Marzieh Boroumand, actress, puppeteer, screenwriter and director of TV series

One of the nice things about puppetry is that most shows tend to be smaller in scale, making it possible to write, build and perform your own puppet shows. Doing your own work builds skills and gives you the ability to earn money! Even if it’s your dream to be a big-time puppeteer in film and television, it’s helpful to have a catalog of your own shows that can be performed between larger gigs. 

After moving to Los Angeles to get into film and television, we continued to fill our summers, weekends and holidays with library puppet shows. These shows kept us from having to take outside jobs while we worked on landing the next high-profile production.