Puppeteers of America Northwest/Mid-Atlantic Regional Festival held in Storrs, CT.

Guild Meetings included a Marionette Construction Workshop with David Syrotiak, a workshop on creating Voices for Puppet Theater with Paul Vincent Davis, the annual Meeting at Margo Rose's house, a performance by the National Marionette Theater, and a performance of "The Greatest Little Show on Earth" by Jim Gamble, and a performance of rebecca Mcnulty's mfa thesis project "the vanishing point"

Meetings included a performance of David Regan's uconn mfa thesis production "A servant of two Masters", the annual meeting at the Rose house featuring a seminar on the rose collection, a performance of Spring Valley Puppet Theater's "jack and the Beanstalk",  ana a performance by deb jones.

April -- Ballard Institute and Museum (BIMP) opens on the University of Connecticut Depot Campus. Several members of the Guild’s Board of Directors also double on the inaugural Board of Directors for BIMP.

May -- Our day of puppetry event.

Meetings included a performance by Richard smith, a performance of "rumplestiltskin" by Mary Mazzacane, our annual meeting at the Eugene o'neill theater center, a performance by the knotty puppets, and a performance of Pat Ahearn's Uconn mfa thesis, "the legend of sleepy hollow"

The Guild is saddened by the loss of charter member, puppeteer, and friend Margo Rose.  In addition to her puppetry work in Film, television, and theater, Margo was also one of the driving forces behind National Puppetry Conference in Waterford.

Meetings included a puppet slam at the science center in easton, a visit to the home of brownie zervas, our annual meeting at the eugene oneill theater center, a symposium on internation expressions and common language, and a performance of rolande duprey's puppet panorama

January -- First Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser featuring Nappy’s Puppets.  

meetings included a performance of Bobby nidzgorski's "earth peace", a puppet slam,our annual meeting at the eugene o'neill theater center, a performance y saltamontes, and a visit with integrity designs, 

January -- Second Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser featuring Pam Arciero and Martin P. Robinson

meetings included a chinese hand puppets workshop with ed sheehy, the annual meeting at the euegene o'neill theater center, and a performance by richard bradshaw.

January --Third Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser featuring Tim Lagasse and Jim Napalitano of “Between the Lions”.

March -- First Annual Litchfield Hills Puppet Festival held at the Warner Theater in Torrington.  A two day event held in conjunction with the National Day of Puppetry which featured mutiple workshops for kids and adults and featured performances by Spring Valley Puppets, The Lyon Puppets, Tanglewood Marionettes and Figures of Speech.

Meetings included a workshop with kathy piper, THE ANNUAL POTLUCK PICNIC IN WATERFORD, CT, a visit to Uconn for the opening of an exhibition of Rose Puppets at BIMP, and a performance by Nappys Puppets at the Milford Arts Center.

January-- Fourth Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser with Marc Weiner.  Also featured are cabaret performances by Jim Napalitano, Tim Lagasse, Ceili Clemmens, and Liz Joyce.

April -- Second Annual Litchfield Hills Puppet Festival held at the Warner Theater in Torrington.  A two day event held in conjunction with the National Day of Puppetry which featured mutiple workshops for kids and adults and featured performances by Masque Theater, Hobey Ford, Tanglewood Marionettes Ellie Toy and Nikki Tilroe.

Meetings included assisting UCONN students to Build puppets for the Hands-On Room at BIMP, a workshop and visit with Bob Fappiano and Lisa Buckley the Annual Potluck Picnic in Waterford, the opening of "Opera &Puppetry" exhibit at BIMP including a book signing with Carroll Spinney, and a performance of "Christmas Carol" also out at UCONN.

January -- Fifth Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser with Paul Zaloom’s “The Punch and Jimmy Show”.  Also featured is Scholarship recipient Chris “CJ” McLaughlin.

July -- Puppeteers of America Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Festival held in Storrs, CT.  Guild Vice- President Tom Fogarty served as Festival Director with Donna Mark acting a treasurer for the festival and Bart Roccoberton handling the Artistic Selection.  Among the performers were Michael Graham of Spring Valley Puppets with "Jack and the Beanstalk.

Membership Meetings that year included a day of puppetry event at artwell Gallery in Torrington, workshop to create banquet centerpieces for the festival at the home of Jim Napalitano, our annual Potluck Picnic in Waterford, and a screening of the documentary film "Museum Insider" in Storrs.

January -- Sixth Annual Margo Rose Fundraiser with Frogtown Mountain’s “The Adventures of the Banana Kid”.  Also featured is Scholarship recipient Honey Goodenough.

April -- Day of Puppetry performance and workshop at Artwell Gallery in Torrington.  Featuring an exhibit of toy theater figures from the collection of John Miller, a performance by Marilyn O'Connor-Miller and a workshop by Sharon Murphy-Boski

Meetings included a needlefelting workshop by Robin McCahill in Thomaston, our annual Potluck Picnic in Waterford, A 30th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner in Waterford, and a performance of "Mr. Punch's Christmas Carol" in hamden.

