Every winter, Chicago becomes the epicenter of the puppet theater world. Here are some titles and companies not to miss.

Calgary’s High Performance Rodeo celebrates its 40th anniversary this January. Produced by the city’s One Yellow Rabbit ...

Discover how to create a movable wooden hand puppet in this detailed step-by-step tutorial. From cutting finger segments to assembling precise puppet joints, follow along as the puppet's wooden ...

DULUTH — Kara Graves didn't like watching her kindergarten students at Pike Lake Elementary having to crawl under tables to play with puppets. She wanted a kid-sized theater for them to play in and ...

The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival will bring together the world’s leading contemporary puppet artists from January 21–February 1, 2026, transforming the city into a stage for ...

The decades-old radical troupe Bread and Puppet, famed for its protest art including giant puppets, is touring again — mixing circus, politics... Bread and Puppet Theater is still working to 'make the ...

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 ...

String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s summer shows have taken audiences to the clouds, down a wishing well and into outer space. For its sixth annual al fresco production, the Olympia troupe is visiting ...

Monica Leo, managing director and lead puppeteer at the Eulenspiegel Puppet Theater Company in West Liberty, Iowa, talks about her craft and how she’s navigating a cloudy economy for the arts. Monica ...

John Cariani — familiar for his role as a forensics expert on "Law & Order" and as author of the widely produced play "Almost, Maine" — provides the voice and sometimes is the puppeteer for the title ...