Art Grueneberger began his puppet career working with Master Puppeteer Richard Bay. His puppet performance premiere was as lead puppeteer in “A Thousand Cranes,” a UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence winner.

Grueneberger formed Puppet Art Theater Co. in 1994 and began producing outstanding children’s productions that have been seen by thousands of audiences across the United States. His shows have also toured internationally. He has directed productions for adults that have been seen at Here Theater in New York City, Zeum Theater in San Francisco and the Mondavi Center in Davis California.

Grueneberger has puppeteered for many film, television and video projects including the award winning film “Ola’s Box of Clovers,” the “Emmy” nominated video “We’re Gonna Be OK” and the WB’s national children’s series “Phantom Investigators.” He has worked with Shadowlight Theater on the award winning productions “Coyote Stories” and “The Wild Party” and has collaborated with talented shadow puppeteer Wendy Morton on several projects including “The Little Dragon,” a nationally distributed DVD produced for the Bose^© Speaker Company.

In addition to writing and consulting for theater and video productions, Grueneberger has also co-authored the book The Actor’s Lab Book: A Practical Supplement for the Beginning Actor.

In Summer 2006 Grueneberger traveled to China where he led puppet workshops at The Shanghai Theater Academy.

In March of 2007, he was a featured Guest Director at University of California, Davis directing a production of “Man of La Mancha” featuring life-sized puppets.