Matt Sorensen

director

Matt Sorensen is a puppeteer, theater artist, educator, filmmaker, and museum exhibition curator and designer based in Connecticut and New York. He is a Visiting Professor in Dramatic Arts with the Puppet Arts Program at the University of Connecticut. His company, Puppet Bucket Productions, has designed and built puppets for theater and film around the world. 

Matt creates theatre that blends puppetry and live actors, using visual diversity to encourage an active mind and an open heart. Matt is an advocate of compassion, and presents the human condition with an eye fixed on human rights. Matt’s objective is to provide spectacle to delight all ages, while guiding audiences through difficult topics with a whimsical, gentle heroism. 

“Puppetry touches our hearts in a unique way, transcending the barriers that exist within live human storytelling. My work uses puppets to explore the idea of “otherness” within society and intends to erode the pillars of prejudice and hate.”