La Cieca just stumbled across this casting call for “puppeteers.”

SIEGFRIED & GOTTERDAMMERUNG
Live Project
The Metropolitan Opera in NYC
Non-Union
Director: Robert Lepage
Conductor: James Levine
Composer: Richard Wagner
Casting Director: Joe Barnes
Audition: August 29, 2011
Callback: same date as audition, in the evening
[….]
PUPPETEERS Male. Ages 18-65. All ethnicities encouraged.
Performers with experience and exceptional ability with giant, articulated puppets as well as physical theater. Must be no taller than 5 feet 10 and be able to perform inside a restricted space. Also must move on a complex set. Independent creativity and team leadership skills are a plus. [Emphasis added by La Cieca for purposes of hilarity.]

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