Opening + Closing Night Events

Join top supporters, festival artistic directors and staff to toast the opening of the 7th edition of the festival at an exclusive, pre-show reception including early access to opening night festivities, immediately followed by the opening night performance of Plexus Polaire’s Dracula: Lucy’s Dream. After the performance, come celebrate while enjoying drinks and dessert with the puppet artists and companies coming from all over the world to astonish and delight you for the next 12 days!

At the Closing Party, enjoy a special performance by Narcissister, who employs a spectacle rich approach to explorations of gender, racial identity and burlesque. The show will be MCed by Chicago’s own, Kasey Foster.