Song of the North *

Hamid Rahmanian

Various Venues
kingorama.com/song-of-the-north

Song of the North is a large-scale, cinematic performance combining the manual art of shadow puppetry with projected animation to tell the courageous tale of Manijeh, a heroine from ancient Persia, who must use all her strengths and talents to rescue her beloved, Bijan, from a perilous predicament of her own making and help prevent a war. This epic love story employs a cast of 483 handmade puppets and a talented ensemble of nine actors and puppeteers, all of which come together to create a spectacular experience that advances the themes of unity, collaboration, and experimentation through performance and story. Song of the North, adapted from the Book of Kings (Shahnameh), challenges the Eurocentric worldview of art and storytelling through a contemporary multimedia experience of this classic Persian tale. (80 minutes)

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2021) and Presenter's Grant

January 29 - May 17, 2025
Locations:
March 14 - 23 - New York, NY
May 10 - Vancouver BC, Canada
May 14 - Nanaimo BC, Canada
May 17 - Seattle, WA

See Website for Details

Kayfabe *

Josh Rice

CrowdWork
1025 S 1st St Suite 110
Las Vegas, NV
https://vtc.crowdwork.com/shows/kayfabe-by-josh-rice

KAYFABE is a puppet wrestling entertainment spectacular written, directed and designed by Josh Rice. Table-top puppetry meets pro wrestling meets a rock show! High art meets low art meets Samuel Beckett!! This frenetic frenzy of puppet wrestling action is an absurdist meta-fictional love letter to professional wrestling and puppetry.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2024) and Workshop Grant (2023)

April 17 - 19, 2025
Thursday and Friday at 8pm
Saturday at 5pm and 8pm

$32.24

Tales of Dagsi Turtle & Jisdu Wabbit *

Z Puppets Rosenschnoz

Photo by: Liping Vong

Open Eye Theater
506 E 24th Street, Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
openeyetheatre.org/wish-work-puppet-series

Dagsi Turtle & his sidekick Jisdu Wabbit race through time and space in a new musical adventure into Cherokee Futurism. Hop aboard the Turtleship and join Dagsi and Jisdu's quest to help Grandmother Turtle keep alive the endangered Cherokee language. The show is created and performed by Cherokee Nation citizen Chris Griffith and Shari Aronson, directed by Julie Boada (Anishinabe) and is recommended for ages 5+.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant (2025)

April 19, 2025
10:30am and 1:30pm

Free, Suggested Donation of of $5-15

Go Home Tiny Monster *

The Gottabees

Photo by: Liz Linder

Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
skirball.org/programs/skirball-puppet-festival

After a sudden storm, Sylvie and her loving family of homespun creatures find themselves in need of a new home. Luckily, they have an audience full of people who can help them out! Go Home Tiny Monster is a wildly creative theatrical ode to a community's generosity. The show, told entirely without words, features The Gottabees’ signature mix of puppetry, live music, physical theater, and joyously absurd silliness.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant (2018)

April 27, 2025
1:00pm
2:15pm
4:00pm

$20

Frankenstein *

Manual Cinema

Photo by: Manual Cinema

Montclair State University, Alexander Kasser Theater
1 Normal Ave Hall, Suite 171
Montclair, NJ
tix.com/ticket-sales/Kasser/1631/event/1385764?eventidlist=1385764

Love, loss, and creation merge in unexpected ways as Manual Cinema presents its thrilling version of the classic Gothic tale Frankenstein. The Chicago-based performance collective imaginatively combines shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, sound effects, and live music in haunting shows like nothing else you’ve ever seen.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant (2018)

May 3, 2025
8:00pm

Starting at $35

MAROONED! A Space Comedy *

Alex and Olmsted

Photo by: Ryan Maxwell Photography

The Kennedy Center
2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566
Washington, DC
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2024-2025/marooned/

An astronaut crashes on an uncharted planet. Will she survive strange creatures, an abnormal atmosphere, and isolation in order to find her way home? See for yourself… in MAROONED! Featuring music from the Voyager Golden Record, this innovative new puppet show takes place at the outer reaches of space. Internationally acclaimed puppet theater and filmmaking company Alex and Olmsted presents this Jim Henson Foundation grant-awarded production.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant (2020)

