Modern puppets take spotlight at Chicago global festival
By Mark Guarino (Reuters) – Puppets aren’t just about Muppets, kids and circuses. Indeed, an international puppetry festival in Chicago aims to redefine the art form and promises theatergoers an […]
Puppets get new life in Chicago thanks to international festival
By WGN News We remember what puppets meant during our childhood, but Wednesday in Chicago, puppetry took on a whole new life. It took master puppeteer Blair Thomas two years to […]
Say hello to Chicago’s newest cultural festival
by Glossed and Found Say hello to Chicago’s newest cultural festival—Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. The 10-day fest will showcase a captivating and eclectic lineup of puppet styles from around […]
Puppets invade Chicago for 10-day festival
by Elizabeth Diffin Don’t be alarmed. But Chicago is having an invasion this month. An invasion … of puppets. The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is a brand-new event celebrating the […]
Almost human: The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival ready for its close-up
by Hedy Weiss Blair Thomas, one of the earliest forces in Chicago’s impressive community of contemporary puppetry masters, recalls where his fascination with the art form began. “I grew up […]
Weekly Puppetry News Round-Up: Chicago Edition
“The Selfish Giant” is part of a great line-up of shows at the Chicago International Festival of Puppet Theatre, which begins this week in Chicago, Illinois (photo: Joe Mazza). […]
Glen Ellyn company among shows for debut puppet fest
by Scott C. Morgan Strings attached, or a hands-on, tabletop approach? That’s a provocative question when it comes to how best to manipulate a mermaid marionette named Miss Sandy Bottoms. […]
Puppetry Week #1: “Puppets are fighting for respect”
by Neil Steinberg Puppets are the ambassadors of the obscure and the uncanny. The history of the art form is “easier researched in police records than in theater chronicles” according […]
Chicago Puppet Festival 2015 with Artistic Director Blair Thomas
by Vocolo Did you know that there is a puppet renaissance sweeping our nation? The people behind the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival do and they’re bringing performers from all […]
Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival: Stretching notions of puppetry
by Kerry Reid Puppets have been around for centuries. But Blair Thomas, the artistic director of the brand-new Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, points out the term “puppeteer” only came […]
Festival de marionetas confirma su atractivo entre el público adulto en EE.UU.
by La Presa Chicago (EE.UU.), 25 ene (EFE).- El Primer Festival Internacional de Marionetas Teatrales y Títeres de Chicago (Illinois, EE.UU.) llega a su fin hoy tras más de 50 […]
Chicago LIVE! 2014 Blair Thomas interviewed by Rick Kogan
by Rick Kogan Blair Thomas, master puppeteer and founder of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, sits down for interview with Rick Kogan on Chicago LIVE! at Governors State University. […]
