Thrilled to announce I’ve received a 2025 Henry Hewes Design Award for Notable Effects: Puppet Design (Give Me Carmelita Tropicana at
@sohorep )
Building goldfish puppets of ever increasing size for this production was a real delight and I’m grateful to be recognized for this work!
Give Me Carmelita Tropicana was created by Alina Troyano and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Directed by Eric Ting.
Much gratitude to the whole team that supported the puppetry journey:
Alina, Branden and Eric, for your visionary creativity and joyful collaboration!
@carmelita.tropicana @_bjj__ @tingericting
My associate Vitoria Lowell for hours of cutting out fish scales together!
@thedeadcostumer And Red for helping dream up the fishbowl effect.
Actor and Puppeteer Will Dagger for so brilliantly bringing the puppets to life! ❤️
@upsidedownwill
Lighting! Barbara Samuels ❤️
@bubblemonkey23
Set Design! Mimi Lien and Tatiana Kahvegian
@mi2lien @tatianakahvegian ❤️
Sound Design! Tei Blow and Jeremy Kadetsky
@selectall
The brilliant stage management team who shlepped giant goldfish up and down the tiny stairs at Walker space each night. ❤️
And the whole team
@sohorep . Thank you for all your support.
@lowbrowbrilliant @flowcy @smorreale_reckons @a_femme_url @jordan_wiener ! ❤️
And in case you missed it, you can check out an archival recording at the NYPL for Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
@nypl_lpa !
Show photos by Julieta Cervantes and feature Ugo Chukwu as Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Will Dagger as the Goldfish
Xoxo