May 3 - 4, 2025
Sat. May 3, 2025 at 11am
Sat. May 3, 2025 at 1:30pm
Sun. May 4, 2025 at 1:30pm (Sensory Friendly Show)
Sun. May 4, 2025 at 4pm

$25.30

Milo the Magnificent® *

Alex and Olmsted

Photo by: Alex U. Griffin Photography

Clarice Center for the Performing Arts
8270 Alumni Dr, College Park, MD 20742
College Park, MD
theclarice.umd.edu/events/2025/alex-and-olmsted-milo-the-magnificent

Alex and Olmsted's Jim Henson Foundation grant awarded Milo the Magnificent®? is a highly engaging puppet show about an aspiring magician. This wordless comedy, inspired by turn of the century vaudeville entertainers, is as highly physical as it is charming. Using stunningly innovative puppetry?, Milo presents a variety of magic tricks which don’t always go as planned.

This engagement of Milo the Magnificent® is made possible in part by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Workshop Grant (2017)

May 10, 2025
Saturday May 10, 2025 at 11AM & 1PM

General Public: $15, Children (3-17 years): $10, Children (0-2 years) Free! Ticket required.

Party Animals *

Sarah Nolen of Puppet Motion

Puppet Showplace Theater
32 Station St
Brookline, MA
puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2025/06/07/party-animals-by-sarah-nolen-of-puppet-motion-world-premiere

World Premiere! Party Animals follows four furry friends as they navigate the biggest social hurdle of their young lives — throwing their first party! Meet a bunny with boundless energy, a sloth with social anxiety, a hedgehog wrestling with wrapping, and a skunk who's trying to keep everything cool and under control. Through song, dance, and original rock 'n' roll music by Boston local Phil Berman (of Puppet Playtime & The Holiday Sing-Along), these little stars discover that music can be an exuberant and healthy way to express their inner selves.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Family Grant (2022)

June 7 - 15, 2025
Saturdays and Sundays at 10:30am and 1pm

$16-18 all-ages general admission / $12.50-14.50 members

Bread & Puppet Spring Tour

Bread & Puppet

Various Venues
breadandpuppet.org/tour

One of the oldest, nonprofit, political theatre companies in the country - constantly reexamining and redefining puppetry and theater as ritual, radical action, and nourishment akin to bread itself. From the stage to the street, an authenticity that is rarely matched and always evolving. This April, the troupe returns to MSA for three intimate performances.

March 27 - April 27, 2025
Thursday, March 27 – Greensboro, VT
Friday, March 28 – Barre, VT
Saturday, March 29 – Burlington, VT
Sunday, March 30 – Cambridge, NY
Tuesday, April 1 – Hudson, NY
Wednesday, April 2 – Albany, NY
Thursday, April 3 – Bennington, VT
Friday, April 4 – Ithaca, NY
Saturday, April 5 – TBD – Seeking a venue
Sunday, April 6 – TBD – Seeking a venue
Wednesday, April 9 – Milton, PA
Thursday, April 10 & Friday, April 11 – Washington, DC
Saturday, April 12 – Baltimore, MD
Sunday, April 13 – Lancaster, PA
Tuesday, April 15 & – Wednesday, April 16 – New York City
Thursday, April 17 – Hopewell, NJ
Friday, April 18 & Saturday, April 19 – Philadelphia, PA
Tuesday, April 22 – New Haven, CT
Wednesday, April 23 – New Bedford, MA
Thursday, April 24 – Somerville, MA
Friday, April 25 – Jamaica Plain, MA
Saturday, April 26 & Sunday, April 27 – Portland, ME

See website for details

La Maleta de Maebelle (Maebelle's Suitcase)

Glass Half Full Theatre

Penfold Theatre Dougherty Arts Center
2120 N. Mays Street, Suite 290, Round Rock, TX 78664
1110 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78704
Austin, TX
glasshalffulltheatre.com

A story about a bird preparing for migration and his Colombian human friend who rediscovers her roots, La Maleta de Maebelle asks why we hold on to physical belongings and what happens if we let them go.
The play is an adaptation of Tricia Tusa’s Reading Rainbow book Maebelle’s Suitcase, enriched with Colombian hat-making cultural heritage, soundscape, and ecology. Maebelle features felt-head human puppets by acclaimed Venezuelan puppeteer Anatar Malmor-Gagné, bird puppets by Austin puppeteer Caroline Reck, and a score of Colombian rhythms and string melodies by Kiko Villamizar. Age Recommendation: Recommended for ages 5 and up.

