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Festival Events

The Plastic Bag Store Screening

November 15, 2021

Loyola University
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nov 15

Opening Night
Prelude Reception

January 20, 2022

The Nature Conservancy
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jan 20

Symposium: What We Leave Behind...

January 22, 2022

SAIC Ballroom
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jan 22

Table Top Puppetry Workshop with Robin Frohardt

Date Announced Soon
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Chicago Puppet Fest presents:

Robin Frohardt: The Plastic Bag Store

The Wrigley Building, 410 N. Michigan Ave.
Ground level storefront on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile

January 20-30, 2022

Conceived, written and directed by Robin Frohardt
Created in collaboration with the Puppetry Ensemble
Original Music by Freddi Price
Produced by Linda Brumbach, Robin Frohardt and Alisa E. Regas
Production Management Pomegranate Arts

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About the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival advances the art of puppetry by presenting sophisticated programs vital to the cultural life of Chicago. Engaging and inspiring the largest and most diverse audiences for puppetry possible, the Festival is the biggest event dedicated to puppetry in North America and traditionally offers more than 100 activities annually including performances, workshops, artist instensives, free neighborhood events and symposia to audiences up to 14,000 over 11 days each January. The organization is also home to other key initiatives, including the Chicago Puppet Studio and Chicago Puppet Lab, that nurture the development of puppeteers and deepen the field locally, nationally and internationally with the ultimate goal of promoting peace, equality, mutual understanding, and justice locally and globally.

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