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
Opening Night Post-Show Party: 8:45 – 10:45 pm
Steppenwolf's Ensemble Theatre Lobby 1650 N. Halsted Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesCo-chaired by Alicia Bird, Julie Moller,and Kim Ohms
Wakka Wakka: The Immortal Jellyfish Girl
Steppenwolf's Downstairs Mainstage Theater 1650 N. Halsted Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents The Immortal Jellyfish Girl
Matthew Gawryk & Dan Kerr-Hobert: Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities: A Toy Theater Atlas
Instituto Cervantes of Chicago & Chicago Puppet Fest Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities: A Toy Theater Atlas
The Puppet Hub
Fine Arts Building Studio 433, 4th floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Puppet Hub
Free Neighborhood Tour with Krystal Puppeteers Tears by the River
Various Locations Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest, Navy Pier, and Chicago Park District Night Out in the Parks present The Free Neighborhood Tour
Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium: Book Talks
Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago 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.
Nasty, Brutish & Short (Wknd 1)
Links Hall 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesRough House, UChicago, and Chicago Puppet Fest present Nasty, Brutish & Short
Hamid Rahmanian: Song of the North
Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Song of the North
Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel: Spleen
The Biograph's Richard Christiansen Theater 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Spleen
Tarish “Jeghetto” Pipkins: The Hip Hopera of 5P1N0K10
eta Creative Arts Foundation 7558 S. South Chicago Ave., Chicago, Illinois, United Stateseta Creative Arts Foundation & Chicago Puppet Fest present The Hip Hopera of SP1N0K10
Papermoon Puppet Theatre: A Bucket of Beetles
Chopin Theatre (mainstage) 1543 W. Division St., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents A Bucket of Beetles
Wakka Wakka: Animal R.I.O.T.
Steppenwolf's 1700 Theater 1650 N. Halsted Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Animal R.I.O.T.
Workshops with Festival Artists
Various Locations Chicago, IL, United StatesStudy the art and practice of puppetry, hands-on, with top local and visiting puppet artists by enrolling in a Chicago Puppet Festival workshop.
Wakka Wakka: Dead as a Dodo
The Biograph's Začek McVay Theatre 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Dead as a Dodo
Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium: Panel 1 – Mechanisms
Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago 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.
La Liga Teatro Elástico: The Beast Dance (or The Secret Spell of the Wild)
National Museum of Mexican Art 1852 W. 19th St., Chicago, IL, United StatesNational Museum of Mexican Art & Chicago Puppet Fest present The Beast Dance
Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium: Panel 2 – Materials
Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago 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.
Alex and Olmsted: MAROONED! A Space Comedy
Chopin Theatre (mainstage) 1543 W. Division St., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents MAROONED! A Space Comedy
Loco7 Dance Puppet Theater: Lunch with Sonia
Dance Center Columbia College Chicago 1306 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesDance Center of Columbia College Chicago & Chicago Puppet Fest present Lunch with Sonia
Figurentheater Wilde & Vogel and Grupa Coincidentia: Krabat
The Biograph's Začek McVay Theatre 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Krabat
Nasty, Brutish & Short (Wknd 2)
Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse 915 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL, United StatesRough House, UChicago and Chicago Puppet Fest present Nasty, Brutish & Short
Basil Twist: Book of Mountains and Seas
Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest & Chicago Opera Theater present Book of Mountains and Seas
Belova ~ Iacobelli Theatre Company: Chayka
Chopin Theatre (mainstage) 1543 W. Division St., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Chayka
Manual Cinema: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center 740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster
Theatre Y & Michael Montenegro: Little Carl
The Biograph's Richard Christiansen Theater 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago Puppet Fest presents Little Carl
Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium: Panel 3 – Manipulation
Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago 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.
Logan Center Family Puppet Cabaret
Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse 915 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL, United StatesReva & David Logan Center for the Arts presents Logan Center Family Puppet Cabaret
Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium: Panel 4 – Construction Techniques
Fine Arts Building Little Studio, 7th Floor 410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesChicago 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.
Closing Night Cabaret
The Rhapsody Theatre 1328 W. Morse Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us on Closing Night for a special performance featuring the world-celebrated vocalist, actress, puppeteer, director: Yael Rasooly with incomparable accordionist, Iliya Magalnyk.
