Chicago Puppet Fest presents:
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.
Dates/Times:
Thursday, January 22
4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Friday, January 23
4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Saturday, January 24
4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Sunday, January 25
4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Monday, January 26
4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Tuesday, January 27
4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Wednesday, January 28
4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Location:
Private Wicker Park Location
(aaddress shared after ticket purchase two weeks prior to event)
Cost:
$125 per seat (includes gourmet dinner plus puppet show)
Special Offer: purchase all 12 seats, get 10% off. Email to check availability: sandy@chicagopuppetfest.org
Ages: 18 and up
Running Time: 60 mins
ADA Accessible? No — stairs to door
Ézéquiel Garcia-Romeu, artistic director of the Théâtre de la Massue, is an inventor of universes, director and scenographer. He explores contemporary forms of puppetry and new forms of stage writing. His shows have been programmed at the Festival Mondial de Charleville- Mézières, the Théâtre National de Nice, Théâtre National de Chaillot, the Odéon, the Théâtre de la Commune, the Auditorium of the Musée d’Orsay, the Festival in d’Avignon, the Berliner Festspiele, and numerous festivals and stages around the world.
A private Wicker Park location. Address shared with ticket buyers. More info coming soon…
