Puppetry International Research (PIR)  is a global, interdisciplinary, academic journal dedicated to puppetry and the allied areas of masks, performing objects, and material performance. Its mission is to foster scholarship on puppet theatre and related arts as practiced in the past and present around the world and deepen historical and theoretical understanding of the field. Its empirical, analytical, and theoretical peer-reviewed articles, as well as critical book, performance, and exhibition reviews, and field reports aim to strengthen puppetry studies as an academic discipline. The journal welcomes submissions from scholars and reflective practitioners from all related disciplines. A project of UNIMA-USA, growing out of the peer-review section of its acclaimed magazine, Puppetry International, PIR publishes twice a year on the CUNY Academic Commons.

Founding Editor: Claudia Orenstein, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, New York

ISSN: 2994-7944

Photo: performances & workshops at the 28th Annual NATIONAL PUPPETRY CONFERENCE; photographed: June 9-17, 2018 at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT. Photograph by Richard Termine ¬© 2018 RICHARD TERMINE.

Fig. 7. Duke Orsino (left) and Lady Olivia (right). (Image: from “Program for the Investiture of Magosaburō XIII” 2021).

In the land where time is suspended, the grandfathers who fought in the war share a train ride while an origami crane chases them down with a message. The grandfathers are played by the grandchildren, Lott and Kikuchi, wearing masks. From left to right: Spencer Lott, Maiko Kikuchi. (Photo: Maria Baranova)

Fig. 4. Isshi IV rehearses the Princess Yaegaki role. The precious magic helmet seems to float above. (Photo: Courtesy of Isshiza).

Visits to the home of practicing dalangs allowed us to see grandparent and grandson co-demonstrate. (Photo: Kathy Foley)

Figure 4. Ni Sendy, winner of female dalang competition. (Photo: Kathy Foley)