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Tom Bonham Puppet and Marionette Productions Puppeteer from Saint Peters, MO

Will travel up to 100 miles

  • 1 Verified Booking
  • Member Since 2013
  • Starting at $150 per event

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Tom Bonham has been involved in puppetry all of his life. He was born in the creative environment of Robinson, Illinois, birthplace of novelist James Jones, and the Heath candy bar. Tom Bonham has a Bachelor's degree in English Education from Saint Louis University and Missouri Life-time teaching certification in speech, drama, and English. Tom Bonham who began performing in 1957, has been a professional puppeteer since 1972. He performs with rod, hand, and muppet(TM)-style puppets, and, with string puppets (marionettes). While he currently performs primarily in his local area, Tom Bonham has presented his shows in such places as Washington, DC; New Orleans; Denver; Salt Lake City; San Jose, CA; and Minot, ND (in February). He performs in schools, libraries, shopping centers, private clubs, community festivals, and similar events. For seven years he was the puppet company for Westfield Shoppingtown's Kids' Club program in all their Saint Louis County, Saint Peters, and Cape Girardeau shoppingtowns (the programs actually started when the center were owned by Centermark Properties). He has performed and given puppetry workshops at many national, regional, and local puppet festivals. He is a member of The Puppet Guild of Greater St. Louis, Inc., Puppeteers of America, Inc., and UNIMA-USA. Tom Bonham creates all of the puppets which he uses in the show, as well as the scenery and staging. He operates most performances alone, although a few shows do require an assistant puppeteer. Tom Bonham is known for imaginative uses of puppetry from his yarn boa that changes shapes into many different creatures, to the highly imaginative puppets in Land of Imagination, to unusual effects such as a rod puppet (with rods to his hands) that puts on a shirt. One of his latest production "The Carnival of the Animals" is constructed from plastic bottles, plastic tableware, brushes, and various dollar store items in a highly imaginative way. As one teacher said "I will never look at a toilet brush the same." Tom Bonham also appeared in a 4 minute opening segment of season seven of America's Got Talent – The Saint Louis Auditions on May 29th, 2012, but due to problems with legal clearances had to create a new act at the last minute and only succeeded in impressing Howie Mandel, and getting a hearty laugh from Sharon Osbourne.

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Past Events

October 28, 2017 • Birthday Party (Kids)
Sat5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Belleville, IL

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