January -- Eighth Annual Margo Rose Fundraiser with Preston Foerder's "Slovenly Peter".

April -- Day of Puppetry Performance of "Father goose's Tales" by Nappy's Puppets and a workshop by Sharon Murphy Boski at Artwell Gallery in Torrington.  Violet the Dragon also flew at the storytelling festival in New London.

meetings included a performance at the puppet house theater of stony creek, a visit to bimp and a performance of kate katz's uconn mfa thesis production "it can't happen here"

January -- Eighth Annual Margo Rose Fundraiser with “Punch and Judy”

January -- Ninth Annual Margo Rose Fundraiser with Sesame Street’s Fran Brill.  Also featured is scholarship recipient Marta Mozelle-McRostie

Tenth Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser “Who Wants to be a Puppeteer” with special guests Martin P. Robinson and ‘Telly’, Pam Arciero and “Grundgetta Grunge”, Leslie Carrera-Rudolph and “Lolly Lardpop” and host Jim Napalitano.   

Among the performers included are Robin McCahill, Marta Mozelle-McRostie, Arthur Poore, Jon Little, Elizabeth Hara, and Honey Goodenough

January -- Eleventh Annual Margo Rose Fundraiser “Who Wants to be a Puppeteer II” with special guests Martin P. Robinson and Telly Monster, Pam Arciero and Grundgetta Grunge, and Jennifer Barnhart and Mrs. T with host Matthew Leonard.

June -- The Guild is saddened by the loss of friend and UCONN Puppet Arts founder Professor Frank Ballard.  Professor Ballard was an inspiration and friend to many guild members and his influence in Puppet Arts is one not only seen in Connecticut but throughout the world.

Twelfth Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser“Who Wants to be a Puppeteer III” with special guests Martin P. Robinson and Telly Monster, Jennifer Barnhart and Mrs. T., Tim Lagasse and Basil Sprite and host Matthew Leonard.

Membership Meetings included our Annual Potluck Picnic in Waterford, a pinic at Member Lu Bria's house in Redding alongside a performance of the National Marionette Theater's performance of "Pinocchio" a panel discussion and membership forum to discuss the future of the guild in storrs, and a screening of "The Muppets" at rave cinemas in Manchester

January -- Thirteenth Annual Margo Rose Fundraiser “Puppet Boomerang”.  An evening with past scholarship recipients Honey Goodenough, Deb Hertzberg, Marta Mozelle-McRostie, and Fergus Walsh.  Also featuring the films of scholarship recipient Ken Berman.

April -- Day of puppetry celebration held at artsplace in Cheshire featuring Lionheart Puppet Compay's performance of "Jack Tuesday: Fairy Tale Investigator" and workshops by Robin McCahill, Rolande Duprey, and Sharon Murphy-Boski

Membership Meetings included a build day at the home of Donna Mark for the Trail of Terror, a "Show and Tell" at the Puppet Arts complex in Storrs, our national Day of Puppetry  in Cheshire and our annual potluck PIcnic in Waterford

January -- Fourteenth Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser “An Evening with Friends and Puppets” featuring the talents of Anna Fitzgerald, Gavin Cummins, Matthew Leonard and Topher Polack’s “Boys in the Bag”, Nappy's Puppets, Dana Samborski, and scholarship recipient Seth Scheaffer with hosts Pam Arciero and Grundgetta Grunge.

Membership meetings included OUr Annual Potluck PIcnic in Waterford, A performance of the Gerwick Puppets "Midwinter Magic" in Hamden, and a performance of Penny Benson's MFA Thesis "Goblin Market" in Storrs.

August -- Fifteenth Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser, “It’s a W.R.A.P”.  A winetasting and raffle event held at White Silo Winery in Newtown.  In addition, members of the guild shored their work with one another.  This event also featured the debut of the Chairs that would be part of the 2015 fundraiser

Meetings included a build day in Cheshire for the 2015 chair auction, our annual potluck picnic in Waterford, and a performance of Crabgrass Puppets "The Pirate, the princess and the pea" at Artsplace in Cheshire.  The performance in cheshire was also accompanied by a shadow puppet workshop conducted by Matthew Leonard and Karen Bruce.

January -- Sixteenth Annual Margo Rose Scholarship Fundraiser “The Chair Project” an auction of chairs designed and built by Connecticut based artists including Pam Arciero, Jennifer Barnhart, Michael Graham, Robin McCahill, Marilyn O’Connor-Miller, David Regan, Martin Robinson, Fred Thompson, UCONN Puppet Arts Students, and The Connecticut Guild of Puppetry.

August -- National Puppeteers of America Festival held in Storrs.  The guild represented themselves by handing out ‘Welcome to Connecticut” buttons.  Each button was numbered on the back and the finale of the week, a number was drawn for a prize gift basket.  Guild Mascot “Violet the Dragon” also flew in the festival parade.

Meetings included a performance of Dana Samborski's thesis project "Fernweh" at BIMP and our annual potluck Picnic.