April 5 - May 9, 2025
Penfold Theatre:
Saturday April 5 at 4pm
Sunday April 6 at 2pm & 4pm
Saturday April 12 at 4pm
Sunday April 13 at 2pm & 4pm

Dougherty Arts Center:
April 26, May 3, 10 at 2pm

$10-$25

Cat in the Hat - FAMILY

Based on the book by Dr. Seuss

Center For Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street at 18th Street
Atlanta, GA
puppet.org/programs/cat-in-the-hat/

See Cat in the Hat like you haven't before! Play originally produced by the National Theater of Great Britain. Adapted and originally directed by Katie Mitchell. “It’s fun to have fun, but you have to know how!” says the Cat in the tall red and white hat. See all your favorite moments from this literary classic come to life on stage! Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theater International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI

April 8 - May 25, 2025
April:
Tues-Fri - 10:00am & 12:00pm
Sat - 11:00am & 1:00pm
Sun - 1:00pm & 3:00pm

May:
Wed-Fri - 10:00am & 11:30am
Sat - 11:00am & 1:00pm
Sun - 1:00pm & 3:00pm

$20.50 - $25.75

Iron and Wine Light Verse Tour

Manual Cinema

Photo by: Harrison Dilts

Various
583 E Broad St, Columbus
Columbus, OH
ironandwine.com/tours/

Manual Cinema created a bespoke live visual performance to accompany the Iron and Wine Light Verse tour. Puppeteers will perform live overhead projector shadow puppetry devised and designed by Manual Cinema artists to accompany the band on stage.

April 8 - 26, 2025
See website for locations and performance times

Starting at $37.50

Bedtime Adventure Tales - FAMILY

String Theory Puppet Theater

Puppet Showplace Theater
32 Station St
Brookline, MA
puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2025/04/18/bedtime-adventure-tales-by-string-theory-puppet-theater

What happens when a father and daughter create puppet shows together?! Meet performers Azaria Rose and Dirk (a professional puppeteer, educator — and dad!) who bring a collection of playful bedtime stories to the Puppet Showplace stage! In one story, a cat and dog host a talk show, interviewing every item needed to get ready for bed — including a gentle moon, some sassy stars, a toothbrush, and even a roll of toilet paper! In another tale, a young boy's attempts to fall asleep are interrupted by fantastical creatures from his dreams, who charge him with a daring mission! If he journeys to "a land within," can he help save the forests and end a war? Kids (and adults!) who love adventure stories and dreams will appreciate this story. These stories celebrate the power of imagination — "very much inspired by my joy of playing/performing with my daughter," says Dirk — and how our inner worlds fit into the larger world around us.

April 18 - 19, 2025
10:30am and 1pm

$16-$18 all-ages general admission

Arjuna's Meditation

Larry Reed

UC Berkeley Wu Performance Hall
110 Sproul Hall
Berkeley, CA
https://www.shadowlight.org/upcoming-events/2025/4/18/arjunas-meditation-wayang-by-larry-reed

Join us at free event at Wu Performance Hall, UC Berkeley (April 18) and sliding-scale event Bindlestiff Studio, San Francisco (May 9)* for an evening of mesmerizing storytelling through the art of shadow theater, Wayang Bali, by shadow master (dalang) Larry Reed. Experience the ancient tradition of Balinese shadow puppetry as Reed brings to life the epic tale of Arjuna's Meditation accompanied by a live gamelan gender wayang. Let yourself be transported to a world of magic, myth, and shadows in this unique in-person event.

April 18 - May 9, 2025
8PM
Additional Dates:
May 9, 7:30PM at Bindlestiff Studio 185 6th St, San Francisco, CA - Sliding Scale, pay what you can

FREE

The City That Slept

Tom Tuke

Photo by: Richard Termine

Studio Theatre, Drama Music Building University of Connecticut
802 Bolton Road
Storrs, CT
instagram.com/palomapuppettheatre

What happens when Sleep arrives in New York? We listen, as the city falls asleep, and folks retell dreams. Using shadow, lantern and large-scale marionettes, we see these dreams as they weave through the towers, avenues and city blocks. Using interviews recorded in Union Square, and soundscapes from around the city, Tuke creates a tableau of New York. The City That Slept also incorporates a new form of puppetry, combining floating shadow puppets in a pool of moving water.

