Paperhand Puppet Intervention and Grammy nominees Pierce and Nnenna Freelon are performing a show Wednesday at DPAC called, “Where Our Spirits Reside.” Giant puppets are teaming up with a couple of ...

Althea Clayton, a puppeteer with Paperhand Puppet Intervention, looks out from a river puppet during a rehearsal for the organization’s show, “The Gift,” on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, at the Forest ...

The Paperhand Puppet Intervention creates giant puppets out of recycled materials. The Paperhand Puppet Intervention creates giant puppets out of recycled materials. Based in Saxapahaw, this group ...

It's been over a month since the Paperhand Puppet Intervention experienced $100,000 in damages from the remnants of Tropical Depression Chantal. While the storm delayed their summer production, the ...

If you ever doubted that fire was alive, that water could smile, that the very stones could dance, then doubt no more: Paperhand Puppet Intervention, a band of artists, musicians and craftspeople, ...

Paperhand Puppet Intervention is getting back on its feet after the destruction of Tropical Storm Chantal. The group is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a new show called "The Gift." It tells the ...

Inside Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s studio in the heart of Saxapahaw, visitors and arts lovers are encouraged and invited to come by and get their hands dirty. Paperhand Puppet Intervention has ...

A 20th anniversary is a major milestone for a theater troupe; most don’t make it to their fifth or tenth. But 2020 was no celebration year for Paperhand Puppet Intervention, the venerated collective ...

Paperhand Puppet Intervention's fanciful summer stage show is back. The local group known for its puppets of all kinds and sizes will return to both the Forest Theatre in Chapel Hill and then the N.C.

Paperhand Puppet Intervention is known for its massive puppets and pageantry all set to live music. For the past 11 years, the group has been enchanting Triangle families with its giant outdoor summer ...

Just before midnight, Mary Radulescu heard the knock on her apartment door and the insistent voices telling her to move her car. The Haw River had flooded downtown Saxapahaw, rising so high that it ...