"Pip & Squeek Go Viral"

Rob D’Arc began his career as an artist, writer, director and puppeteer with the French puppet troupe, “Les Marmouset.” In 1987, he founded the Kidstuff Puppet Theater in Riverside, California coordinating all elements of production and performance of over 30 original shows, including five shows featuring his signature characters Pip & Squeek.
Rob has also fabricated props, masks, and puppets for many theater productions , and teaches at National Puppetry Festivals and a course in puppetry for the Master’s degree Summer Program at CWU. Rob was the Makeup Designer for Sea World San Diego’s Hallowe’en event, “Terrors of the Deep” in 2001- 2002. After moving to Seattle, Rob created a 20-foot blue whale and a monorail for the Fremont Solstice Parade and adapted and directed an H.P.Lovecraft story for Open Circle Theater. Rob has also fabricated props, mask, and puppets for other local theater groups for productions such as “Little Shop of Horrors,” “The Hobbit,” “Bocon,” “Into the Woods,” “1776,” ”Babes in Toyland,” and “Nutcracker Suite.” In 1996, he directed over 200 community volunteers in the creation of twenty-four giant Mardi Gras style masks and parade puppets for the Orange Blossom Festival.
He received an “Artist in Schools” residency from the California Arts Council, to teach puppetry to (G.A.T.E.) classes; instructed librarians, teachers, and therapists with in-service programs; taught sculpting at two National Puppetry Festivals; and won local awards for specialty makeup, the promotion of literacy, and artistic excellence.
Rob currently tours with his puppet shows, and his neo-vaudevillian act, “Professor Humbug’s Flea Circus.”
Rob has recently completed his first film "Pip & Squeek Go Viral" for Heather Henson's "Handmade PuppetDreams " series.
Rob’s work can be viewed at: https://linktr.ee/RobDArc