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The trial was held after Duncan, also known as Dunk, struck Prince Aerion for breaking a puppeteer's fingers.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
The dead included 38-year-old photographer Shokoufeh Abdi, a mother of two young girls, who was shot dead in the industrial city of Arak in Northern Central Iran, and directors Ahmad Abbasi and Javad Genji, whose deaths were previously reported on by Deadline, as well as puppeteer Shabnam Ferdowsi.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
Created by puppeteer Tom Lee in collaboration with the modern classical music group Eighth Blackbird, the production tells the tale of the Golden Record, an interstellar time capsule launched in 1977 in Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft.
—Susana Hills, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The puppeteers, who are often front and center, set the pace for the entire show and create some of the most arresting visual effects, centering their work around the voyages and adventures of two main actors.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
The dead included 38-year-old photographer Shokoufeh Abdi, a mother of two young girls, who was shot dead in the industrial city of Arak in Northern Central Iran, and directors Ahmad Abbasi and Javad Genji, whose deaths were previously reported on by Deadline, as well as puppeteer Shabnam Ferdowsi.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
Created by puppeteer Tom Lee in collaboration with the modern classical music group Eighth Blackbird, the production tells the tale of the Golden Record, an interstellar time capsule launched in 1977 in Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft.
—Susana Hills, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The puppeteers, who are often front and center, set the pace for the entire show and create some of the most arresting visual effects, centering their work around the voyages and adventures of two main actors.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Puppeteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puppeteer. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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puppeteer
noun
pup·pe·teer
ˌpəp-ə-ˈti(ə)r 
: one who works puppets
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