July 14, 2026

Where Did You Go, Connie?

Amanda Glynn Card
| Puppet Festival 2026

November 19-22

[Program tbd]

Runtime: 50 minutes

TALKBACK
November 21, 4pm

An interdisciplinary puppetry performance about the life and disappearance of cult musician Connie Converse, whose introspective songs were recorded in 1950s New York, and who vanished without a trace in 1974.

Through a layered integration of shadow puppetry, toy theater, and live-feed video, the piece seeks to conjure Connie’s presence, reckon with her disappearance, and examine the meaning of artistic legacy, especially for those whose work was unseen in their lifetime.

Credits

Amanda Card (Lead Artist)

Matthew Keim (sound designer)

Rowan Magee (director)

Jeremy Kadetsky (video designer)

Marie Yokoyama (lighting designer)

Sarah Lillian (Stage Manager)

Talkback:

November 21, 4pm
The Life and Legacy of Connie Converse
Moderated by Camille Cooper
Featuring Amanda Glynn Card & Howard Fishman

Following the 4:00 PM performance of Where Did You Go, Connie? on November 21, join us for a special talkback exploring the life, music, and enduring mystery of singer-songwriter Connie Converse.

The conversation will feature Amanda Glynn Card (creator, Where Did You Go, Connie?) and Howard Fishman, author of To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse*, and will be moderated by puppeteer Camille Cooper. Together, they will discuss Converse’s remarkable body of work, her disappearance from public life, and the lasting questions surrounding her story and legacy.

*The talkback will be followed by a book signing with Howard Fishman. Copies of To Anyone Who Ever Asks will be available for purchase.

The artist

Amanda Card
amandacard.com

bio

Amanda Card (she/they) is a Bushwick-based interdisciplinary artist and puppeteer whose work blends memory, disappearance, and handmade visual storytelling. Select Performance credits include Boy Crazy (Ars Nova), Our Bodies Like Dams (Mabou Mines), 9000 Paper Balloons (Japan Society), Daydream Tutorial (La MaMa), Small Acts of Daring Invention (Drama Desk Nominee – HERE), The Greedy Peasant’s All Saints’ Day Celebration, and Yuliya Tsukerman’s The Luminous Crow. She received the 2021 Lipkin Prize for Playwriting and holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.

The 12th La MaMa Puppet Festival Fall 2026 is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation. Additional support from Cheryl Henson is gratefully acknowledged.