Name: Making Reed Lantern Puppets (Level 1) with Grace Needlman
Start: 2026-08-30T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-08-30T16:00:00-05:00
Location: Chicago Puppet Studio, Fine Arts Building, Studio 433

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May 2026
Kuruma Ningyō Technique with Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V

Featured May 31 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Chicago Puppet Studio, Fine Arts Building, Studio 433 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

Spring 2026 Workshop

Spring 2026 Puppetry Workshop: Kuruma Ningyō Technique with Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V register now Kuruma Ningyō Technique with Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V Chicago Puppet Festival presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience the 160 year old Japanese traditional puppetry style kuruma ningyō (cart puppetry). Fifth Generation Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V, headmaster of Hachiōji […]

$288
June 2026
Hand Puppetry 2: Advanced Techniques (Level 2) with Chad Williams

June 8 - July 13

Summer 2026 Workshops

Hand Puppetry 2 (Level 2) will offer students who have already taken "150 Hand Puppet Techniques with Chad Williams" and opportunity to do deep dives on all things hand puppetry.

$300
July 2026
Cutting Machines for Shadow Puppets and More (Level 2) with Myra Su

July 11 - July 12

Summer 2026 Workshops

To help you save time and your wrists, this workshop will teach you how to digitize your puppets so that parts can be made using a craft cutting machine or laser cutter.

$85
Bringing Emotional Truth to Hand Puppets (Level 1) with Joshua Holden

July 15 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Summer 2026 Workshops

This workshop will cover the basics of hand and rod style puppeteering including technical skills, such as lip synch, focus, and emotional truth.

$50
Printmaking and Toy Theater (Level 1) with Roberto Rossi

July 18 - July 19

Summer 2026 Workshops

This two-day workshop will open a window onto the origins of the Toy Theater in printmaking and give participants a chance to rehearse basic relief printing techniques so they can start their own journeys in printmaking and performance.

$130
Worbla Techniques for the Puppet Maker (Level 1) with Chicago Puppet Studio

Featured July 19 - July 26

Chicago Puppet Studio, Fine Arts Building, Studio 433 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

Summer 2026 Workshops

Chicago Puppet Studio artists take participants through a three day process in the use of Worbla, a unique and versatile thermoplastic that has incredible uses for puppet artists and puppet makers.

$365
Toy Theater 1 (Level 1) with Roberto Rossi

July 20 - July 26

Summer 2026 Workshops

Toy Theater 1 is an introduction to the form and the basic skills concluding with a showing. Make your first toy theater stage using recyclable materials.

$250
Shadow Puppetry 1 (Level 1) with Chinese Theatre Works

July 27 - August 10

Summer 2026 Workshops

Summer 2026 Puppetry Workshop:Shadow Puppetry 1 (Level 1) register now Shadow Puppetry 1 (Level 1) with Chinese Theatre WorksShadow Puppetry 1 is an introduction to the form for the beginning puppeteer. Students will create a desktop shadow theater, build and create basic shadow figures and environments and devise their own short pieces with music or text. […]

$250
August 2026
2026 Chicago Puppet Lab Works-in-Progress Showcase

Featured August 20 - August 23

Raven Theatre 6157 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL

The Chicago Puppet Lab is a puppet theater incubator and residency program that supports artists in bringing to life new works of puppet theater. Join us in August for a works-in-progress showing (details coming soon)

$15 – $50
Making Reed Lantern Puppets (Level 1) with Grace Needlman

August 30 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Chicago Puppet Studio, Fine Arts Building, Studio 433 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

Summer 2026 Workshops

Learn to make lantern puppets out of reed and join our community parade at next winter’s Festival.

$90

Happening Now: Fall Living Room Tour and Workshops

May 2026

Kuruma Ningyō Technique with Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V

June 2026

Hand Puppetry 2: Advanced Techniques (Level 2) with Chad Williams

July 2026

Cutting Machines for Shadow Puppets and More (Level 2) with Myra Su

Bringing Emotional Truth to Hand Puppets (Level 1) with Joshua Holden

Printmaking and Toy Theater (Level 1) with Roberto Rossi

Worbla Techniques for the Puppet Maker (Level 1) with Chicago Puppet Studio

Toy Theater 1 (Level 1) with Roberto Rossi

Shadow Puppetry 1 (Level 1) with Chinese Theatre Works

August 2026

2026 Chicago Puppet Lab Works-in-Progress Showcase

Making Reed Lantern Puppets (Level 1) with Grace Needlman

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