Emily DeCola

Theatrical credits include:

  • Peter & Wendy and Prelude to Death in Venice (Mabou Mines),
  • Serendib (Ensemble Studio Theater), 
  • Hansel and Gretel (Houston Grand Opera, designed by Basil Twist) 
  • Pericles and Revengers Tragedy (Red Bull Theater) 
  • CARRIE (PS 122, co-design with Basil Twist and Eric Wright)
  • The Tempest, A Christmas Carol and 1001 Nights (McCarter Theater) 
  • Animal Farm: The Musical (Synapse Productions, co-design)
  • HATS! The Musical (Harras Theater, Royal George Theater)

Ms. DeCola’s puppets and performances can been seen onscreen in LazyTown (Nickelodeon), Johnny and the Sprites (Disney), Moonfishing (David Michael Friend), Huyghe + Le Corbusier (Pierre Huyghe) and Katalog (Cipher Productions).

Ms. DeCola is a student of Master Marionnettist Albrecht Roser, and a member of his Meisterklasse, and have studied with Dan Hurlin and The SITI company, among others. She is a proud recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Project Grant, the 2004 UNIMA Grant for International Study in Puppetry, a YES Foundation Fellowship, and a series of great studio space grants from Chashama.