Avanti, Da Vinci! - Center for Puppetry Arts

Press Highlights
The Center continued to receive great press coverage for all activities! This year we continued to enjoy the help
of Manning Selvage & Lee and together garnered 152 media placements, including print coverage in The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution and accessAtlanta, Creative Loafing, Northside Neighbor, The Story and others, as well as coverage
on TV stations WAGA Fox 5 and CNN.
Notable coverage included:
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• The 2005-06 premier of Bobby Box’s Anne Frank: Within & Without garnered press coverage from around
the world. From local publications like The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Jewish Life and Creative
Loafing to international publications like The New York Times, Tal Aviv’s Haaretz and Puppetry International to
broadcast TV stations like CNN and ABC, Box’s stirring adaptation received universal acclaim.
• Theatre critic Wendell Brock reviewed the second run of Avanti, Da Vinci!, citing it as “a bawdy, brainy joy
ride that hits the highs and lows of Western culture over these last 500 years.”
(The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 24, 2005)
• The Sunday Paper reviewed Avanti, Da Vinci! saying the show, “proves an engrossing spectacle, elaborately
and beautifully staged.” (June 26 – July 2, 2005).
• accessAtlanta’s theater writer, Bret Love, took a look at the Center’s new Halloween show, Something
Wicked, calling it “an inventive mix of puppetry, poetry, performance art, film and music.”
• Theatre critic Wendell Brock reviewed The House at Pooh Corner, calling it “sweet than hunny.” Brock also
stated, “It’s a testament to director Bobby Box’s delightful show that these characters have the hug appeal
of plush animals and the comedic assurance of seasoned vaudevillians.” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
September 30, 2005)
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution put the Center on the cover of the Living section when it covered the
effect of higher gas prices on popular field trip destinations (October 17, 2005).
• Head Puppeteer Julie Dansby was profiled in Creative Loafing’s Behind the Scenes section where she and
other puppeteers were deemed “Atlanta’s hardest working performers.”
(November 3 – November 9, 2005)
• Jon Ludwig’s production of Rainforest Adventures was listed in Points North magazine as one of 5 “must do”
things in April 2006.
Something Wicked,
the Halloween show
for the 2005-06 Season