Tom Tuke is an artist and educator from Aotearoa/New Zealand. This show is being presented in partial fulfillment of his MFA in Puppetry Arts, where he has been studying for the last 3 years.
Tickets are free, seats first come first served.

April 18 - 27, 2025
April 18 - 7PM
April 19 - 2PM & 7PM
April 25 - 7PM
April 26 - 7PM
April 27 - 2PM

Free

An Evening of Crankies with Katherine Fahey

Katherine Fahey

Mayo Street Arts
10 Mayo Street
Portland, ME
www.tickettailor.com/events/mayostreetarts/1587878?

Join renowned Baltimore artist, puppeteer, and storyteller Katherine Fahey and her magical shadow puppet Crankies! Joining Katherine will be puppeteer and foley artist Dan Van Allen.

April 20, 2025
Sunday, April 20 at 7:00 PM

$20

Performance of Erben: Vlasy, and Puppetry and Design Forum

Jan Bažant

Photo by: Jan Bažant

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
1 Royce Cir
Storrs, CT
secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=5957

Join us for a special combination performance and post-show discussion with celebrated Czech puppeteer, graphic artist, set designer and cartoonist Jan Bažant, who, as a member of Prague’s Hura Collective, will perform Erben: Vlasy, a shadow-puppet production based on the dark fairy tales of 19th-century Czech folklorist K. J. Erben. The performance will be followed by a Puppet Forum with Jan about the ways his work in design, graphic arts, and comics influences his puppetry. Erben: Vlasy is an adult-oriented shadow production about King who loves to hunt in the forest, but falls prey to evil deeds, which lead him to a dark destiny. Jan Bažant is the author of numerous graphic novels, some of which he has transformed into theater productions. He has won numerous awards for his graphic art and scenography, and is the director of Echt Street Puppets, a giant puppet troupe that performs in Europe and Asia.

April 23, 2025
7pm

Free, donations greatly appreciated!

Cookie Tongue with Sweet Oddity & Dream Baby Jake

Black Cherry Puppet Theater

Black Cherry Puppet Theater
1115 Hollins St
Baltimore, MD
https://blackcherry.ticketspice.com/cookietongue25

The expectation-defying musical menagerie of Cookie Tongue brings to the stage a multi sensory performance using twisted fairytale like songs, hand made puppets, animation, art and interactive avant-garde theatre to pull audiences into a mesmerizing one-of-a-kind experience, with special guest Dreambaby.

April 24, 2025
7PM

$20

Riparian Rhapsody at Treecycle 2025 - Arm-of-the-Sea Theater

Hudson Valley Puppetry Festival

Stanley Deming Park
79 South St
Warwick, NY
artsmidhudson.org/hvpf

Riparian Rhapsody is a puppet extravaganza dives into Catskill ecology to reveal the intricate interactions between Forest & Stream and lyrically makes the case for protecting streamside buffer zones. Featuring stunning visuals, live music, and a singing Bear!

April 26, 2025
2pm

FREE

Peter Rabbit

Pumpernickel Puppets

Photo by: Pumpernickel Puppets

Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry
1 Royce Cir
Storrs, CT
https://shorturl.at/0nCUt

Naughty Peter Rabbit, against his mother’s wishes, ventures into Mr. McGregor’s garden for a taste of his favorite vegetable treats. He nearly escapes being made into rabbit stew with the help of his tag-along little sister Flopsy. This colorful and fun production is presented with large hand puppets, live voices and sound effects. Recommended for ages 3+. Runtime is approximately 40 minutes.

April 26, 2025
11am & 2pm

Adults: $12; Members/Seniors: $10; Students: $8; Kids: $6 (12 years and under)

XPT: Xperimental Puppetry Theater

Center for Puppetry Arts, Various Artists

Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring St NW
Atlanta, GA
puppet.org/programs/xpt-xperimental-puppet-theater/

What happens when artists join forces to create original puppetry works for adult audiences? XPT! Celebrating close to 40 years of experimentation, come find out what this year holds! From traditional forms of puppetry to films and installation pieces, artists of all disciplines employ puppetry in startling new ways. XPT offers an array of stories, puppetry styles, and sensibilities in a single evening. Guaranteed to inspire, surprise, amuse and provoke. Inspired? – see the XPT application to find out how to get involved in the process!

