The Balm Puppet Project (BPP) is dedicated to creating puppets based on historic and cultural figures from the past, present, and future working-class movement — including new characters from The Locust Review. The first BPP puppet shows were scheduled to begin in the late summer / early fall 2020. These have been postponed due to the pandemic.

Gib from Tish’s Markley’s “Space Goths.”

The Angel of History from Walter Benjamin’s “On the Concept of History”

Pirate Jenny from Brecht’s poem/song, “Jenny the Pirate”

Gib + Eema from Tish Markley’s “Space Goths” on display in the Nevada BALM facility