Veronica Barron

theater artist | puppeteer | music-maker

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Magic Pearl wins Henson Foundation & Live Arts Boston grants

After a COVID-induced hiatus, Magic Pearl is back, baybee! We’re so excited to have received a 2022 family grant from The Jim Henson Foundation… …and a Live Arts Boston grant…

28 Oct

Puppetry for The Old Man and the Old Moon at The Umbrella

I’m delighted to be working with the Umbrella Stage Company in Concord, coaching and consulting on puppetry performance and shadow sequences, and as well as designing and building a few…

08 Oct

Shadow Puppetry Design & Fabrication for Emerson Stage / Emerson College

The Project: Puppetry Design and Fabrication for This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing by Finegan Kruckemeyer, directed by Pascale Florestal for Emerson Stage at Emerson College.…

19 Sep

Songwriting & Sound Design for Gloucester Stage

At the summer’s end, I teamed up with Christopher Vu for songwriting & sound design for Gloucester Stage’s production of Reparations, presented in a beautiful outdoor theater at Windhover Performing…

21 May

“Fox” nominated for Drama League Award

My digital short, “Fox” was nominated at the 87th Annual Drama League Awards for “Outstanding Digital Theater, Collection, or Festival”, as part of All For One Theater’s AFO Shorts.

02 Apr

April 2: Sound Shadows + Rosalie Irish Norris + Callie Chapman + Madeleine Jubilee Saito at The Dance Complex

This dance-focused digital listening party for the Sound Shadows EP took place Friday, April 2. The evening included digital dance shorts from Callie Chapman and Rosalie Irish Norris, and the…

25 Mar

March 26: Sound Shadows + The Vox Hunters + Madeleine Jubilee Saito at the Mermaid’s Tavern

Get a first listen of the Sound Shadows EP this Friday, March 26 at the first of our digital listening parties! Plus, you’ll get to hear a live set from…

14 Feb

A serialized Macbeth with Liars and Believers

Over the summer and fall, I had great fun self-taping for Liars and Believers’s Macbeth—a serialized version of the full play, in 8-10 minute episodes. Here I am in episode…

07 Feb

Announcing Sound Shadows, the album!

We made a record! Sound Shadows, the album, is now available for preorder and releases in March 2021. 💫🎙✨💃🏼🎚🎶🎛🎆✨ With collaborators Julia Friend and Rebecca McGowan, I spent the summer and fall…

01 Dec

Dec 5: “Fox” in Puppet Showplace digital puppet slam

My new digital short, “Fox,” will be shown as part of the Puppet Showplace Slam: Virtual Holiday Edition on Saturday, December 5 at 8pm. RSVP via Facebook and register here!…

19 Oct

“Fox” // a digital puppet short, developed with support from All For One Theater

I designed and built this fox puppet early in the pandemic, but wasn’t sure what to do with him until NYC’s All For One Theater accepted my proposal for development…

12 Oct

Oct 11 2020: window performance at Boston Cyberarts

Rachel Wiese and I presented a little set of window performance études—visible to an outdoor audience gathered on the sidewalk, and streamed live via YouTube to a virtual audience—as part…

10 Oct

Oct 2-11 2020: teaching & performing at Virtual Puppet Con

The Northeast Region of Puppeteers of America (PoA) hosted their first ever Virtual Puppet Con in October, welcoming artists from the U.S., Canada, and beyond! I was delighted to participate…

18 Sep

New puppet short film for Bristol 48hr Puppet Film Festival

Chris Vu and I made a 2-minute puppet film from scratch in under 48 hours (wheee making art at 3am is the best!) and here ’tis! It debuted as part of…

28 Aug

August 2020: Teaching Puppet Shorts and Funny Stuff at Puppet Showplace Theater

August found me teaching two online courses via the Puppet Showplace Theater. Both classes to be offered again—join my TinyLetter to find out more! Puppet Shorts Make and perform short-form…

13 Jul

An Artist A Day: a 15-minute artist micro-talk

17 May

May 16 2020: New work at Puppet Showplace’s first-ever digital puppet slam

When Puppet Showplace, one of my artistic homes, announced their first online puppet slam, I found myself asking: “If we can’t have the special and important experience of gathering in…

31 Jan

January 2020: Japan with Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall

I spent January on tour with Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall to Osaka and Tokyo, Japan! Such a pleasure to puppeteer this show, while also taking in bunraku, butoh, and…

08 Dec

Dec 6 2019: mirror music at Cloud Club

Friday, December 6th I’ll be playing a set of mostly music plus a little puppetry (debuting some new songs!) at a strange-and-beautiful venue that is part artist haven, part magic attic,…

04 Nov

Nov 11: Funny Stuff

To my delight, my object-theater-meets-clowning workshop was sold out (and SO much fun!) Hoping to offer it again this spring…stay tuned! Monday, November 11 (Veterans Day) | 3-6pm Funny Stuff!…

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