Puppeteer | World Builder | 3D Illustrator

space Wormz

2025 | Chicago, Il

  • Directed and Filmed by Tom Lee
  • Puppet and Set Designed by Leah Lara
Logo of La Mama, featuring bold, uppercase lettering.
Text graphic for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
2025 CREATURES: TERRARIA
Chicago Puppet Studio and Lamam collaboration

This performance installation links artists in Chicago & New York through handmade puppet terrariums – miniature worlds with petite puppets –that explore diverse organisms in their environments; sometimes in sync, sometimes in conflict, but always inextricably connected to each other.

An exhibition space featuring various terrariums and a projection of the title 'Creatures: Terraria'.

Leah Lara