Wild Works: Puppetry at the Edge is a new performance series spotlighting artists who are reinventing and expanding the language of puppetry today. Curated by Resident Curator Amanda Card, the series features bold, boundary-pushing work that experiments with form, embraces risk, and explores the emotional and imaginative power of the animated.

Amanda Card (she/they) is a Bushwick-based interdisciplinary artist and puppeteer whose work blends memory, disappearance, and handmade visual storytelling. Using shadow puppetry, toy theater, and live-feed video, Amanda builds intimate performances that explore legacy, care, and the unseen. They are the creator of Boy Crazy (Ars Nova), The Lil Amanda Show (Kindling Arts Festival), and Where Did You Go, Connie?, an interdisciplinary investigation of the life and disappearance of cult musician Connie Converse.
Performance credits include Boy Crazy (Ars Nova), Our Bodies Like Dams (Mabou Mines), 9000 Paper Balloons (Japan Society), Daydream Tutorial (La MaMa), Small Acts of Daring Invention (Drama Desk Nominee – HERE), The Greedy Peasant’s All Saints’ Day Celebration, and Yuliya Tsukerman’s The Luminous Crow. Amanda received the 2021 Lipkin Prize for Playwriting and holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.