The Center for Puppetry Arts is expanding its programming with “Puppetry NOW,” a new series focusing on contemporary artists of color. The program launches on June 17 with master puppeteer Tarish Pipkins, known as “Jeghetto.” His “5P1N0K10: A Hip-Hopera Performance” (pronounced “spinokio”) will be on view at the center’s Dean Dubose Smith Special Exhibition Gallery, and there will be a special performance of the large-scale puppets June 23-26. Pipkins joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about his adventures in puppetry and how “51PN0K10” came to be.
Interview highlights:
On discovering puppetry and a puppeteer persona:
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