Yorick’s Marionettes carry a folk tradition as well as explore theatrical dynamics

within the context of the marionette theater to create magical performances.

While bringing beauty and humor to all, marionettes are a catalyst for enrichment

and a magical kind of story telling.

Marionettes are puppets activated by strings.

Those used by Yorick’s Productions are hand carved by artist Dusan Petran, a native of the former Czechoslovakia.

Mr. Petran studied the Theater Arts at the Janacek Academy of Arts in Brno

and was a theater stage actor prior to founding his own marionette theater.

His carving skills earned him a Folk and Traditional Fellowship

from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.

All his marionettes are perfectly balanced and perform movements that are precise, elegant and artful.