Peter Zapletal

Background

Zapletal, Peter was born on May 14, 1945 in Legnica, Poland. Came to the United States, 1967. Son of Martin and Margit (Weisz) Zapletal.

Education

Master of Arts, Academy Performing Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1966.

Career

Actor, puppeteer, State Puppet Theatre, Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1966-1967; director, Empire State Puppet Theatre, New York City, 1968-1970; artistic director, Puppet Arts Theatre, Jackson, Mississippi, since 1971; puppeteer, Mississippi Center for Ednl. television, Jackson, 1971-1978; producer, animator, Mississippi Center for Ednl. television, Jackson, since 1978; director production, Mississippi Center for Ednl. television, Jackson, since 1997. Artistic director International Puppet Festival, Claremont, California, 1985. President Mississippi Puppetry Guild, 1981-1983.

Senior executive producer Mississippi Center Ednl.TV, 1991.

Achievements

• Peter Zapletal has been listed as a notable animator, artistic director, producer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Puppeteers American (trustee 1974-1976, Southeast regional director 1973-1974, workshop leader various seminars and festivals since 1972, Award of Excellence 1972), Union International de la Marionnette (president 1983-1985, delegate to world council 1984, vice president UNIMA-United States of America, Inc. 1981-1983, chairman review panel and artistic coordinator World Puppetry Festival 1980).

Connections

Married Jarmila Tichy, January 19, 1968. Children: Audrey Lynne, David Yaron.

Father:

Martin Zapletal

Mother:

Margit (Weisz) Zapletal

Spouse:

Jarmila Tichy

child:

David Yaron Zapletal

child:

Audrey Lynne Zapletal