Performances to Grow On Presents Hobey Ford’s ANIMALIA! Animalia explores the magical world of animals and features Hobey’s original “foamies”, puppets carved from large blocks of foam with intricate mechanical design that give each puppet realistic movements. Hobey breaks out of the traditional puppet theater booth turning the whole theater into his performance stage. ANIMALIA introduces the audience to the metamorphosis of a butterfly and a tadpole, various ecological systems and endangered animals.