Aretta Baumgartner

Aretta Baumgartner (B.A., M.A.; Performer, Director and Educator)

has been a professional performing artist for 15 years and is proud to have worked with everyone from the Muppets to the State Puppet Theatre of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria to Cincinnati-based group Madcap Puppets! Aretta has free-lanced as a mask, movement and puppetry specialist all over the country. She is the Great Lakes Regional Director of the Puppeteers of America, Inc. and has received numerous awards (including the Applause Applause Award from the Puppeteers of America and the Cincinnati Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actress)

Aretta Baumgartner as Golum