The Imaginary Ranger Station

07/06/2025

What's on the horizon...

For over 70 years, Penny Jones' puppet shows have entertained the children of New York City. Virtually unknown outside the city, she is the arguably the most...

06/20/2025

New documentary soon! Penny Jones - A Lifetime of Children's Puppetry.

05/14/2025

01/20/2023

Some minor updates to the website have been completed. Everything you might want from the ranger station is now available there.

01/02/2023

Now available...

Influential puppeteers talk about their lives and work in a series of interviews conducted by Jeff Bragg.

10/19/2022

Hi all. Hobey Ford - Modern Master premiered earlier this month in New York City at Puppet Homecoming.

It is the first film in a series entitled Profiles in Puppetry.

10/03/2022

It is my great pleasure to announce that the IRS short documentary, Hobey Ford - Modern Master, will premiere at Puppet Homecoming on Coney Island next Friday at 7pm.

Head to https://www.puppeteers.org/puppet-homecoming/ for all the details.

WEEKEND ONE (Oct. 6-9) - is the in-person weekend of the festival. This will be the first PofA Festival hosted in NYC since 1939! The first day of the festival will be open for registrants to investigate various NYC puppet destinations, while the majority of the festival will be held at Coney Islan...

09/23/2022

We made these fancy new tags to go with each Ragamuffin!
Every Ragamuffin is OOAK! Special just for you.
3 NEW batches just put up in the store:
https://toyboxtheatre.square.site/shop/ragamuffins/2

08/05/2022

Coming soon.

For almost half a century, Hobey Ford has delighted audiences with his brilliant and original puppetry. A winner of multiple Jim Henson Foundation grants, Ho...

08/05/2022

Preview number two...