Months on Patreon
2020 Founder of Thankyoutine's Day
2019 - 2022 Co-Founder & Creative Director of the Puppeteers of Color Social
2018 Founder of The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange
2012 - 2014 Author & Publisher of the zine Save the Bees Worx, Vol. I, II & III
2009 - 2017 Founder & Artistic Conductor of Stand On Your Hands and Clap
Artistic Trades
drawing comics, short-form films, writing {essays / one-act plays / poetry} puppetry, stop-motion animation, directing, performance art, zines, needlefelting, watercolors, lomography, building and playing semi-modular synthesizers, patching, soundscape design and producing
Film - Director, Puppeteer, Composer, Cinematographer & Producer
2023 Newspaper Headlines Omit Queer Joy by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler
2023 Branches Are Arms Are Branches by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler
2022 An Abundance of Lavender by Allyson Gonzalez, original music composed and recorded by House of Egregious, Edited by Michel Heffler,
2018 I'm On The Pursuit of Happiness and I Know Everything That's Shine Aint Always Gonna Be Gold But I'll Be Fine Once I Get It Yeah I'll Be Good by Allyson Gonzalez, Edited by Michael Heffler, screened at Sea Beast Puppet Company's Puppet Meltdown Puppet Slam, Chicago, IL & Black Cherry Puppet Theater's Virtual Slamwich, Baltimore, MD
2018 Test Case 1 by Sam Grossman, created and performed by Sam Grossman, Directed by Allyson Gonzalez, Edited by Michael Heffler, The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange. Chicago, IL
2017 I Got Hot Sauce In My Veins by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, original music composed and recorded by Mathew Roberts & Paul Cherry, Edited by Michael Heffler, shadow puppetry consultation by Myra Su, puppetry assistance by Sean Dolan, screened in Juneau, AK, Baltimore, MD & San Francisco, CA
2014 Bow Tie Boy’s Cross-Country Spoken Word Feltamation by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, produced in New York, NY & Chicago, IL
2012 Felt PSA: Reminder to Vote by Stand On Your Hands and Clap, Chicago, IL
Dramatic Works
2021 Crushed to Death, One-act play, Patreon
2021 Straight to Voicemail, One-act play, Patreon
2021 I Would Not Like to Thank the Academy, One-act play, Patreon
2021 ¿Como Se Dice Mindfulness?, One-act play, Patreon
2021 Toothache/Heartache, One-act play, Patreon
2021 Quantum Vacation, One-act play, Patreon
2020 Ethical Porn Search Engine B*Storm, One-act play, Patreon
2020 Take More Cabs & Make New Friends, One-act play, Published in the deadline. Issue 39 by Back to Print
2017 Baby I'm Rich AF, One-act > Puppetry, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2016 A Stack of Bonds This Big, One-act > Performance Art and Audio Drama, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2013 The Moon Is A Wild Place To Answer The Call Of The Wild, One-act > Puppetry, Published in Save the Bees Worx: Issue I and performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
2009 THIS IS A MIRROR, YOU ARE A STATUS UPDATE, Co-written with Nivan Yahaghi, One-act play, Performed during The Invention of Space, an immersive theater experience
2007 When the Smoke Clears and Other First Time Hits, One-act play, Performed by Stand On Your Hands and Clap
Zines & Other Publications
2025 Daily Reminders for When the Waters Get Choppy, zine, Author and Publisher
2023 5 Ways to Beat Creative Block, zine, Author and Publisher
2022 Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, zine, Author and Publisher
2020 "Compensation," Comic Artist , Published in the deadline. Issue 40 by Back to Print
2020 Thankyoutine's Day advertisement, Comic Artist, Published by ZINEMercado - Annual Artist Compilation Zine
2017 "A Pinter Pause Held" POEM A DAY, Poet, Published by Back to Print
2017 SOS DISTRESS SIGNALS TO GET US THROUGH STOP, digital zine, Author and Publisher
2014 Save the Bees Worx: Issue III, zine, Author and Publisher
2013 The Wild Pumpkin Patch, Illustrator, Published by Back to Print
2013 Save the Bees Worx: Issue II, zine, Author and Publisher
2013 "Good Morning. How Are We Going to Help Save the Planet Today?" Write for Light: A Collection of True Stories and Poems about Finding Light in the Darkness, Poet and Comic Artist, Published by Dean Tucker
2013 Save the Bees Worx: Issue I, zine, Author and Publisher
2000 Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans: 2000 Edition, Poet, Published by the American Academy Of Poetry
1998 Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans: 1998 Edition, Poet, Published by the American Academy Of Poetry
///Puppetry Expertise
Performance, Construction & Film: stop-motion, object work, table top, multimedia, toy theater and shadow puppetry
Member of UNIMA
///Solo Performance - Director, Puppeteer, Playwright & Producer
2021 Revenge Is For The Birds, Detroit Puppet Slam, CMAP, Detroit, MI + YouTube live stream
2021 The World Is Yours, World Puppetry Day Virtual Puppet Slam, Puppet Showplace Theater, Boston, MA + zoom stream
2019 Why Men Great Til They Gotta Be Great? Puppeteers of Color Social, University of Chicago's Chicago Performance Lab residency, Chicago, IL
2018 This Gonzalez Is Here to Take Your Job, Puppeteers of Color Incubator, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2016 A Stack Of Bonds This Big, Poetry Talk, The Public House Theatre, Chicago, IL
2015 Serious Business, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2015 The Case of the Curious Couch, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2015 I’ll Be Dead Wrong and You’ll Be Just Fine, Puppet Meltdown, Sea Beast Puppet Company, Chicago, IL
2014 Take a Hike, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2013 It’s Unbearable, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2012 A Rocketship In a Hurry, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Angel Island, IL
