ABOUT ME

With a BA in English from Williams College, MA, minoring in Theater, Music and Philosophy, Bill has pursued a lifelong career in the arts. He is a writer, painter, sculptor, mask-maker, playwright, poet, director, actor and puppeteer. Due to the synergy of these disciplines entailed in puppetry, Bill settled on that art form as his principle focus during 25 years living in Chicago. There he eventually established a small storefront theater (1981), founded a not-for-profit company called AnimART, created and presented puppet productions for both adult and children’s audiences and toured them all over the city and from coast to coast. A highlight of those years was his collaboration with the Chicago Symphony to create a large-scale puppet presentation for the purpose of teaching families about the orchestra and some of its repertoire: Music for All Seasons premiered on the stage of Orchestra Hall to packed houses and standing ovations. Bill has written four full-length dramas for adults, one adaptation, twelve puppet plays for children, two collections of poetry, several one-acts, essays and short stories. He currently resides in Fennville, Michigan, where he has established a small studio and continues to create in all these art forms. In 2016 Volume One of his puppet plays The Magic Glade was published by Luman Coad’s Charlemagne Press. At the 2017 National Puppetry Festival he presented a Powerpoint lecture on Playwrighting. Also he has published articles in The Puppetry Journal, the national quarterly periodical by Puppeteers of America.