April 30 - May 4, 2025

$18

PUPPET LAB: A Festival of New Work

Graci Horne, Nicole Rojas-Oltmanns, Chesare Cipriano, and Samuel Albright & Elizabette Hinze

Open Eye Theatre
506 E. 24th Street
Minneapolis, MN
openeyetheatre.org/puppet-lab-festival-2025

Residency artists who have been workshopping projects for six months will have their new works professionally produced during the two-week PUPPET LAB Festival! This May, join us for the culmination of the 6-month developmental laboratory program with performances by Graci Horne, Nicole Rojas-Oltmanns, Chesare Cipriano, and Samuel Albright & Elizabette Hinze. The residency artists are led by Co-Artistic Directors of PUPPET LAB Oanh Vu and Sofia Padilla and mentors Karly Bergmann, Chamindika Wanduragala, Kate Tobie, and Shari Aronson.

May 9 - 18, 2025
Week 1: Samuel Albright & Elisabette Hinze and Ches Cipriano
Friday 5/9, 7:30pm
Saturday 5/10, 7:30pm
Sunday 5/11, 2pm*

Week 2: Graci Horne and Nicole Rojas-Oltmanns
Friday 5/16, 7:30pm
Saturday 5/17, 7:30pm
Sunday 5/18, 2pm*

*We will offer the Sunday 5/11 and 5/18 matinees as masking-required performances for our community. All other shows are masking-optional.

$18 General Admission / $15 Economic Accessibility

Monkey Mind Pirates: Quest for Calm

Z Puppets Rosenschnoz

Photo by: Bruce Silcox

Midtown Farmers Market
2225 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN, 55407
Minneapolis, MN
https://zpuppets.org/calendar/2025/5/10/monkey-mind-pirates-quest-for-calm

Dive into this award-winning musical tale of a sea captain navigating the stormy seas of stress to tame the unruly Monkey Mind Pirates. The fun songs, lovable characters and a playful approach to yoga and mindfulness will help you sail towards your Island of Calm.
Turn your family’s “Arghs” into “Oms” with the Monkey Mind Pirates!
Recommended for ages 3+

May 10, 2025
10:00 a.m.

Free

The Mirrored Pool

Tom Lee

Athenaeum Center for Thought
2936 N Southport Ave
Chicago, IL
https://secure.athenaeumcenter.org/1809

The Mirrored Pool is a mask and puppetry performance created by puppet master Tom Lee. In a wordless dream space at the edge of a shallow pool of water, Puppeteer and Puppet are presented as evocatively designed characters who switch back and forth between perceived identities as lovers, rivals, and caretakers. The performance is an exploration of virtuosic puppetry and mask performance, but also of the audience’s perceptions and prejudices about character and gender.

May 15 - 16, 2025
7pm

$30

Tomte

Tom Lee

Athenaeum Center
2936 N Southport Ave
Chicago, IL
https://athenaeumcenter.org/events/2025/tomte/

Tomte is an intimate shadow puppet performance adapted from “The Tomten” by Astrid Lindgren and the poem by Victor Rydberg. The first part performance is created using live feed video of shadow puppets filmed through an overhead video camera and projected onto a transforming shadow screen. Puppetry, animal sounds and scenic transitions are all performed by Tom Lee with narration by storyteller Lisa Gonzales. Following the shadow portion of the piece, Tomte emerges from the screen to interact with the audience. During this portion, Tomte is presented as a kuruma ningy? (cart puppet) style figure inspired by Japanese traditions. The entire performance is 30 minutes long.

May 17 - 18, 2025
Saturday at 2pm and 6pm
Sunday at 12pm

$25

A La Carte: In A Fool's Kitchen

Z Puppets Rosenschnoz

Photo by: Bruce Silcox

Midtown Farmers Market
2225 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN, 55407
Minneapolis
https://zpuppets.org/calendar/2025/6/21/a-la-carte-in-a-fools-kitchen

A LA CARTE is a comic battle between a clown French Chef and a wily lobster set to live accordion music. This playfully interactive comedy features clowning, puppetry, music and a few unruly vegetables.

A LA CARTE begins as the Chef sets the table for the Grand Opening of his 2-seat café. Before the Chef can dazzle his very important guests, dinner’s main ingredient stages a rebellion — again and again and again. Who knew crustaceans could cook up such delicious mischief?

