Kickstarter

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEARTFELT CONTRIBUTION! This pledge includes not only a personal thank you in the very first marionette show's playbill - but also the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing you helped bring at least one brand new smile into this world.

1 OR MORE TICKETS TO A SHOW PERFORMED ON THE ANTIQUE THEATER - reserved for you or delivered on your behalf to puppetless kids, families, groups & organizations - plus a personal thank you in the show's first playbill. The east coast dates and locations are not yet set. For extra tickets added to this or any other reward add $10 per additional ticket with bonus tickets starting at 10 tickets (see $100 ticket pledge).

HIGH QUALITY HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF THE ORIGINAL SHOW PRODUCED at the end of the project - plus a personal thank you in the show's playbill.

FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATED MARIONETTE SHOW POSTER! - plus the HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF THE SHOW - and a personal thank you in the playbill. Please add $5 for domestic shipping and handling, $7 international. (Poster delivered before download).

FINGER PUPPET #1! Professional Quality Handcrafted Limited Edition PRINCESS WITH VERY TALL PINK POINTY HAT - Includes a FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATED MARIONETTE SHOW POSTER - plus an HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF THE SHOW - and a personal thank you in the show's first playbill. Puppet features sculpted, cast and hand painted neoprene heads, tailored costumes, posable arms capable of holding objects, weighted rings on the opening of the "finger sleeves", and smaller hanging loops for those lightning fast puppet changes. Puppets shipped before other prizes. Please include $10 for domestic shipping & handling, $15 international.

FINGER PUPPET #2! Professional Quality Handcrafted Limited Edition WHITE BIRD IN BLUE COAT WITH FEATHERS INSTEAD OF HANDS POKING OUT OF HIS SLEEVES - Includes a FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATED MARIONETTE SHOW POSTER - plus an HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF THE SHOW - and a personal thank you in the show's first playbill. Puppet features sculpted, cast and hand painted neoprene heads, tailored costumes, posable arms capable of holding objects, weighted rings on the opening of the "finger sleeves", and smaller hanging loops for those lightning fast puppet changes. Puppets shipped before other prizes. Please include $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

HAND PUPPET: Professional Quality Handcrafted Limited Edition PERSON DRESSED AS FOX IN GREEN COATTAILS HAND PUPPET - Includes a FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATED MARIONETTE SHOW POSTER - an HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF THE SHOW - and a personal thank you in the show's first playbill. Puppet features sculpted, cast and hand painted neoprene head, tailored costume, animated arms capable of manipulating objects, weighted ring on the opening of the "hand sleeve", and smaller hanging loop for those lightning fast puppet changes. Puppets shipped before other prizes. Please include $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

BONUS TICKETS: 15 TICKETS FOR THE PRICE OF 10! Includes a FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATED MARIONETTE SHOW POSTER - an HD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF THE SHOW - and a personal thank you in the show's first playbill. Please include $5 local shipping and handling, $7 international. Tickets reserved indefinitely for you and/or delivered on your behalf to appreciate audiences closer to the production.

BOTH FINGER PUPPETS! The Pointy Hatted Princess & The White Bird in Blue Coat. You also receive the full color illustrated marionette show poster - hd digital download of the show - and a personal thank you in the playbill. Puppets shipped before other prizes. Add $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

PERSON DRESSED AS A FOX IN GREEN COATTAILS HAND PUPPET - plus 1 FINGER PUPPET OF YOUR CHOICE (see descriptions above). You also receive the full color illustrated marionette show poster - hd digital download of the show - and a personal thank you in the playbill. Puppets shipped before other prizes. Add $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

ALL 3 PUPPETS! THE POINTY PRINCESS & WHITE BIRD FINGER PUPPETS - plus THE PERSON DRESSED AS A FOX IN GREEN COATTAILS HAND PUPPET. You also receive the full color illustrated marionette show poster - hd digital download of the show - and a personal thank you in the playbill. Puppets shipped before other prizes. Add $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

MARIONETTE PUPPET... WARNING: STRINGS ATTACHED! You are unlikely to find a puppet maker who will make you a marionette of this quality for less than $1000 and likely closer to $2000 and up. $500 IS A ONE TIME ONLY KICKSTARTER OFFER. You'll also receive the full color illustrated poster - hd digital download of the show - producer's credit - plus a marionette lesson should you ever make it to a show. Limited edition creation featuring: sculpted, neoprene cast, hand painted and moveable heads; moveable wooden bodies, arms, legs and feet; handcrafted "air plane" style controllers with with 9 traditional strings (head, shoulders, hands, legs & back). To include the other 3 puppets in this pledge add $200. (Also, if anyone orders more than one marionette I can make them different characters if you like). Add $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

A WHOLE SHOW! You just created 1 FULL SCALE MARIONETTE PERFORMANCE... That's a whole lot of smiles. You also receive the myriad rewards for the $222 pledge - PLUS a producer's credit in the production's playbill. You'll be thanked in the pre-show and mentioned as the quick witted and dashing benefactor to all the news and media covering the event that you made possible. Also, If you ever come to a show you and your guests may attend a special backstage tour showcasing the antique trick puppets and the secrets of their strings! Marionette puppeteers of the past would never let anyone see backstage. Their livelihoods depended on the clever artifices and were a closely guarded secret. Some of these puppets have stringings dating back many hundreds of years and of which there are very few records, if any. Please add $10 for local shipping & handling of puppets, $15 international.

BEING PHILLIP HUBER: All of the myriad rewards from either the $500 or $550 pledges - PLUS AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF THE MOVIE BEING JOHN MALCOVICH SIGNED BY WORLD RENOWNED MARIONETTE ARTIST PHILLIP HUBER who created & manipulated the puppets for Spike Jonze's hit movie! Watch the amazing marionette scenes on your very own signed copy which you'll receive in advance of the other rewards! Add $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

PHILANTHROPIST'S DELIGHT: All of the extensive rewards for the $550 show pledge - plus one of the marionettes (that's all 4 puppets!). Add $10 for local shipping & handling, $15 international.

One of a kind TRICK JUGGLING MARIONETTE - Built using the complex and clever stringings learned from the antique trick marionettes. There is no sketch at this time - I like to discover the character as I sculpt it and not figure out the exact dimensions before then. I will try to build and deliver it before the estimated delivery date. It will be a work of art that functions at the professional level. The main problem with most beautiful marionettes created by artists is that the jointing is incorrect and the movements are very imprecise with many faults - creating an awkwardly moving puppet. This puppet will both look good and work like the professional little actor that it is. You'll notice that in most marionettes, even in very beautiful ones, that the joints sometimes move in an unnatural way, destroying the illusion. It's all in the jointing techniques which only a handful of puppet builders in the U.S. fully understand and utilize to optimum effect.

LITTLE WINGED LION MARIONETTE: I will sit down and make for you one one of a kind fully functional, more than professional quality, little winged lion marionette - from scratch. Each intricate piece individually sculpted and cast or carved, painstakingly painted, jointed & weighted for optimum movement, balanced & strung on a custom wooden "airplane" style controller. Flapping Wings, Moveable Head, Limbs, Paws & Tail. SEE CARTOONY SKETCH TO THE LEFT. You'll also receive all 4 other puppets including the marionette - plus the full color illustrated poster - hd digital download of the show - & producer's credit. Also a backstage tour showcasing the secrets of the trick puppets and a marionette lesson should you ever come to a show.