Monica Leo didn't realize she was about to start a theater company when she began selling handmade puppets and dolls at local art fairs. "I got the idea of making these big [puppets]," she said. “I ...

Joyce Depaw loves to perform. When she was younger, Depaw and her wife decided to hit the road and become clowns for 13 years, learning new skills to entertain guests. Depaw formerly made puppets as a ...

The Samurai’s Daughter is a heart-warming theatrical adventure inspired by the Japanese folktale Hime with the Big Hat. The ...

There’s been a flurry of excitement about Olympia Family Theater’s puppet-populated “The Snow Queen,” a co-production with ...

J.M. Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K, presented by Baxter Theatre and Handspring Puppet Company at the 2025 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Credit: Fiona McPherson So this year has ...

Madigan Burke is one of the members of the Chicago Puppet Lab presenting their work at this weekend's showcase. Credit: Courtesy Chicago Puppet Lab The annual Chicago International Puppet Theater ...

To call the productions of the world-renowned Gabriadze Theatre from Tbilisi simply puppet theatre would not do it justice. Its performances are filled with emotion, exquisite set design and curated ...

A puppeteer plays a mourning mother in Gaza during a performance of Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution In Progress! in Ypsilanti, Mich. (Timothy Chen Allen) Generations of peacenik Americans first ...

This puppet show is Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Avenue Q” meets Sigmund Freud. Meet Felty and Velveeta, the two main puppets and therapists in Peak Improv Theater’s monthly puppet improv show ...

Bread and Puppet is on the march again. The world-renowned political theater troupe ended its string of performances at its home farm in Glover, Vermont and has hit the road for a month with its ...