My name is Paul Glickman and I've been involved with puppets since I was about 8 years old. My first stage was a wooden crate and my puppets were sock marionettes my grandmother sewed for me. I started learning magic at around 12, and had a wonderful mentor, Prof. Abraham Hurwitz (father to Shari Lewis.) Between the two skills I augmented my college costs, and launched myself into a 20 year career as a cameraman for movies and television.

I had often dreamed of a mobile puppet theater, and when I retired to Santa Fe NM, I found one almost immediately. An old mail van with the steering wheel on the right. It was only a shell, without a motor or transmission, but I knew it would be perfect. I designed the banners outside, and inside I built shelves and drawers and installed the electronics so that the Puppet Truck's sound system would be completely self contained. The latest update to the truck has been a magical new prismatic paint job. The truck now literally sparkles in the sun.

Of course it's the puppets that really make the show, and I make the puppets. Over the years I've created dozens of zany characters. Some are for special educational shows. Some are for one-time corporate use. And some are part of the repetory company that resides in, and regularly performs from, the Puppet Truck. Most of the puppets I make from scratch out of Nerf balls or socks. Some are stuffed animals that I unstuff and re-sew. And a few are commercial puppets that I customize with clothing and props.

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