Hugo Shum is a young puppeteer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He's 16 and specializes in moving mouth/hand puppets, though he has also worked with rod and tabletop puppets. Hugo has contributed to numerous projects, including his Halloween show Spooky Squeals and Stinky Tales's: Twinkle Twinkle Shoot. He has taught a workshop at the Northern California Puppetry Festival and was just neck-deep in creating puppets for his school's production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Hugo is always seeking new opportunities to learn, improve his craft, and collaborate with others.
You can reach him here! and follow him at @hugospuppets on Instagram!