June 21, 2025
10 a.m.

Free

The Comical Misadventures of Mr. Punch

Z Puppets Rosenschnoz

Photo by: Bruce Silcox

Midtown Farmers Market
2225 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN, 55407
Minneapolis, MN
https://zpuppets.org/calendar/2025/6/28/the-comical-misadventures-of-mr-punch

A madcap, call-and-response, hand puppet romp, in which the children must keep the puppets from misbehaving and the Baby triumphs in the end.
When the Baby goes missing, Mr. Punch sets out to the rescue. Tangling with a crocodile, the police and even the devil, Mr. Punch unleashes mischief and mayhem all the way.
Recommended for ages 5+

June 28, 2025
10 a.m.

Free

The Prince's Charming Snake Ssssamuel

Zero Untitled Productions

Texas State Museum of Asian Culture & Education Center
1809 N. Chaparral
Corpus Christi, TX
www.zerountitled.com

In this classic sock puppet piece, Ssssamuel the Snake will be slithering about the museum and giving improvisational performances to museum-goers as part of the museum’s “Year of the Snake” initiative. Audience participation is encouraged.

First show(s) begin at 6:00 and are performed steadily throughout the duration of the Tanabata Festival, both upstairs and downstairs.

July 5, 2025
First show(s) begin at 6:00 and are performed steadily throughout the duration of the Tanabata Festival, both upstairs and downstairs.

$5 (free performances with museum entrance fee)

Shower Sharon

Zero Untitled Productions

Texas State Museum of Asian Culture & Education Center
1809 N. Chaparral
Corpus Christi, TX
www.zerountitled.com

A Brazilian Lambe-Lambe puppet performance for adults. PG-13. One puppeteer will perform for one audience member at a time, street theatre style. Will poor naive Sharon be able to navigate the trials and tribulations of the dreaded college SHOWER!? Finding out by peeking into the shower...
The show will be performed alongside 4-5 other puppet works in rotation and on repeat with ten-minute breaks between show performances. Sterilized headphones will be given to audience members to hear the show.

First show(s) begin at 6:00 and are performed repeatedly. Shows conclude around 8:00 pm.

July 5, 2025
First show(s) begin at 6:00 and are performed repeatedly. Shows conclude around 8:00 pm.

$5 (free performances with museum entrance fee)

Baby Dormouse Vs Quizzical Crocodile

Zero Untitled Productions

Texas State Museum of Asian Culture & Education Center
1809 N. Chaparral
Corpus Christi, TX
www.zerountitled.com

Kamishibai-style performance, alongside other puppet performances at the Texas State Museum of Asian Culture's Cherry Blossom Festival event. Will the adventurous Baby Dormouse make it over the dastardly Quizzical Crocodile's bridge? The audience can help shout out answers in this participatory puppet quiz show to help Baby Dormouse solve different questions.

The show will be performed alongside 4-5 other puppet works in rotation and on repeat with ten-minute breaks between show performances.

First show(s) begin at 6:00 pm and are performed in rotation with repeat performances after a ten-minute break. Shows conclude around 8:00 pm.

July 5, 2025
First show(s) begin at 6:00 pm and are performed in rotation with repeat performances after a ten-minute break. Shows conclude around 8:00 pm.

$5 (free performances with museum entrance fee)

Ba Pot-Bellied Pigs

Zero Untitled Productions

Texas State Museum of Asian Culture & Education Center
1809 N. Chaparral
Corpus Christi, TX
www.zerountitled.com

Kamishibai-style performance, alongside other puppet performances at the Texas State Museum of Asian Culture's Tanabata Festival event. A retelling of the classic British children’s tale with the cultural addition of Japanese and Vietnamese influences.
The show will be performed alongside 4-5 other puppet works in rotation and on repeat with ten-minute breaks between show performances.

First show(s) begin at 6:00 pm and are performed in rotation with repeat performances after a ten-minute break. Shows conclude around 8:00 pm.

July 15, 2025
First show(s) begin at 6:00 pm and are performed in rotation with repeat performances after a ten-minute break. Shows conclude around 8:00 pm.

