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Bequeathed
J Hann
Photo by: Dillon Heape
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street
New York NY 10002
New York, NY
https://dixonplace.org/performances/bequeathed/
Bequeathed is a surreal, playful, semi-autobiographical puppet show about the fight to unravel the gender binary, all told through a fantastical fiber arts world.
A young person, questioning their assigned gender identity, receives an unusual gift of an embroidery hoop on their birthday. The hoop acts as a portal, and the young person is swooped up into a Georgian/Regency era world of strict gender roles, and sewing notions. Through a series of trials and tribulations, the young person struggles to perform the ideal view of womanhood. Ultimately they see what’s behind the embroidery hoop – a sparkly and wonderful fluidity.
June 24 - 27, 2026
June 24th - June 26th at 7:30PM
June 27th at 2PM
$30-$35
An Evening with Dame Granny Smith
David Salter
Photo by: Matthew Houston
Soho Playhouse
15 Vandam St.
New York, NY
https://www.sohoplayhouse.com/see-a-show/an-evening-with-dame-granny-smith
In conversation with ventriloquist David Salter.
The world's most celebrated apple returns to the stage for an intimate on-stage conversation. From her vaudeville debut at age five to her breakthrough role in Disney's Snow White, Dame Smith will take you on a journey through her storied life and multi-decade career, all told with her trademark candour and wit.
Warm, funny, uplifting, absurd and "a show you’ll remember for many years to come"(Glam Adelaide).
SOLD OUT Adelaide & Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Winner: Best Variety, Adelaide Fringe 2025.
Winner, Frank Ford Prize, Adelaide Cabaret Fringe
“One of the funniest shows I've seen for years... his ventriloquism is next level.” - Comedian Alan Davies
“A roomful of grown adults suspend their disbelief to really, really believe.” - The List
“The new breed of ventriloquist.” - SuchCliché
“Pulls you in and warms your heart.” -What the Fringe?!
“So much joy from a single apple.” - One4Review
“David Salter’s masterful ventriloquism transforms a humble apple into a rich and complex character that will have you transfixed until the last bite.” - What's on in Adelaide
June 11 - 21, 2026
Various times (3pm, 5pm, 7pm, 9pm)
Thursday
11 June 2026
9:00 pm
Saturday
13 June 2026
5:00 pm
Sunday
14 June 2026
3:00 pm
Thursday
18 June 2026
7:00 pm
Friday
19 June 2026
7:00 pm
Saturday
20 June 2026
8:00 pm
Sunday
21 June 2026
7:00 pm
$29.50
PUNCH Puppet Slam: THE ODYSSEY
Drama of Works
Photo by: Drama of Works
The TANK
312 W 36TH ST
New York, NY
https://www.dramaofworks.com/odyssey
Join us for another PUNCH puppet slam - where a diverse group of puppet artists use a wide variety of puppet styles to tell one story or collaborate on one wonderful puppet experience.
This time we are taking on the epic story of Odysseus. Come for Sirens and Cyclops, Gods and Goddesses, Lotus-Eaters, the Underworld and more!? ARTISTS in this PUNCH include: Richard Gomez, Malantir Mor (Maggie McGrath), Leah Levine, Esme Roszel, The Last Day Puppet Co. (Lily Haje and friends), Saskia Bakker, Victor Ayala, Crooked Square Puppetry (Sonya Sobieski), Jeremy Pryzby, and more! PUPPETRY STYLES include tabletop / bunraku, shadow puppets, hand puppets, toy theater, glove / object theater and so much more!!!
June 16, 2026
7pm
20-40$
Pixie's Pride Puppet Slam!
Queerly Festival
Under St Marks
94 St Marks Pl, New York, NY 10009
New York, NY
https://tickets.frigid.nyc/event/6897:1452/
Join drag clown Pixie Pierrot and all their puppet pals for a night (or TWO!) of adult short form puppet acts by queer puppeteers! Discover new forms of puppetry, artistry, and homosexuality!
June 17 - 23, 2026
June 17: 9:15 PM
June 23: 7:00 PM
$20 - $25
B*tch Eat Dog - June 19
Open Wide Puppet Co
Photo by: photo by Tom Tuke, edited by Mel Carter
The Brick - Aux Studio
579 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY
https://events.humanitix.com/b-tch-eat-dog-nyc
B*TCH EAT DOG is a puppet-filled sketch show that uses classical texts, feminist theory, and singing willys to interrogate the gendered ethics of pursuit. Punch and Judy puppets perform a gender swapped adaptation of Moby Dick that explores the fallacies of girlboss feminism. A tradwife named Felicity Groundwater hawks her questionable raw milk wares and ultimately breastfeeds a member of the audience with one of her many pendulous burlap boobs. A new kind of IUD insertion escalates until rats are being shoved down a cervix. The evening is hosted by a hapless, well-intentioned white man who flails wildly as his misguided attempts at allyship lead to a painful realization.
CW: violence, sexual assault, puppet nudity
June 19, 2026
8pm-9pm
$15
Facing the Other
Leah Levine & Emily McManus
What Mary Kept
203 Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Brooklyn, NY
Madebyleahlevine.com
A visually striking movement-theater performance about love, attachment, and the search for identity. Through masks, projections, fabric, and choreography, two performers move through cycles of connection and separation, exploring how we come to know ourselves through our relationships with others.
Dreamlike, intimate, and unsettling, the piece follows a journey from birth and dependence to desire, loss, and reunion. Blending mythology, psychology, and physical theater, it asks a timeless question: where does the self end and the other begin?
July 17 - 18, 2026
7:30 pm
$15 suggested
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