Chicago Puppet Fest presents:
Plexus Polaire: A Doll’s House
Plexus Polaire: A Doll’s House
Plunge into a world on the edge of the fantastic, where the heroine is a prisoner of her own web of lies, woven over many years. A Doll’s House brings together puppets, actors, music and video projections in this eerie retelling of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play, one of the great Nordic classics. Created by and starring Plexus Polaire’s visionary artistic director Yngvild Aspeli, the production features her signature puppetry innovation in a house haunted by hyper-realistic, life-sized puppets, dead birds and a possessed female choir. A fascinating re-envisioning of the world-renowned classic. A must-see.
Event Details
Dates/Times:
Thursday, January 22 at 6 p.m.
Friday, January 23 at 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 24 at 6 p.m.
Location:
DePaul’s Merle Reskin Theatre
60 E Balbo Dr
Cost:
$48 Regular
$40 Students and Seniors
Ages: 13 and up
Running Time: 80 mins
ADA Accessible? Yes
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Partial support provided by
Norwegian Embassy in New York, Kulturrådet,
and Performing Arts Hub Norway
About the Artists
About the Venue
About the Artists
France/Norway
France’s internationally acclaimed Plexus Polaire returns for its fifth Chicago Puppet Festival, having already wowed audiences with spectacular, sold out performances of Dracula: Lucy’s Dream (2025), Moby Dick (2023), Chambre Noire (2019) and Cendres (2017). Now they’re back with large-scale spectacle, human size bunraku puppets, hypnotic video projection and their signature style of imbuing the puppet with storytelling power.
About the Venue
DePaul’s historic Merle Reskin Theatre is located at 60 E. Balbo Drive and has been a neighborhood landmark in Chicago’s South Loop since 1910. The stage has served as a foundation for the training of hundreds of artists.
Since its opening, the theatre has changed owners, names, audiences, and has seen the city of Chicago grow and change around it. Read below to learn more about this Chicago treasure!