Cattywampus Puppet Council

Suite 114
Cattywampus Puppet Council
https://cattywampuspuppetcouncil.com/

The Cattywampus Puppet Council first convened during the summer of 2014 when good friends Rachel Milford and Shelagh Leutwiler came together one afternoon with the desire to create a little magic in Knoxville. Both brought with them their years of creating art, performing, and mischief-making. You see, before moving back to Knoxville in 2012, Rachel had been working with a puppet troupe in Saxapahaw, NC called Paperhand Puppet Intervention and had ever since dreamed of bringing puppets to her hometown of Knoxville. It didn’t take much convincing to bring Shelagh on board, along with her creativity, artistic prowess, and love of glitter and paint. Thus, on that hot, muggy afternoon, these two ladies sculpted their first puppet head together and the magic was born.

The mission of the Cattywampus Puppet Council is to cultivate community and promote play through puppets. We strive to do this through creating shows, workshops, and puppet parades, involving members of the community of all ages and backgrounds in this process. We hope to foster dialogue, laughter, wonder, and healing along the way.