Professor Cavallo's essay “The Resilience of Sicilian Puppet Theater: Present and Future” published in Athenaeum Review 11 (spring 2025): 87-99 https://athenaeumreview.org/essay/the-resilience-of-sicilian-puppet-theater/ has been awarded a Nancy Staub Award for excellence in writing on the art of puppetry. The award was announced on March 22, 2026, as part of UNIMA-USA’s World Puppetry Day program.
Reviewers comments:
-This was an excellent survey of the performance adaptations made necessary by both the tastes of contemporary audiences and the Covid period. Prof. Cavallo…
Professor Cavallo wins the UNIMA-USA Nancy Staub Prize for excellence in writing on the art of puppetry, 2024 for her book The Sicilian Puppet Theater of Agrippino Manteo (1884-1947): The Paladins of France in America. Anthem Press, 2023.
