Kevin Pittman
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| Business Name | Kevin Pittman and his Forest Friends |
| Business Type | Puppet shows, costume character greetings, workshops, parties, festivals |
| Occupation | Puppeteer and Costume Character Performer for Hire |
| Specializations | Animal characters; hand puppets; costume puppets / mascot costumes |
| Email Contact | info [at] forestpuppets [dot] com |
| Website | http://www.forestpuppets.com/ |
Since 2003, Kevin has been amazing audiences throughout Atlanta with his uniqiue costume-puppet animal characters that often leave people wondering if there could actually be a person inside the costume. Performing in a style that is a throwback to the classic art of pantomime animal impersonation, Kevin strives to bring his characters to life in a manner that replicates how the real animals they are based on would actually move about.
Kevin's ever-growing menagerie includes a life-like giant tarantula, a quadruped (walking on all fours) billy goat, a strong and conniving red-tailed hawk, a friendly three-hundred-year-old British dragon, a wily and bouncy little red fox, a hyperactive little squirrel, a South African penguin that can actually go for a swim in a pool, and even a seven-foot tall white stork!
Kevin's talents do go beyond costume puppets to include the realm of hand-and-rod puppets, and many a crowd has been drawn into the magical antics of some of his close companions like Savannah P. Fox, Sheldon P. Foxworthy, Rocket J. Raccoon, and Flip-Flop the Lop Eared Bunny. Kevin also does fully-staged half-hour puppet shows, which are perfect for birthday parties and social events.
Kevin has appeared at hundreds of events and venues around the Greater Atlanta area including the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Duluth Fall Festival, Children's Heatlhcare Festival of Trees, the Atlanta Parent Magazine Family Block Party, and the May-Retta Daze and Marietta Harvest Square festivals held on the Marietta Square.