Cecilia Cackley
Puppeteer, Playwright, Teaching Artist

Just Me and My Girl
Shoebox Puppet Fest 2023

the earth, that is sufficient
The Welders, 2019

Viva Frida
Celebració 30 anys Teatre Lambe Lambe
La Pupila Produccions, Barcelona, 2019
Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes 2021

Malevolent Creatures
Wit’s End Puppets, 2019

DRIFT
part of 'I Thought the Earth Remembered Me'
banished productions, Capital Fringe Festival

Saudade
Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival 2015, Washington DC
Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival 2015
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2017

The Amazing and Marvelous Cabinets of Kismet
Wit's End Puppets

Elle Lit/She Reads
Avignon OFF Festival

Puppet Design

Arco Iris
Arts on the Horizon 2023

Selected Plays

Between Earth and Sky/Entre la tierra y el cielo
Commissioned by GALA Hispanic Theatre
Workshop, New Visions/New Voices 2018, The Kennedy Center
Full Premiere October 2018.

Blancaflor: a fairy tale
Commissioned by GALA Hispanic Theatre
Staged reading, Crossing Borders/Cruzando Fronteras Festival, Two River Theater Company, 2017. 
Full Premiere October 2017. 

Training

B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Performing Arts), The College of William and Mary
Directing: Joy Zinoman, Studio Theater Conservatory, Washington DC
O’Neill Puppetry Conference: Workshops with Martin P. Robinson, Tim Lagasse and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph
Czech Marionette Construction and Performance: Nine-day workshop with Mirek Trejtnar and Dora Bouzkova
Festival de Titiriteros Juglares: Shadow puppet workshop with Gabriel von Fernandez
Conferencia de Mujeres Titiriteras: Caja Lambe-Lambe workshop with Gabriela Cespedes