Herman Melville’s magnificent monster work of literature is also a monster in puppetry. (Opening Night) Friday, January 20 at 7:30 p.m. Three performances: Wednesday, January 18 at 7:30 p.m. Join top supporters, festival artists and staff to cheer the opening of the 5th Chicago Puppet Fest at this exclusive, pre-show reception, immediately followed by the opening night production, Moby Dick by Plexus Polaire.Ĭhicago premiere, presented by the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Studebaker Theater, Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Visit to purchase tickets or follow the festival on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, hashtag #ChiPuppetFest.ĥth Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Opening Night Prelude Reception (fundraiser) ![]() and around the world.įollowing is information about each presentation, including venues, dates, times, ticket prices, estimated run time, video links, show descriptions and artist bios. The 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is led by Artistic Director and Founder Blair Thomas, Executive Director Sandy Smith Gerding, with the support of a dedicated board, staff, and community of puppet artists in Chicago, the U.S. Returning in 2023 are the FREE Neighborhood Tour, a series of puppetry workshops for working artists, and the Ellen Van Volkenberg Puppetry Symposium, for free at the Studebaker on both festival Saturdays.Īlso back for artists across all disciplines looking for an all-inclusive, deep dive into diverse puppetry styles are two sessions of the Catapult Artist Intensive, offering eight shows per weekend with behind-the-scenes access to the artists (aka “how I’d like to see a festival” - Blair Thomas, Artistic Director, Chicago Puppet Festival). Meanwhile, the Fine Arts Building’s newly renovated Studebaker Theater will be the site of two monster productions for audiences as large as 600, festival opener Moby Dick by Plexus Polaire (France/Norway), festival closer Frankenstein by Chicago's Manual Cinema, plus a screening of Basil Twist’s Symphonie Fantastique Film. puppetry artists, new in 2023 is establishment of a Pop-Up Puppet Hub with site-specific events in various spaces in the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue, for all 12 days of the festival. In addition to the always amazing pageant of international and U.S. This year, the 12-day Chicago Puppet Festival is ready to astonish and delight with contemporary puppet acts and artists from ten countries - Brazil, Canada, Czechia, Finland, France, Norway, Japan, South Africa, Spain and the United States - namely New York, Boston and, of course, Chicago. ![]() For tickets and information, visit .įounded to establish Chicago as a center for the advancement of the art of puppetry, the citywide Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival returns for the first time as an annual event in 2023, showcasing an entertaining and eclectic array of puppet styles, at venues large and small throughout the city. Tickets are now on sale for the 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the largest of its kind in North America, returning January 18-29, 2023, at venues large and small throughout the city.
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