Creative Team

Original Story
Oscar Wilde

Director
Chia-yin Cheng

Company/Tour Manager
Chien Lin

Music Designer
Fei-tsuei Luo

Stage/Puppet Designer
Man-ling Yeh

Stage/Mechanical Designer
Meng-ju Yu

Lighting Designer/Stage Manager
Helmi Fita

Costumer Designer
Yi-ching Wang

Live Musician
Yi-Te Huang

Storyteller/Foley
Yu-jane Liu

Actors
Bo-wei Yang
Yun-ru Chen

About the Artists

Founded in 1999, The Puppet & Its Double Theater's mission is to create challenging and innovative Puppet Arts that touches the heart and mind. Adhering to the creative principle of “everything can be a puppet,” the company creates a new style for contemporary Taiwanese Puppet Arts, as well as an aesthetic imbued with magic and philosophy.  

Having presented more than 50 original productions, the Puppet & Its Double remains focused on breaking new ground in original local content and intercultural Puppet Arts exploration. The group has received numerous invitations to perform at international art festivals in Europe, Asia, and America. With professional and puppet delicatery skills, the Puppet & Its Double brings forth a limitless imaginary space that humans alone cannot realize. Their shows not only allow children to admire aloud, but also silently contemplate. The playfulness, curiosity, and joy of adults are also awakened. 

Educations and upgrading skills are extremely important for the company. The Puppet & Its Double Theater has been unwavering in its efforts to nurture new talents and local content by establishing the Lìzé Puppet Art Colony in 2013, focusing on international puppetry exchange and talent cultivation. It has since become a leading base for puppet arts innovation in Asia. 

Performing Arts and Culture programs at Asia Society Texas are presented by Syamal and Susmita Poddar. Major support comes from Nancy C. Allen, Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen, The Brown Foundation, Inc., the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance, The Clayton Fund, Houston Endowment Inc. Generous funding also provided by The Anchorage Foundation of Texas, The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts, and Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), National Endowment for the Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, and the Wortham Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Friends of Asia Society, a dedicated group of individuals and organizations committed to bringing exceptional programming to Asia Society Texas.

Performing Arts and Culture Presenting Sponsors

Syamal and Susmita Poddar

Performing Arts and Culture Program Sponsors

Presenting Partners

Program Partner

About Asia Society Texas

Asia Society Texas believes in the strength and beauty of diverse perspectives and people. As an educational institution, we advance cultural exchange by celebrating the vibrant diversity of Asia, inspiring empathy, and fostering a better understanding of our interconnected world. Spanning the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, our programming is rooted in the educational and cultural development of our community — trusting in the power of art, dialogue, and ideas to combat bias and build a more inclusive society.