http://www.UnderThePuppet.com -  Kurt Hunter built his first marionette at age 12.  Ever since he’s made marionettes his passion creating several shows he’s performed all over the United States with his company Kurt Hunter Marionettes.  In addition to teaching and performing at National Puppetry Festivals, he is now on the artistic staff of the O’Neill Puppetry conference.  I talk to Kurt about his puppetry journey on this episode of Under The Puppet. Plus, hear more of my conversation with Kurt Hunter exclusively on the free Under The Puppet app for iOS & Android! IOS - https://apple.co/2WZ4uZg ANDROID - https://bit.ly/2RwcFev Also, this month you can win a official Jim Henson Company Hat!  Listen to find out how to enter. Transcript of this interview is available to the Saturday Morning Media Patreon Patrons! Connect with Kurt Hunter: Website - https://www.huntermarionettes.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/huntermarionettes/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd0koWRlgeAv7WFv4GEwvPw Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/huntermarionettes DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Tony Urbano - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2020/09/utp-51/ Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts - https://www.foapom.com Bob Hope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope Puppeteers of America - https://www.puppeteers.org Washington University - https://wustl.edu Nebraska Wesleyan University - https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu Penguin in my Pocket - https://youtu.be/AdHaTHdTUPE Bob Kramer's Marionettes - https://kramersmarionnettes.com St. Louis Guild of Puppetry - https://www.facebook.com/PuppetGuildStL/ Puppets, Kids, and Christian Education How to Use Puppets in Your Christian Education Program - https://www.amazon.com/Puppets-Kids-Christian-Education-Program/dp/0806664096/ref=sr_1_1? crid=16LYEFAWV1DKL&keywords=kurt+hunter+puppet+book&qid=1661799284&sprefix=kurt+hunter+puppet+boo%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1 Albrecht Roser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Roser Bread and Puppet - https://breadandpuppet.org Heart of the Beast - https://hobt.org George Latshaw - https://wepa.unima.org/en/george-latshaw/ Tony Sarg - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Sarg Bil Baird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bil_Baird Shari Lewis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shari_Lewis Sock Puppet Serenade - https://www.huntermarionettes.com/performances/ UNIMA-USA - https://www.unima-usa.org Phillip Huber - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/06/utp-17/ O'Neil Puppetry Conference - https://www.theoneill.org/pup Puppet Fest Midwest - https://www.puppetfestival.org Jim Henson Foundation - https://www.hensonfoundation.org Paul Mesner - https://www.mesnerpuppets.org Clown Shirt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zSO5PFmVM Paper Marionette Experiment - https://youtu.be/XbMp-8DWJSY Open Eye Figure Theater - https://www.openeyetheatre.org Gordon Smuder - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2019/10/utp-33/ Bernd Ogrodnik - https://worldsofpuppets.com Steven Widerman - https://twitter.com/stevenwiderman Marty Robinson - https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Martin_P._Robinson Alice Gottschalk - https://sites.bu.edu/womenandmasks/alice-gottschalk/ Pam Arciero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Arciero Jim Rose - https://ysnews.com/news/2021/02/james-p-rose (Obituary) Tyler Bunch - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2017/03/utp-001/ Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - https://saturdaymorningmedia.com/2018/01/utp-11/ University of Connecticut - https://drama.uconn.edu/programs/puppet-arts/ CONNECT WITH THE SHOW http://www.instagram.com/underthepuppet http://www.twitter.com/underthepuppet CONNECT WITH GRANT http://www.MrGrant.com http://www.twitter.com/toasterboy https://instagram.com/throwingtoasters/ Art by Parker Jacobs Music by Dan Ring Edited by Stephen Staver Help us make more shows like this one.  Become a patron of Saturday Morning Media and get cool rewards!  Visit www.patreon.com/saturdaymorningmedia for info!