the Puppet Co. Artistic Council
Meet our Company Members!
About the Artistic Council
The Artistic Council provides artistic oversight and expertise, season planning guidance, and logistical support at the Puppet Co. The Council is made up of a group of artists ("Company Members") who have performed regularly at the Puppet Co. since its post-pandemic reopening and was founded in 2025.
Company Members
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Marshall Bailey is a proud puppeteer with the Puppet Co. He also teaches, directs, tours, and performs with companies including Missoula Children's Theatre, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory, Imagination Stage, and the Maryland Renaissance Festival.
TPC Credits: Performer- The 35th & 36th Annual Nutcrackers, Peter and the Wolf
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Ingrid Bork is an actor and educator based in the DMV. She is co-creator of the children's show Jennie the Cat, frequently seen on the Puppet Co stage. She has been delighted to perform in many previous Puppet Co productions.
TPC Credits: Performer - Jennie the Cat, Alice in Wonderland, Magic Mirror, Hansel and Gretel, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, The 35th Annual Nutcracker; Director- Pinocchio, Jennie the Cat: A Halloween Adventure.
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Lee Gerstenhaber has been performing and designing costumes within the DMV theatre scene for over a decade. As a company member and co-founder of Pointless Theatre, she focuses on highly visual spectacle and movement pieces.
TPC Credits: Performer - Jack and the Beanstalk, Magic Mirror, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood and the 3 Little Pigs, The Wizard of Oz (OZ), Peter and the Wolf Costumes- OZ
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Cate Ginsberg (she/her) is an actor, choreographer, and teaching artist in the DC area. As a performer Cate has worked at not only at The Puppet Co. but also Imagination Stage, Adventure Theater, NuSass, and Theater Prometheus. She holds a BA in Musical Theatre from American University.
TPC Credits: Performer- Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, and The Nutcracker (22-24)
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Mollie Greenberg (Chair) is a local actor and teaching artist, and half of Jennie the Cat creators Ingrid & Mollie. She teaches regularly with the Keegan Theatre, Imagination Stage, and Wolf Trap Institute.
TPC Credits: Performer-Little Red Riding Hood and the 3 Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, Magic Mirror, Witch Wartsmith's Halloween Spooktacular (2022 and 2023), Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins (2022 and 2023), Jennie the Cat: A Halloween Adventure, and the 36th, 35th, 34th, and 33rd Annual Nutcrackers, as well as Tiny Tots. Director-The Wizard of Oz, Jennie the Cat: A Halloween Adventure
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Jem Creutzer (they/she) is a DMV based being of light who loves the magic of storytelling! A preschool teacher by day, a multifaceted performer by night (and a TPC house manager on the weekends), Jem’s life is full of energy, creativity, and whimsy!
TPC Credits: Twisted Tales: The Three Goldilocks Gruff (June 2025), Cinderella (March-April 2026)
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Andrew Quilpa (he/ him) is a Filipino-American actor, writer, and voice over artist who grew up in Hampton Roads, VA and later moved to the DC area to serve as an IT instructor with Americorps. Now, Andrew is a company member of Faction of Fools Theatre Company and serves as the artistic director of The COIL Project.
TPC Credits: Performer- Terry Snyder's Beauty and The Beast, Witch Wartsmith's Halloween Spooktacular (2023), Alice in Wonderland, Alan Stevens' Pinocchio, The Wizard of Oz.
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Rose Talbot has recently performed with 2nd Star Productions in Lynn Nottage's Sweat and designed props for the world premiere of James Ijames’ Good Bones at Studio Theatre and for We Happy Few at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop. She also has performed at the Little Theatre of Alexandria and toured with Doc Scantlin's Imperial Palms Orchestra as a featured performer. When not on stage, Rose is an instructor at the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
TPC Credits: Performer: The Nutcracker (2013-2024), Various costuming and puppet building support