The City Heights Puppet Project was an 8 month series of performances at the City Heights Performance Annex. The project was a pilot based on bringing the City Heights community together. The City Heights Puppet Project is a collaboration between Nigel Brookes ( manager of the City Heights Performance Annex at the City Heights/Weingart Branch Library), Lynne Jennings (director of the San Diego Guild of Puppetry), artists, Elijah Rubottom, Mindy Donner, and Armando Delatorre, and The Animal Cracker Conspiracy (Bridget & Iain Gunn). The project was about introducing puppetry to the City Heights community by engaging