You are in the archive of the 2025 Festival, which took place January 15-26 and was the 7th edition.
Here you will find scholarship, resources, documentation, and further reading about the performances, which took place at the 7th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
Program Brochure
Note: some presentation changes happened after printing
Promo Video
Table of Contents
2025 Events
Plexus Polaire: Dracula: Lucy’s Dream
The Puppet Hub
Cabinet of Curiosity: The Cabinet
RoiZIZO théâtre: I Killed the Monster
Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre: Made in Macau
Théâtre de l’Entrouvert & Chicago Puppet Fest: Anywhere
Potential Energy: Chicago Puppets Up Close
Free Neighborhood Tour with Sandglass Theater Co. and Doppelskope
Workshops with Festival Artists
Feisty Elephant, Pam Arciero Productions, and Little Shadow Productions: Aanika’s Elephants
Tortoise in a Nutshell: Concerned Others
Yael Rasooly: The House by the Lake
INISKIM – Return of the Buffalo FILM
Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium
Nasty, Brutish & Short
La ruée vers l’or: Arctic Tall Tales
Free Neighborhood Tour with Poncili Creación
Baxter Theatre & Handspring Puppet Co.: J.M. Coetzee’s Life and Times of Michael K
Look! Look! A Work in Development by Vanessa Valliere
All My Relations Collective: Skeleton Canoe
Anthony Michael Stokes: The Scarecrow
Julian Crouch & Saskia Lane: Birdheart
Poncili Creación: The Midnight Show
Closing Party: Narcissister LIVE!
2025 Festival Partners
