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

Program Brochure

Promo Video

Press Coverage: Coming Soon

2025 Events (More Info Coming Soon)

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

Tram Arts Trust: Maati Katha

Free Neighborhood Tour with Poncili Creación

Baxter Theatre & Handspring Puppet Co.: J.M. Coetzee’s Life and Times of

Michael K

Yael Rasooly: Edith and Me

Josh Rice Projects: Kayfabe

Maraña: Organismo

Look! Look! A Work in Development by Vanessa Valliere

All My Relations Collective: Skeleton Canoe

UnterWasser: Untold

Anthony Michael Stokes: The Scarecrow

Julian Crouch & Saskia Lane: Birdheart

Poncili Creación: The Midnight Show

Closing Party: Narcissister LIVE!

2025 Festival Partners