During her residency, Sarah Provost created the second half of the puppet play, "The Adventures of Charcoal Boy" through storyboards, scene sketches, and lyrics. The finished production will be performed at Theater for the New City in December 2005 and also at the Here Arts Center in New York. She was one of a team of three collaborators while in residence.
"With 20+ years in the creative sector, I’m passionate about collaborating and bringing stories to life. I’ve worked on over 60 productions for stage, screen and audio, in a variety of roles from creator to producer to director and performer.
My background in puppetry fuels my affection for visual storytelling and my work has been seen on stages across NYC with support from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Jim Henson Foundation. I’ve toured with multiple productions nationally and internationally, including the Obie award-winning production of Peter and Wendy with Mabou Mines. I co-founded and co-curated the Voice 4 Vision Puppet Festival, producing 20 main stage shows over five festivals.
Thousands of kids throughout NYC know me as the “puppet lady” after my years as an educator bringing literacy, science and social studies curriculum to life through puppets.
I live in Lower Hudson Valley with my husband and two kids and love to dig in the dirt and spend free time strategizing how to keep carbon in the soil."
