ex·cel·si·or

noun

  1. Latin motto meaning “ever upward”

  2. wood shavings used for stuffing toys and furniture, or packing fragile goods.

We design and build one-of-a-kind puppets and masks on commission, offer workshops in puppetry to elementary age students, and produce fully realized puppet shows from our own imagination.

The Little Child, Leopard and Kid

The Peaceable Kingdom

Church of Christ Congregational, Norfolk CT

April 2023

Gary the Snail

Sponge Bob the Musical

The Williston Northampton School

Spring 2023

Nutcracker Doll and Three Mice

The Nutcracker

Nutmeg Ballet

St Michael the Archangel rehearsal puppet

The Battle That Broke Out in Heaven

St. Michael’s Parish, Litchfield CT, Fall 2018

Condor and Sea Gulls

Paul Winter’s Missa Gaia

First Congregational Church, West Hartford

Spring 2018

Test of Chicken Running Mechanism

Into the Woods

The Williston Northampton School

Spring 2018

Watch the studio tour

Current & Previous Clients

David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, New Haven CT

Hartford Stage Company Hartford CT

First Congregational Church West Hartford CT

The Taft School, Watertown CT

Nutmeg Ballet, Torrington CT

The Williston Northampton School Easthampton MA

The Loomis Chaffee School Windsor CT