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Title ABOUT US No Strings Productions is a notforprofit production company that makes entertaining educational PUPPET VIDEOSfor children their families their communities. To date our productions have been made for children in the developing world and have addressed issues that are crucial to the lives of those children read more THE NO STRINGS TEAM KATHRYN MULLEN Artistic Director Cofounder No Strings ProductionsStarting on The Muppet Show Kathy was a core Muppet performer for 10 years. Among many roles she played leads in Fraggle Rock and The Dark Crystal and was a cocreator and principle puppeteer on the PBS reading series Between the Lions read more HISTORY In 2002 international aid coordinator Johnie McGlade had just returned from Afghanistan where he had overseen the building of a bakery in a displaced persons camp. There hed seen thousands of Afghans who had fled from the American bombings spawned by the tragedy of 911 and there he witnessed many injuries mostly to children caused by landmines read more HOW WE DO IT Collaborating with our sponsoring organizations and their domestic or incountry experts a video production is designed to reflect the culture of its intended region while at the same time being generic enough to be extended into other nearby or similar regions read more PROJECTS Each No Stringsvideo is designed to deliver a specific message to a specific audience.