Théâtre de la Massue: La Méridienne  /
Chef Chris Sullivan of Twilight Kitchen

Théâtre de la Massue: La Méridienne / Chef Chris Sullivan of Twilight Kitchen

A Puppet Fest first! Don’t miss this unique farm-to-table, family-style dinner for 12 people, paired with a five-minute puppet show performed for each guest, one at a time.

The experience begins as 12 guests take their seats at a private Wicker Park location, disclosed only after ticket purchase and two weeks prior to the event in January, for a delicious, multi-course meal created by Chicago chef Chris Sullivan, owner of Twilight Kitchen. Sullivan is former executive chef of Ikram Cafe, with experience at some of Chicago’s finest restaurants including Blackbird and Avec. While enjoying a gourmet dinner, one by one, each dinner guest is taken into another room to view a puppet show performed for them alone, before returning to the dinner table while the next person goes.

The puppet play La Méridienne tells the story of the fragility of human thought in front of the passage of time. The puppet showman, invisible and tucked away in his theater, shows his solo viewer the whole life of humanity—birth, life and its apprenticeships, then disappearance within the universe—as if it’s happening in a dream, in just five minutes.