Performing Arts
Shadows Across the Mountain: How the Carpathian Puppet Theater Tradition Is Finding a New Home in America
Long before cinema or electric light, Carpathian villages gathered in firelit halls to watch stories unfold through the trembling silhouettes of handcrafted puppets. Today, a quiet but passionate movement is bringing this ancient theatrical form to American cultural centers, community stages, and art festivals — and audiences are discovering something they did not know they had been missing.