What an amazing time it has been serving as the Director of Puppetry for Keelay Gipson’s new play “demons.”

This play is an extraordinary coming together of writing, acting, theater, and puppetry. I’ve been so happy to be a collaborator on this from the start, including two weeks of development at New York Stage and Film.

Our puppet team was small but mighty with a puppet built by Cedwan Hooks and a puppet/acting performance given by Joseph Lymous. ‘I’m very proud of our work and I hope there’s more demons. to come!

Here’s some nice little bits from our reviews:

“When Danily, a red-furred, purple-lipped beast, appears onstage, his giant eyelids fluttering and huge maw flapping, he is irresistibly adorable, like something from Jim Henson’s dreams. And did I mention he’s a demon? In “Demons,” presented by Bushwick Starr at the Connelly Theater, a family grieving the recent death of its complicated patriarch becomes the target of a haunting by a puppet ghoul, the unexpected star” Maya Philips - NYTimes

“And then there’s the puppet. Cedwan Hooks’s design for Danily is simultaneously ridiculous and adorable, something you might see in a pharmaceutical ad. Demons got you down? Ask your doctor about Exorcipro. There’s nothing scary about him in the slightest, and as played by Lymous, we get the sense of a demon who is not entirely comfortable in his own fur (admirably restrained puppet direction by Jon Riddleberger). Gipson leaves a lot of unanswered question around Danily and his dad, and Lymous makes us want to know more. Danily should have a series on Netflix.” Zachary Stewart - TheaterMania (Full Review Here)

The show was produced by The Bushwick Starr at The Connelly Theater from May 16th-June 10th.