The Puppeteers Cooperative

[1][2] It is an extremely loose affiliation - there is no membership as such, so that people are sometimes surprised to find themselves belonging to the group without having joined it.

[5] In 1993, Theresa Linnihan,[6] then the director of the Newburyport Children's Theater at Maudslay State Park,[7][8] met Konnoff, and joined in about 1997.

[4] The Puppeteers Cooperative is known for its community outreach and education.

It publishes an educational booklet called "68 Ways to Make Really Big Puppets: A Patternbook of Parades and Pageants,"[13] web pages,[14][15] and videos, all of which share ways of making giant puppets and spectacles from simple techniques and everyday materials.

As well as the Lending Libraries, the group includes The Back Alley Puppet Theater, which does pageants, parades, and puppet dances in the Boston area;[16] The Construction Section, giant puppet makers;[17] Hi-Art Productions, video makers;[18] and Puppaganda, which performs short and small news shows.