2025 Object Movement Festival *

Curated by Rowan Magee, Marcella Murray, and Justin Perkins

The Center at West Park
165 West 86th St
New York, NY
centeratwestpark.org/object-movement-puppetry

Join us for the 8th annual Object Movement Puppetry Festival! Object Movement is CWP's annual program in which a cohort of eight puppetry and object theater artists meet and work over the course of seven months to develop new short works. This residency culminates in the Object Movement Puppetry Festival, a two week celebration of puppetry and object theater with a unique lineup of original works each weekend.

The first weekend (March 28-29th) features new work created by Nikki Calonge, Lily Haje, Arianna Eshoo, and Jacob Graham.

The following weekend (April 4-5th) features Beyonce Armstrong, Cecilia Arana, Amanda Card, and Eva Lansberry.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Presenter's Grant

March 28 - April 5, 2025
Fridays at 7:30pm
Saturdays at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

BOOP! The Musical

Puppetry on Broadway

Broadhurst Theater
235 W 44th St
New York, NY
https://tinyurl.com/2s3mr5xu

Betty Boop longs for an ordinary day off from fame in her black-and-white world. What she finds is an extraordinary adventure of color, music, and love in New York City!

March 11 - September 28, 2025
See website for performance times

From $59

Becoming Eve

Justin Perkins, Emma Wiseman, Amanda Villalobos

Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St
New York, NY
https://tinyurl.com/yb43zh3a

A week before the High Holidays, three rabbis find themselves in a room fighting to save a family by building a bridge between orthodoxy and modernity. One of these rabbis is Chava,?the child of?a dynastic Hasidic rabbinical family and destined to become a leader of the next generation before the revelation of her trans identity?clashed explosively with?the strictly gendered world in which she was raised.?As we jump through memory—and wrestle with theology—truths and secrets emerge that ensure no one will read the old stories the same way again.

March 19 - April 27, 2025
See website for performance times

$26

BALLS: The Monster-Catchin' Musical Comédy

Brandon Zelman & Harrison Bryan

Photo by: Brandon Zelman & Brielle DeMirjian

Caveat NYC
21A Clinton Street
New York, NY
BALLSmusical.com

A wild musical appears! BALLS: The Monster-Catchin' Musical Comédy “wears its Pokémon inspiration proud on its sleeve” (Nintendo Life). Collect ‘em all with the Professor and your sh*tty Rival in this epic, immersive, battle-packed puppet-comedy! Featuring original music, worthless trading cards, and 151 violent/adorable monsters - and it’s different every night! So grab your empty backpack, and say bye to your mom: a world of dreams and adorable violence awaits! -- Where?? At CAVEAT NYC -- the acclaimed Lower East Side comedy venue that “champions nerdy, funny art – and sells cheap drinks.” Limited performances and seats still available - including THE SPLASH ZONE, for only the most brave adventurers! Check out @ballsmusical and BALLSmusical.com to see where you can *catch* more BALLS!

April 18 - 19, 2025
Fri. April 18 - 7pm ET
Sat. April 19 - 4pm ET
Sat. April 19 - 9:30pm ET

$30 - $45

Little Shop of Horrors

Off-Broadway

Westside Theatre Upstairs
407 West 43rd St
New York, NY
littleshopnyc.com

The world's most ravenous plant has returned to its acclaimed, sold-out run at the Westside Theatre! Winner of the 2020 Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is “wildly exuberant” (The Hollywood Reporter), and a New York Times Critic's Pick. Get tickets now and enjoy a taste of what we’ve all been craving: live theater!

Tuesdays & Thursdays - 7:00pm
Fridays - 8:00pm
Saturdays - 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sundays - 2:00pm & 7:30pm

Starting at $59