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Paperhand Puppet Project's upcoming production showcases new puppets while exploring familiar themes

Lichen Being to be featured in Paperhand Puppet Project's 2024 production
Courtesy of Paperhand Puppet Project
Lichen Being to be featured in Paperhand Puppet Project's 2024 production

Two members of the Paperhand Puppet Project talk about their upcoming annual summer pageant, "Earth and Sky: A Great Gathering for All Beings," which starts this weekend. This year's show features cicadas, frogs, mushrooms, plants, and a 40-foot illuminated giant lichen puppet.

Guests

Donovan Zimmerman, co-founder and co-director, Paperhand Puppet Project

Sophie Joy, artist, Paperhand Puppet Project

Paperhand Puppet Project's "Earth and Sky: A Great Gathering for All Beings" runs August 9 through September 29, 2024. Details here.

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at WUNC as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.