AMANDA VILLALOBOS
  • Portfolio
    • Becoming Eve
    • The Trees
    • A WhyNot Christmas Carol
    • Wolf Play
    • Space Dogs
    • Is This A Room
    • Amelie, A New Musical
    • Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf
    • Fondly, Collette Richland
    • Ghost Rings
    • Hand to God
    • In The Green
    • 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens
    • Late Night with Seth Meyers
    • Light Keepers
    • Measure for Measure
    • Riddle of the Trilobites
    • The Secret Death of Puppets
    • Snatch Adams
    • Cute Activist
    • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway
  • About
  • Contact
  • CV
download resume

 CURRENT / UPCOMING PROJECTS

Tokitae / Puppetry Design & Direction / dir. Taibi Magar / EnGarde Arts / TBD
Tamago / Puppetry Design & Direction / dir. Zi Alikhan /Movement Theater Company / TBD
Song of the Sea / Puppetry Design & Direction / dir. Seimi Campbell / NYTW / TBD

BROADWAY Design & Fabrication

Is This A Room / Puppetry Design / dir. Tina Satter / Broadway Debut at the Lyceum Theater / Sept 2021-22
* Nominated for a Drama Desk Award

Amélie, A New Musical  / Puppetry Designer  /  dir. Pam Mackinnon / Walter Kerr Theater  /  2016
The Addams Family  /  des. Basil Twist & Tandem Otter  /  Lunt-Fontanne Theater

BROADWAY Performance

 The Pee-Wee Herman Show  /  Principal Puppeteer  / dir. Paul Reubens & Alex Timbers  / Stephen Sondheim Theater  /  2010

OFF-BROADWAY Design & Fabrication


2025 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Puppetry

Becoming Eve / Puppetry Design & Direction / dir. Tyne Rafaeli  / NYTW with Abrons Art Center / Apr. 2025

Fuzzy / Puppetry Design & Direction / dir. Ellie Heyman / Barrington Stage / July 2025

A WhyNot Christmas Carol / Puppetry Design / dir. Pam Mackinnon / ACT San Francisco / Nov 2024

Wolf Play / Puppetry Design / dir. Dustin Wills  /  MCC  /  Jan 2023  ·  First Run at Soho Rep/Jan 2022 / * Nominated for a Drama Desk Award

The Trees / Puppetry Design / dir. Tina Satter / Playwrights Horizons / January 2023

Wizard of Oz / Puppetry Design / dir. Sam Pinkelton / ACT San Francisco / May 2023

Space Dogs / Puppetry & Prop Design / dir. Ellie Heyman / MCC Theater / January 2022

Snatch Adams  /  Costume Puppet Design  /  dir. Becca Blackwell  /  Soho Rep & Mt. Tremper Arts  / 2021-22

Riddle of the Trilobites / Puppetry Design / dir. Lee Sunday Evans / New Victory Theater  / FEB 2020 /  Flint Rep 2019

Is This A Room / Puppetry Design / dir. Tina Satter / Vineyard Theater / Oct 2019   / at the Kitchen in Jan 2019

In the Green / Puppetry Design / dir. Lee Sunday Evans  /  Lincoln Center Theater LCT3  /  June 2019

Everyone's Fine with Virginia Woolf  / Properties Design  /  dir. John Collins, ERS  / Abrons Art Center  / 2018

Cute Activist  /  Puppet Design & Direction  /  dir. Morgan Green  /  Bushwick Starr  /  2018

Measure for Measure  /  Specialty & Prop Design  /  dir. John Collins, ERS  /  The Public Theater  / 2017

Amélie, A New Musical  /  dir. Pam MacKinnon  / Ahmanson Theater & Berkeley Rep  /  2014-16

Hand to God   / dir. David Ivers  /  Berkeley Rep /  2016

Fondly, Collette Richland  /  dir. John Collins  / New York Theater Workshop  /  2016

Ghost Rings  /  dir.Tina Satter  /   New York Live Arts  /  2016

The Secret Death of Puppets  /  dir. L.Strongwater  /  Dixon Place  /  2011

Design for Television, Installation & Costume

Shadow Puppetry Course  / Online Video Series / CLI Studios / 2019
12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens / dir. Sibyl Kempson / The Whitney Museum / Winter 2018
"Bo the dog" puppet  /  Late Night with Seth Meyers  /  art dir. Jo Winiarski  /  NBC  /  2017
Snatch Adams  /  Costume Design for artist Becca Blackwell  /  Sid Gold's NYC & The Duplex  /  2016-Present
12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens Solstice 2016     / Stained-Glass Window Design /  dir. Sibyl Kempson  /  Whitney Museum
12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens Equinox 2016   /  Tree Confessionals Design / dir. Sibyl Kempson  /  Whitney Museum
12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens Equinox 2017  /  Doll Design  /  dir. Sibyl Kempson  /  Whitney Museum
12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens Spring Equinox 2018 / Object Design  / dir. Sibyl Kempson / Whitney Museum

