Jan 21 Featured January 21, 2026 - January 25, 2026 Wakka Wakka: Dead as a Dodo Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 21 Featured 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm Opening Night Prelude Reception Fine Arts Building, 3rd Floor Balcony in the Studebaker Theater 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 21 Featured 8:30 pm - 10:15 pm Opening Night Post Show Party Fine Arts Building, Curtiss Hall, 10th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave. 10th Floor, Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - January 24, 2026 Alva Puppet Theater: The Harlem Doll Palace Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Theater East, UChicago 915 E. 60th St., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - January 25, 2026 Manual Cinema: The 4th Witch The Biograph's Začek McVay Theater Mainstage 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - January 25, 2026 KT Shivak: Rhynoceron Chopin Theatre Mainstage 1543 W. Division St., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - January 25, 2026 Laura Heit: The Matchbox Shows Constellation 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 Featured January 22, 2026 - January 28, 2026 Théâtre de la Massue / Chef Chris Sullivan of Twilight Kitchen: La Méridienne Private Wicker Park Location Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - February 1, 2026 Free Neighborhood Tour with Tian Gombau Various Locations Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - February 1, 2026 Free Neighborhood Tour with Alex and Olmsted Various Locations Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - February 1, 2026 The Puppet Hub Chicago Puppet Studio, Fine Arts Building, Studio 433 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - February 1, 2026 Exhibitions: Two Ways Down by Laura Heit + Giant Puppet Lanterns with Andrew Kim Chicago Puppet Studio, Fine Arts Building, Studio 433 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 22 January 22, 2026 - February 1, 2026 Workshops with Festival Artists Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 23 January 23, 2026 - January 24, 2026 Nasty, Brutish & Short: Wknd 1 Constellation 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 24 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Session 1 – The Labor of Gratitude Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 25 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Session 2 – We Let Out These Works on the Vote of the People Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 26 January 26, 2026 - January 28, 2026 Book Talks with Alissa Mello, Mark Down, Dr. Dassia Posner & Claudia Orenstein Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 26 January 26, 2026 - January 31, 2026 Blind Summit: The Sex Lives of Puppets The Biograph's Začek McVay Theater Mainstage 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 28 January 28, 2026 - February 1, 2026 Théâtre de la Massue: The Little Theater at the End of the World, Opus II Chopin Theatre Mainstage 1543 W. Division St., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 29 Featured January 29, 2026 - February 1, 2026 The Roald Dahl Story Company: The Enormous Crocodile Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 29 January 29, 2026 - January 31, 2026 Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust: About Ram Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 29 January 29, 2026 - February 1, 2026 Sofie Krog Theatre: The House Steppenwolf’s Merle Reskin Space 1624 N. Halsted St., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 29 Featured January 29, 2026 - February 1, 2026 Tom Lee/Untitled Theater Co. No. 61 & Yara Arts Group: The Left Hand of Darkness Northwestern University’s Wirtz Center Chicago Abbott Hall 710 N. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 30 January 30, 2026 - January 31, 2026 Nasty, Brutish & Short: Wknd 2 Constellation 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Jan 31 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Session 3 – Find a Good Reason to Sell Out Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Feb 1 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Session 4 – The Art of Asking Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
Feb 1 Featured 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Closing Cabaret The Rhapsody Theater 1328 W. Morse Ave., Chicago Event Details Get Directions
