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Show Programs

JANUARY 24-26, 2025

Julian Crouch & Saskia Lane: Birdheart

Yael Rasooly: Edith and Me

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

Josh Rice Projects: Kayfabe

Look! Look! A Work in Development by Vanessa Valliere

Maraña: Organismo

Free Neighborhood Tour with Sandglass Theater Co. and Doppelskope

Anthony Michael Stokes: The Scarecrow

All My Relations Collective: Skeleton Canoe

UnterWasser: Untold

 

JANUARY 15 – 23, 2025

La ruée vers l’or: Arctic Tall Tales

Tram Arts Trust: Maati Katha

Plexus Polaire: Dracula: Lucy’s Dream

The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and Théâtre de l’Entrouvert: Anywhere

Cabinet of Curiosity: The Cabinet

RoiZIZO théâtre: I Killed the Monster

Rolling Puppet Alternative Theatre: Made in Macau

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

 

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About the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival advances the art of puppetry by presenting sophisticated programs vital to the cultural life of Chicago. Engaging and inspiring the largest and most diverse audiences for puppetry possible, the Festival is the biggest event dedicated to puppetry in North America and traditionally offers more than 100 activities annually including performances, workshops, artist instensives, free neighborhood events and symposia to audiences up to 14,000 over 11 days each January. The organization is also home to other key initiatives, including the Chicago Puppet Studio and Chicago Puppet Lab, that nurture the development of puppeteers and deepen the field locally, nationally and internationally with the ultimate goal of promoting peace, equality, mutual understanding, and justice locally and globally.

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