Ramona Jan - Marionettes
The River Reporter, March 2013, Jonathan Charles Fox
In Times Square, marionette artist, Ramona Jan, operates Shafafa in her show entitled Some Strings Attached. (Photo: Jason Rahm)
[Ramona] Jan, a founding member of Manhattan’s Reality Galaxy Puppet Theater and former member of the Puppetry Guild of Greater New York, had an arsenal of marionettes on hand, and the kids were so enchanted that a second show was spontaneously demanded, before the first even drew to a close. Jan’s cast of marionette characters entertained both kids and adults alike. Lucinda Sparkle, Astro-Boy (the piano playing horse), ballet dancer Chantel and a pair of “wild and crazy guys” were introduced by her young assistants, Emma Switko and Lucinda Cantor, as the children sat rapt with attention and I found myself transported along with the crowd.
http://www.riverreporter.com/column/my-humble-opinion/15/2013/03/06/no-strings-attached?page=2