Amanda Card

Amanda (she/they) is a Bushwick-based interdisciplinary artist and Drama Desk Nominated puppeteer whose work blends grief, play, and handmade visual storytelling. Using shadow puppetry, toy theater, and live-feed video, Amanda builds intimate performances that explore legacy, memory, and the unseen.

They are the creator of Boy Crazy, a solo autobiographical puppet musical presented at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, and the playwright of The Lil Amanda Show, which premiered with Verge Theater Company and Kindling Arts Festival. Their piece Where Did You Go, Connie?, an interdisciplinary investigation of the life and disappearance of cult musician Connie Converse, was developed as a part of the Object Movement Puppetry Festival and Residency and as part of La MaMa’s 2025 JumpStart Series and will premiere at La MaMa in November of 2026.

Amanda received the 2021 Lipkin Prize for Playwriting and holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College.

At Woodward, she will be working on her one-person autobiographical shadow puppetry show, Sticky.