Welcome from Blair Thomas: The 2024 Festival
Welcome to the 2024 Festival! from Blair Thomas, Founder & Artistic Director get tickets!
Catch Your Breath: A Preview of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
by TED C. FISHMAN Breath. Seeing a creature inhale and exhale can be a first clue that we are beholding a living being. Puppeteers work hard to master breathing, both their
Players 2022: The Fifty People Who Really Perform for Chicago
by BRIAN HIEGGELKE First is the joy of the return. The joy of seeing old friends in the flesh for the first time in so very long. The joy of live performance,
Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s Puppet Theater Fest returns for 2022
Chicago’s Puppet Theater Fest returns for 2022 with old favorites and the wildly new, broadening what you expect from a puppet show By Doug George For all the things Chicago
Chicago Magazine, Agenda: January 2022
Top 10 reasons to fill up your calendar this month. #2 No Strings Attached The fourth edition of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival includes The Plastic Bag Store, Robin Frohardt’s “grocery store”
Chicago Reader: ‘You have to respect the power of object’ Chicago puppet theater is on the move again.
by Max Maller Chimpanzee, created by Nick Lehane, gets a sneak peek in the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival’s Living Room Tour November 11-13. It runs as part of the festival in
Broadway World Chicago: Study the Art of Puppetry
Study the Art of Puppetry This Winter With Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival! Registration is now open for the following One-Week Intensives ($225 each) and four Six-Week Courses ($285 each).
WTTW: Chicago Puppeteer Brings Theater To Your Door
Chicago Puppeteer Brings Theater to Your Door with Pop-Up Show Marc Vitali | September 8, 2020 1:07 pm If you are – or were – an occasional theatergoer, you know
Puppet-Grams Featured in WGN’s “Around Town”
As featured in WGN’s “Around Town” with Ann Beleval