Let It Smoke

Let It Smoke

Boxed In

On learning to trade safety for visibility

Sep 03, 2025
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One of my earliest memories is standing behind a puppet-stage box at Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo.

I’d been cast as Max in Where the Wild Things Are — the lead. My job was to give Max his voice while the puppet took center stage.

The set itself was a stage within a stage: a big box sitting on the larger theater stage, hiding the puppeteers while our ch…

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