///Collaborative Performance - Director, Puppeteer, Playwright & Producer
2017 Baby I'm Rich AF, performed with Angela Antkowiak & Amy Nicole, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014 It Was Supposed To Be My Day Off, performed with Sean Dolan, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., Angel Island, IL
2014 How I Spent My Summer Vacation, performed with Kayla Pulley & Maggie O'Keefe, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014 The Princess and The Prick, performed with Maggie O'Keefe, Nasty Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2013 Well, Hell, I Guess That Makes Me a Feminist, performed with Sean Dolan, Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sins Theatre Festival, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., The Den, IL
///Group Tours - Shadow Puppeteer
2017 Copy & Paste by Myra Su and Through the Lookingglass by Myra Su & Mitch Salm, performed with Myra Su & Mitch Salm, Trade Routes: A Festival of Artistic Exchange, Links Hall, Chicago, IL & Black Cherry Puppet Theater, Baltimore, MD
2016 Spot of Bother by Myra Su, performed with Myra Su & Cynthia Campos Costanzo, A-Squared Asian American Performing Arts Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2016 Spot of Bother by Myra Su and Through The Lookingglass by Myra Su & Mitch Salm, performed with Myra Su & Mitch Salm, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL; National Puppet Slam at the Center for Puppetry Arts & DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
2014 And Dream of Teeth by Rough House, performed with Rough House, Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2014 The Shadow Puppet Conspiracy, with Sea Beast Puppet Company, The Chicago Humanities Fest & The Chicago Improv Fest, Chicago, IL
Solo Tours
House of Egregious - solo synthesizer and bass guitar act
2023 - Present West Michigan, Chicago and streaming online as a member of the Earth Modular Society
Hosting Your Own Retrospective Is Like Throwing Your Own Birthday Party But That's Not Going to Stop Me (an examination of the first decade)
>>Menu includes a poetry reading from Save the Bees Worx Issues I, II & III, film screening of Chronology Never Gets Old, shadow puppetry performance of This Gonzalez Is Here to Take Your Job and audio roller coaster A Stack of Bonds This Big Redux
2020 Padua, Italy / Chicago / NYC / LA *cancelled due to COVID-19 travel restrictions*
2019 Radio Penny. St. Louis, MO
Residency
2019 Chicago Performance Lab, Puppeteers of Color Social presents Two Liberated Women, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Teaching
2023 Manifestation Zine Making Workshop, Online via Zoom
2020 UX designer of mailinballotdate.com, created a site to inform Americans about the necessary window of time one needs to plan for when mailing a presidential ballot
2018 Stop-Motion Animation and Web Presence 101, The Allyson Gonzalez Residency for Art, Science & Cultural Exchange. Baltimore, MD x Chicago, IL
Art Exhibits
2024 Agitator Animation! showcased a collection of hand-drawn stop motion animations. Group Show. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
2024 Agitator Comics Vol. 4. You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks. multi-panel comic in ink. Group Show. Agitator Gallery. Chicago, IL
2020 Tip Street Vendors Big for Making Life Delicious, paper cut instillation, Purple Window Gallery's Hello Neighbor public art initiative. Chicago, IL
Public Speaking
2022 I'm in Hell With Owen Thiele, SpotifyLive podcast episode: favorite moments of episodes past
2021 THE COME UP with Nik Whitcomb, YouTube podcast episode #36, co-starring Jamillah Hinson
2021 "When I See You Your Honey On a Spoon," Poet, Virtually performed at Read Some Shit #20, based in Chicago, IL
2019 Stand-up comedy at the Comedy Store, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Office Hours: I Made a Thing, Now What? Panelist, BackerKit Bond Conference, San Francisco, CA
2016 So You Want To Be a Puppeteer, Panelist, DragonCon, Atlanta, GA
Press
2025 Writer Carolyn Zaldivar Snow. "The Itch That Follows The Scratch." Wow and Flutter. Substack. July 31st, 2025. Digital.
2018 Arts & Culture, Catey Sullivan. "Nasty, Brutish & Short Showcases Work from the Puppeteers of Color Incubator." The Chicago Reader. Vol 48, No. 10. 20. Print & Digital.
2018 Editorial Assistant. Negesti Kaudo. "Alumni Shorts." Demo: The Alumni Magazine of Columbia College Chicago. Issue 27. Fall/Winter 2017: 35. Print & Digital.
2017 Editorial Assistant. Negesti Kaudo. "Class Notes." Demo: The Alumni Magazine of Columbia College Chicago. Issue 26. Spring/Summer 2017: 53. Print.
2017 Campus Editor, Ariana Portalatin. "Alumna Creates Recycled Puppets for One-Woman Shows." Columbia Chronicle. Print & Digital.
2016 Senior Editor, Justin Breen. "Chicago Puppeteer Wants To Turn Your Garbage Into Props." DNAinfoChicago. Digital.
Education
2024 Dogbotic's Animating By Hand - Remote
2023 Dogbotic's DIY Synthesizers For The Electronically Unacquainted - Remote
2022 Learning Sound & Synthesis with Sarah Belle Reid - Remote
2022 Comics Journalism: Documenting the World Around Us, School of Visual Arts, NYC - Remote
2018 Puppeteers of Color Incubator, co-presented by The Art Leaders of Color Network, Links Hall & Rough House Theater - Chicago, IL
2016 National Puppetry Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center - New London, CT
2014 Chicago Puppet Lab, Rough House - Chicago, IL
2009 Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Directing, Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
2008 The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education - Chicago, IL
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