$5 (free performances with museum entrance fee)

Symphonie Fantastique * - Film

Basil Twist

Photo by: Richard Termine

HERE - URHERE, online
here.org/shows/symphonie-fantastique-urhere/

Twenty years ago in 1998, Basil Twist debuted his boundary-breaking response to Berlioz’s 1830 “Symphonie Fantastique” to universal acclaim. In this revival, accompanied live by virtuosic pianist, Christopher O’Riley, the exquisite Liszt transcription, Symphonie floats and swirls in a 1,000-gallon water tank neatly disguised as a puppet stage. For the many who never saw it, and for those who relish seeing it again and again, the return of this tour de force to HERE is the event of the season. Watch on-demand on URHERE.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (1998) and Workshop Grant (1996)

Available on-demand on URHERE

9000 Paper Balloons * - Film

Maiko Kikuchi & Spencer Lott

Photo by: Richard Termine

HERE - URHERE, online
here.org/shows/9000-paper-balloons-urhere/

Inspired by the stranger-than-fiction secret weapons that floated over America during World War II, 9000 Paper Balloons is a poetic and eerie performance that examines distance – the distance between two friends, between two enemies, two cultures and two generations. Japanese artist Maiko Kikuchi and American puppeteer Spencer Lott blend puppetry, animation and mask as they weave their own family histories into a surreal and visually stunning collage that speaks to the past and the future. 9000 Paper Balloons is available on demand on URHERE, a one-of-a-kind, rigorously curated virtual platform for outdoor and digital premieres. URHERE aims to occupy an important part of the art ecosystem which nurtures experimentation, sparks dialogue, and creates engagement with the local community.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2020) and Workshop Grant (2019)

Available on-demand on URHERE

The Fortune Teller * - Film

by Phantom Limb Company | Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko With Music by Danny Elfman

HERE - URHERE, online
https://here.org/shows/urhere/

Seven strangers’ twisted tales are brought to life in this marionette play and woven with haunting music to tell an eerily comic story of fate and fortune. On a dark night, the strangers are invited to the mansion of a deceased millionaire, and learn that their inheritances will be based not on a will, but on the readings of a fortune teller. Each soon meets a gruesome end in this production developed through HERE’s Dream Music puppetry program. The Fortune Teller played at HERE November 28 - December 4, 2010. The Fortune Teller is available on demand on URHERE, a one-of-a-kind, rigorously curated virtual platform for outdoor and digital premieres. URHERE aims to occupy an important part of the art ecosystem which nurtures experimentation, sparks dialogue, and creates engagement with the local community.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2006)

Available on-demand on URHERE

The Scarlet Ibis - Film

Beth Morrison Projects

HERE - URHERE, online
urhere.art/archive/ibis

The Scarlet Ibis is an opera about family, illness, and the power of the imagination to soar above what’s considered “normal.” This world premiere by composer Stefan Weisman (Darkling) and librettist David Cote (Blind Injustice) fuses singers, puppetry, and multimedia stagecraft to tell the story of a remarkable disabled boy nicknamed “Doodle,” whose older brother pushes him to be like other kids. Set in rural North Carolina a century ago, The Scarlet Ibis contrasts notions of physical wholeness with mystical otherness The narrative (inspired by the short story by James Hurst) draws on elements of Southern Gothic, boy’s adventure, and domestic tragedy. Mallory Catlett directs; Steven Osgood (Dead Man Walking, Metropolitan Opera) conducts the American Modern Ensemble. For audiences 10 and up. The Scarlet Ibis was a part of the 2015 PROTOTYPE Festival, co-produced with Beth Morrison Projects

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Spirited Away (Live on Stage) - Film

Based on the animated feature film by Hayao Miyazaki

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Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning animated feature film comes to life in this first-ever stage adaptation, full of dazzling sets, captivating musical numbers, and wondrous puppets of beloved characters. Adapted and directed by Tony Award®-winner John Caird (Les Misérables), two unique casts and performances were filmed during the show’s acclaimed 2022 run at Tokyo’s historic Imperial Theatre, featuring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro.

Send for the Million Men * - Film

Joseph Silovsky

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The “crime of the century” of the 1920s jolts to life in modern-day New York City in Joseph Silovsky’s micro-history multimedia tale, Send for the Million Men. With a compelling command of animatronics, robotics, puppetry, and handmade projectors, Silovsky examines the controversial executions of notorious anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. Their bleak fates intertwine with Silovsky’s own micro-tragic biography in a humorous and captivating history-rethink.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2010) and Workshop Grant (2009)

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