Opal Elwell (aka Naughty Little No Good) is a New York-based puppetry artist who is drawn to exploring the bizarre and the unspoken. Her creations delve into haunting, ethereal spirits, weaving stories that evoke both wonder and discomfort through multiple forms of puppetry from toy theatre to larger-than-life-sized. Recent works include “BESTIFUSEDBY: a milky elegy”, an exploration in self-destruction and grief in a milky world. And “Hymen Opus”, a sapphic, vampiric homage to the poem Christabel and orchid mantises. Opal has taken part in “Concrete Boom: Vol 4” at Dixon Place, attended Alice Gottshalk's "Puppets, Robots & Hybrid Marionettes!" Intensive at The O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Puppetry Pre-Conference, and her designs have been featured in Brooklyn's vibrant nightlife scene, contributing to events like "Insects!" at Rubulad, as well as Pretty Polly’s “Freak Show” at Sleepwalk.
