Chicago Puppet Fest presents:
Dates/Times:
Friday, January 24 at 7 pm
Saturday, January 25 at 5 pm
Sunday, January 26 at 2 pm
Location: The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, 740 E. 56th Pl.
Cost: $35/$25 students & seniors
Ages: 14 and up
Running Time: 50 mins
ADA Accessible? Yes
Anthony Michael Stokes is a visionary puppet artist from Texas, specializing in creating immersive, surreal puppetry that engages audiences with hauntingly beautiful narratives. Known for his unique “Kessto Kreatures,” Stokes combines life-sized puppets with vivid, dynamic performances that bring the folklore and mythos of American Gothic to life. At this year’s festival, The Scarecrow promises a spellbinding blend of art and storytelling that captures the eerie charm of rural American tales.
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center celebrates 62 years as one of the nation’s oldest independent African American museums. This organization is dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich history and culture of Black Americans. As a venue for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, DuSable will feature performances that honor the tradition of storytelling through puppetry, exploring themes of identity, culture, and history. This partnership brings together two powerful art forms—puppetry and history—to create a thought-provoking and meaningful experience for audiences.
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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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