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  • January 2026

  • Sun 25

    Free Neighborhood Tour with Tian Gombau

    January 22 - January 25
    Various Locations Chicago, IL, United States

    The Puppet Festival’s annual Free Neighborhood Tour brings free, family-friendly performances to locations outside of Chicago’s theaters to foster an appreciation for puppetry throughout the city.

    Free
  • Wed 28

    Free Neighborhood Tour with Alex and Olmsted

    January 28 - February 1
    Various Locations Chicago, IL, United States

    The Puppet Festival’s annual Free Neighborhood Tour brings free, family-friendly performances to locations outside of Chicago’s theaters to foster an appreciation for puppetry throughout the city.

    Free
  • Thu 29

    The Roald Dahl Story Company: The Enormous Crocodile

    Featured January 29 - February 1
    Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

    This mischievous musical based on Roald Dahl’s snappy book has toe-tapping tunes by Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab, a rib-tickling book and lyrics by Suhayla El-Bushra, and additional music and lyrics by Tom Brady.

    $32 – $48
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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 22,000 over 12 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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