Books, Puppets, Fun
and Literacy too
We Are Puppeteers is a small company located in Arizona that offers children’s books, workshops, and custom made puppets to stimulate the creative puppeteer in all of us.
We Are Puppeteers, works with students and teachers in the classroom to create puppet shows or interactive book readings.
The students are the puppeteers. We rehearse with the students and then they perform for their parents or classmates. We Are Puppeteers provides original puppet shows and puppets for the students to use for the performance.
The students participate by narrating the story, manipulating the puppets, creating sound effects for the show and using their imagination. Students collaborate with each other to create a live performance.
We Are Puppeteers works on location in schools, libraries, book stores, churches, theaters, gardens, parks, and homes.
The students participate by narrating the story, manipulating the puppets, creating sound effects for the show and using their imagination. Students collaborate with each other to create a live performance.
We Are Puppeteers works on location in schools, libraries, book stores, churches, theaters, gardens, parks, and homes.
| “The We are Puppeteers artist in residence proved to be an amazing experience for our students. We spent one week, creating, then learning a performance to present on Friday. This particular experience combined art, theatre and language arts and students were able to thrive depending on their strengths while learning new skills.” Karen Danesi Librarian SCIS Shanghai, China |
Author Vicki Riske has been interested in puppetry and storytelling for many years. She created puppets for theatre productions at NDSU in Fargo. After graduation, Vicki produced a television show for Channel 4 in Fargo, “Owlwitness News with Olivia de Hoot and the Owlwitness News team.”
Over the years Vicki worked in several theaters painting scenery, making props and crafts, and building costumes. She worked in theaters in Fargo; Detroit; Ann Arbor; Boston and Tempe.
Vicki also worked in the commercial and film industry in Arizona working on numerous commercials, television productions and films; most famous being “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.”
In the 90s she made a shift to Computer Graphics and worked for several years as an animator for Green Rabbit Design Studios. Followed by work at Pearson producing online instructional products for text books.
In 2014, Vicki traveled to China as an Artist in Residence for two international schools in Shanghai. Working with K-5 grade students creating puppets and puppet shows.
She writes and illustrates children’s books. Her first book The Polka Dot Tea Party, published this year, is about finding shapes in nature and friendship. Local artist Laura Best illustrated Vicki’s second book, Grandma Bibi, which tackles memory loss from the perspective of children.
Over the years Vicki worked in several theaters painting scenery, making props and crafts, and building costumes. She worked in theaters in Fargo; Detroit; Ann Arbor; Boston and Tempe.
Vicki also worked in the commercial and film industry in Arizona working on numerous commercials, television productions and films; most famous being “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.”
In the 90s she made a shift to Computer Graphics and worked for several years as an animator for Green Rabbit Design Studios. Followed by work at Pearson producing online instructional products for text books.
In 2014, Vicki traveled to China as an Artist in Residence for two international schools in Shanghai. Working with K-5 grade students creating puppets and puppet shows.
She writes and illustrates children’s books. Her first book The Polka Dot Tea Party, published this year, is about finding shapes in nature and friendship. Local artist Laura Best illustrated Vicki’s second book, Grandma Bibi, which tackles memory loss from the perspective of children.
