THE QUESTIONS STORY AND PHOTO BY KEVIN STANTON
Lizza Obremski
enjoys the silly things in life. “My mother made me really silly and weird, and I think she is very proud of that,” she said with a laugh. When we met up at the Atheneum park, children sitting around perked up and you could hear whispers. “She is about to start a puppet show,” one said. “Obadiah, he is my favorite,” another chimed in. For the last couple years Obremski has made a career out of her puppet show, NanPuppets. At first it was a side project while she taught at the Nantucket Lighthouse School. But now it’s her full-time gig, performing about seven to 10 shows a week all over the island including Cisco Brewers, the Atheneum, the replica tall ship Lynx and various museums and nonprofit organizations. She hopes her own experiences in this endeavor help inspire other creatives to take the leap of faith and lean into what they love. We talked about her creative process and her children’s variety TV show “The Lizza Show.”
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