Anna Sobel ’01 is the owner Talking Hands Theater, an educational puppetry company she began in New York City and now runs in western Massachusetts. She was recently profiled about her work by Steve Pfarrer in the Amherst Bulletin. Sobel makes her own puppets of all sizes to entertain children, but she also uses them to educate kids about such social issues as environmentalism, healthy eating, and conflict resolution. Sobel first started working with puppets after seeing a performance at Wesleyan of the Bread and Puppet Theater, which uses puppets to convey political messages. As an undergraduate she worked with…