Puppetry Consultant, The Copper Children
Some of Andy’s puppetry credits include Paula Vogel’s The Long Christmas Ride Home (world premiere, Trinity Repertory Company in association with Long Wharf Theatre) and Basil Twist’s Symphonie Fantastique (2004, 2012 and 2018 HERE Arts Center). Andy has held Creation Residencies at both L’Institut International de la Marionnette and the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes in Charleville-Mézières, France. His original work, Schweinehund, inspired by the life of concentration camp survivor Pierre Seel, premiered at the 2015 Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes, and has since been presented at the 2016 Internationales Figurentheaterfestival Blickwechsel in Germany, among many others around Europe including, Le Mouffetard - Théâtre des arts de la marionnette in Paris (2017 BIAM - Biennale internationale des arts de la marionnette). In 2019, Andy presented Schweinehund at the Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival, and his original work Calm Blue Sky also had its premiere at the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes. He is the proud recipient of three Jim Henson Foundation grants to help further his original work.
Education: MFA, Trinity Repertory Conservatory.
www.andygaukelpuppetry.com