Hystopolis Productions is probably the best puppet theater you’ve never heard of. Established more than 20 years ago, it’s come up with brilliant productions of distinctly adult material like Alfred ...

The Bread and Puppet Theater was founded in 1963 on New York City’s Lower East Side. It gets its name from the fact that Shumann himself would bake dozens of loaves of sourdough bread, giving them ...

J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K, presented by Baxter Theatre and Handspring Puppet Company at the 2025 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Credit: Fiona McPherson So this year has ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn — When you think of a library you typically think of checking out books. Soon, a library of a different kind will allow you to check out puppets. In the Heart of the Beast Theatre ...

Issues come and go at the 250-acre Bread and Puppet Theater farm in Glover, Vermont. But for the past 20 years, the plight of Palestinians has been a continuing focus for the decidedly anti-war, ...

MIDDLEBURY - Where in Vermont can you see a giant puppet that looks like Uncle Sam get chased off the stage by actors in a cow costume protesting the labor conditions of migrant dairy workers? Or ...

A professional puppet artist from Heart of the Beast theater in Minneapolis is spending a month in New London as part of the town's first Small Stages Artist in Residency program. During this time, he ...

The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival will bring together the world’s leading contemporary puppet artists from January 21–February 1, 2026, transforming the city into a stage for ...

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