Sam watched Bread & Puppet Theater cranky shows as a teenager growing up in Vermont in the 1970s. This inspired him to begin building cranky theaters and drawing his own cranky shows, as well as teaching
countless others to do the same. Sam has made collaborative crankies with small communities across the country from Gustavus, AK to Plymouth, MA for the past 20 years. Most recently he teamed up with LoCoArt in Bellefontaine, OH to produce a cranky
about the history of The Holland Theater. sambartlett.com