You are in the archive of the 2024 Festival, which took place January 18-28 and was the 6th edition.
Here you will find scholarship, resources, documentation, and further reading about the performances, which took place at the 6th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
Program Brochure
Note: some presentation changes happened after printing
Promo Video
Table of Contents
2024 Events
Wakka Wakka: The Immortal Jellyfish Girl
Matthew Gawryk & Dan Kerr-Hobert: Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities: A Toy Theater Atlas
Hamid Rahmanian: Song of the North
Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel: Spleen
Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins: The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10
Papermoon Puppet Theatre: A Bucket of Beetles
La Liga Teatro Elástico: The Beast Dance (or The Secret Spell of the Wild)
Alex and Olmsted: MAROONED! A Space Comedy
Loco7 Dance Puppet Theater: Lunch with Sonia
Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel and Grupa Coincidentia: Krabat
Basil Twist: Book of Mountains and Seas
Belova ~ Iacobelli Theatre Company: Chayka
Manual Cinema: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
Theatre Y & Michael Montenegro: Little Carl
Logan Center Family Puppet Cabaret
Free Neighborhood Tour with Krystal Puppeteers: Tears by the River
Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium: Artist Panels + Book Talks
2024 Festival Partners
<i<Introduction by Blair Thomas (coming soon)
