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Emily DeCola is an American performer and designer, known primarily for her work with
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s. She has received several grants in the past, including the
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Project Grant, the 2004 UNIMA Grant for International Study in Puppetry, as well as a YES Foundation Fellowship. She was praised for her mask design in Peter Hall's staging of
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, as well as her puppet work in
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's Serendib. DeCola has contributed to
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, and currently works at
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, based in New York's East Village.


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