Jesse Mooney-Bullock describes his hand-carved puppets as performative sculpture, is honored to be working with Marin Theatre for the first time. He creates puppets of all sizes, from hand puppets to giant dragons (Hammer Trinity, The House Theatre of Chicago.) Other Chicago credits include The Jungle (Oracle Theatre), Compulsion (Next Theatre), The Feast: An Intimate Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Jeff Nomination), Boneyard Prayer and Salao (Redmoon Theater, Jeff Award) and The Selfish Giant, A Kite’s Tale, Moby Dick and St. James Infirmary (Blair Thomas & Co.) Productions elsewhere featuring Mooney-Bullock’s puppets include The Little Prince (University of Idaho) and Carnival! (Papermill Playhouse, NJ.) He also performs his own solo puppet shows, his recent adaptation of Rikki Tikki Tavi was seen as part of the Chicago International Puppetry Festival and has toured Michigan and Cincinnati, where he lives with his wife and three children.