Opening Night Prelude Reception: 5:30 – 7:15 pm
Steppenwolf Balcony Bar, 2nd Floor 1650 N. Halsted Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesCo-chaired by Jin Ivacic, Julie Moller, & Kim Ohms
Co-chaired by Jin Ivacic, Julie Moller, & Kim Ohms
Co-chaired by Alicia Bird, Julie Moller,and Kim Ohms
Chicago Puppet Fest presents The Immortal Jellyfish Girl
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago & Chicago Puppet Fest Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities: A Toy Theater Atlas
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Puppet Hub
Chicago Puppet Fest, Navy Pier, and Chicago Park District Night Out in the Parks present The Free Neighborhood Tour
Chicago Puppet Fest presents The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Book Talks, featuring talks by puppet scholars of four new U.S. publications released this year.
Rough House, UChicago, and Chicago Puppet Fest present Nasty, Brutish & Short
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Song of the North
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Dead as a Dodo
eta Creative Arts Foundation & Chicago Puppet Fest present The Hip Hopera of SP1N0K10
Chicago Puppet Fest presents A Bucket of Beetles
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Spleen
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Animal R.I.O.T.
Study the art and practice of puppetry, hands-on, with top local and visiting puppet artists by enrolling in a Chicago Puppet Festival workshop.
Chicago Puppet Fest presents the Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium which will feature Festival Artists on four different artist panels discussing the materiality of the puppet in both theory and practice.
National Museum of Mexican Art & Chicago Puppet Fest present The Beast Dance
Chicago Puppet Fest presents the Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium which will feature Festival Artists on four different artist panels discussing the materiality of the puppet in both theory and practice.
Chicago Puppet Fest presents MAROONED! A Space Comedy
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago & Chicago Puppet Fest present Lunch with Sonia
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Krabat
Rough House, UChicago and Chicago Puppet Fest present Nasty, Brutish & Short
Chicago Puppet Fest & Chicago Opera Theater present Book of Mountains and Seas
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Chayka
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
Chicago Puppet Fest presents Little Carl
Chicago Puppet Fest presents the Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium which will feature Festival Artists on four different artist panels discussing the materiality of the puppet in both theory and practice.
Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts presents Logan Center Family Puppet Cabaret
Chicago Puppet Fest presents The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium which will feature Festival Artists on four different artist panels discussing the materiality of the puppet in both theory and practice.
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