Sam Jay Gold's All Vows, A Puppet Memory Play By A Master Puppeteer makes its world premiere in May. Three Performances: Friday, May 6, 8:00pm; Saturday, May 7, 8:00pm; and Sunday, May 8, 2:00pm All ...

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. Puppetry is more than just child’s ...

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous plays. A Shakespeare festival in St. Louis has found a way to make kid friendly as well with the help of a famous puppet designer. "Romeo And ...

When puppets speak, people listen, says artist, educator and puppeteer Schroeder Cherry. Cherry uses puppet play to teach people about the U.S. African diaspora. Organizers of his new “Spirit of Play: ...

A Staunton performing arts group is producing an experimental puppet play of "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." The adaptation is a disloyal take on the original 1816 fairy tale, not the more ...

Cattywampus Puppet Council has brought big puppet magic to the city for over a decade. In addition to bringing its puppets to events around town, the nonprofit also offers a UT course, hosts workshops ...

Word Play uses clowning, puppetry, and live original music to take audiences on an adventure through the alphabet. Words come to life in the hands of Sarah Nolen and Harry LaCoste, who clown around ...

For actor Michael Cox, he and fellow performers in “War Horse,” which opens Tuesday at the Saenger Theatre, are charged not only with creating their own characters. They also must assist in the ...

On the third night of their four-night residency on late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Metallica not only played their legendary song "Master of Puppets" in full, they also played with puppets ...

Dracula the Puppet Play, Hystopolis Productions, at Red Hen Productions. Why have the uneven puppeteers at Redmoon become Chicago’s darlings when there’s a company like Hystopolis in town? This ...

This year, the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival claims that the city will become ‘the puppetry capital of the world’. This is not a reference to hedge fund managers and Mayor Lori ...

A play about a church puppet possessed by Satan and the teenager who wields it has roots in Cypress, and its about to take center stage at Alley Theatre. Playwright Robert Askins says his relationship ...