she is drying 
by Irene Wa.
Music by: Kobe Dupree

Two characters and an excess of strings come together in a dance that explores the restriction of movement and the tension of control. It delves into the inner self; an encounter, an appearance, a fantasy. 

Gracias Amaya Torres and No Nation.

Operating Theater 
by madigan burke

Join Madigan and Harvey, two highly qualified medical puppet professionals, as they perform a surgery. Featuring figurative puppets and video puppetry.

Black Episcopalian
by Sam Lewis
with Bretty Swinney
Multiplane: Richie Schiraldi
Transparency Puppet help: Jacqueline Wade
Music: Sharon Udoh, Anne Harris, Frederick Jackson Jr., Fredonia Fife and Drum

Sam asks his mom about their origins in the Episcopal Church. The incredible answer takes Sam on a journey back to his birthplace in rural Tennessee, uncovering a history he could have never imagined. 

Live feed multiplane projection.

A Suite of Dreams
Charlie Malavé
with Jack Pakieser
Original Music:Charlie Malavé

Images, sounds and feelings pulled directly from the dream world into the shared waking world. A dream story told in the language of symbols. 

Puppetry styles include projected and manipulated shadows and puppet miniatures.

Special thanks to co-puppeteer Jack Pakieser, local artist Matt Berstrom for the use of some of  his beautiful “build your own Chicago” drawings, and the many musicians who have helped me with the music: Hope Arthur, Richard Clark, Nicholas Davio, Chris Dixon, bob Garrett, Dominic Gaeitto, Anna Jacobson, Akshat Jain, Anglea Wong, and Airan Wright.

Touch
by Ruby Que
with Ashwaty Chennat
Sound design: Juan Flores

Touch plays with constructed invisibility to propose new ways of seeing and communicating using object puppetry, live sensor input from a puppet microphone and ice puppetry.

An Anansi Experience
by Anthony-Michael Stokes
with Tia Pilson
Original music: Anthony-Michael Stokes

The aspiring god of storytelling earns their title by being entrusted by the elder Sky God Nyame, with an impossible task of traveling the world and gathering all the stories and wisdom. More info at anthonymichaelstokes.com IG @kesstokreatrres

Shehnai Mist/Suona Flame
by Robbie Lynn Hunsinger

Transforming the moods and double reed music of the Indian Shehnai and Chinese Suona into puppetry with translucent shadow puppetry, animations and wearable musical instrument puppets with sound responsive projections and lights. More info at robbiehunsinger.com IG@robbiehunsinger

AudioFile
by Michele Stine
In collaboration with: Sam Hunter, Josh Sobel, Britt Anderson, and Richie Whitehead
Crankie Construction: Richie Schiraldi
Props: Carol Stine

A record player, a rotary phone, cassettes and ancient suitcases. The physical remnants of a life left behind, and the playground for someone to rediscover the joy of sound. Featuring object puppetry, crankie, figurative puppetry and solo. More info at michelejoystine.com or IG @michele_joy_stine