While working with the Hip Pocket Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas, Kantor’s first journey to Central Europe included the documentation of puppet theaters in Prague in 2002. These works were created backstage and during performances at the National Marionette Theatre in Prague, Prague Marionette, Black Light Theatre, and street puppets and performers, working in traditional puppetry techniques, storylines, and stage aesthetics.
The documentation of theatre parallels Kantor’s observations of post-war central Europe, related directly to her personal history. During the time that Kantor documented puppetry she also documented Terezin and the historical Jewish sites in Prague. This period in her work signifies a transition from puppetry and theatre to post-Holocaust issues, leading to her work documenting Jewish Life in Eastern Europe.