OFF-BROADWAY Performance

Let Us Now Praise Susan Sontag  /  Principal Actor  /  dir. Sibyl Kempson  /  Abrons Art Center
Rite of Spring  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Basil Twist  /  Jazz at Lincoln Center
Arias with a Twist  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Basil Twist /  Abrons Art Center
The Cat Who Went to Heaven  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Will Pomerantz /  BAM Fisher
Peter & Wendy  /  Peter Pan (u/s)  /  dir. Liza Lorwin  /  New Victory Theater
La Divina Caricatura  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Lee Breuer  /  La MaMa & PS122
The Secret Death of Puppets  /  Principal Puppeteer /  dir. L.Strongwater  /  Dixon Place
Miranda, A Steampunk Opera  /  Anjana  / dir. Kamala Sankaram /  HERE Arts Center
The Collector of Lies  /  Toby (lead)  /   dir. Laurie O’Brien /  St. Ann’s Warehouse
Pataphysics Penyeach: Porco Morto  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Lee Breuer /  New York Theater Workshop & Mabou Mines/PS 122
The Adventures of Charcoal Boy  /  Charcoal Boy, FlameGirl  / dir. Sarah Provost /  HERE Arts Center & St. Ann's Warehouse
The Exiles, Iphigenia & Odyssey  /  Puppeteer  /  dir. Theodora Skipitares  /  La MaMa Annex
Hiroshima Maidens  /  Rehearsal Sub  /  dir. Dan Hurlin  /  St. Ann’s Warehouse
Helen: Queen of Sparta  /  Puppeteer  /  dir. Theodora Skipitares  /  La MaMa Annex

NATIONAL TOURING

Rite of Spring  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Basil Twist  / Memorial Hall, NC
Arias with a Twist  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Basil Twist  /   Woolly Mammoth Theater, DC
The Adventures of Charcoal Boy  / Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Sarah Provost  /  Pearson Theater, International Puppet Festival (IPF)

ORIGINAL WORK

Light Keepers  /  Design, Direction & Performance  /  Five Myles  /  Dixon Place  /  Henson Carriage House, NYC
Sister Adorers in the Cardboard Convent  /  Design, Direction & Performance  /  St. Ann's Warehouse & BAX Arts Exchange
I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine  /  Design, Direction & Performance  /  SoHo Playhouse

FILM / RADIO / TELEVISION

"Bo the Dog" sketch for Late Night with Seth Meyers  /  art dir. Jo Winiarski  /  NBC
The Pee-Wee Herman Show  /  Principal Puppeteer /  dir. Marty Callner  /  HBO / FunnyBusiness
La Divina Caricatura, Part 1  /  Principal Puppeteer  /  dir. Lee Breuer  /  Mabou Mines
Chickwich  /  Slice of Bread  /  dir. Phil Colosi  /  Short Film / Colosi Bros
The Bang Bang Family  /  Voice of the Mouse  /  dir. Vin Scelsa  /  Vin Scelsa’s Idiot’s Delight WFUV

EDUCATION

Sarah Lawrence College, BA Liberal Arts Focus in Performance, Puppetry & Set Design
Puppeteer Training  /  Dan Hurlin and Theodora Skipitares
Vocal Training  /  Eddye Pierce Young
British American Drama Academy (BADA), London, United Kingdom
- Trained in Classical Stage and Television/Film acting, Comedic Performance, and Stage Combat.

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

Drama Desk Award for Is Becoming Eve, 2025
Drama Desk Nominee for Wolf Play, 2023
Drama Desk Nominee for Is This A Room, 2021
MacDowell Colony Fellowship
Recipient of a Seed and Project Grant from the Henson Foundation for her original work, "Light Keepers"
Artist Residency at the Henson Carriage House from the Henson Foundation for her original work, “Light Keepers”
BAX Space Residency Artist recipient

Guest Artist at Gettysburg College, Gettsyburg, PA
A Bunraku Master Class in Building & Manipulation with an overview of experimental puppetry in downtown theater
Copyright © 2025
  • Portfolio
    • Becoming Eve
    • The Trees
    • A WhyNot Christmas Carol
    • Wolf Play
    • Space Dogs
    • Is This A Room
    • Amelie, A New Musical
    • Everyone's Fine With Virginia Woolf
    • Fondly, Collette Richland
    • Ghost Rings
    • Hand to God
    • In The Green
    • 12 Shouts to the Ten Forgotten Heavens
    • Late Night with Seth Meyers
    • Light Keepers
    • Measure for Measure
    • Riddle of the Trilobites
    • The Secret Death of Puppets
    • Snatch Adams
    • Cute Activist
    • The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway
  • About
  • Contact
  • CV