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CUMULO *
Emily Batsford
Photo by: Ken Pao Studio
MITU580
580 Sackett Street, Unit A - Ground Fl
(Sackett St. between Nevins & 3rd Ave)
Brooklyn, NY
www.cumuloshow.com
Whimsical and violent, CUMULO is a puppet allegory that examines how we reclaim autonomy when life sends us into freefall. Protagonist Plum plummets through a skyscape of sentient clouds and creatures in a journey of embodied self-transformation, supported by cotton candy, a set embedded with fans, and a large-scale mobile of floating cloud islands.
*Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2025)
April 15 - May 3, 2026
April 15 - 7pm
April 16 - 7pm
April 17 - 8pm
April 18 - 8pm
April 19 - 2pm & 5pm
April 22 - 7pm
April 23 - 7pm
April 24 - 8pm
April 25 - 5pm & 8pm
April 26 - 2pm & 5pm
April 27 - 7pm (Industry Night)
April 29 - 7pm
April 30 - 7pm
May 1 - 8pm
May 2 - 5pm & 8pm
May 3 - 12pm & 3pm
$20-$50
Mister Snickers of New York City
Aaron Haskell & Play Your Part, LLC
Photo by: Austin Ruffer
The Wild Project & Urban Stages
195 EAST 3rd St., Ground Floor NEW YORK, NY 10009
259 West 30th Street New York, NY 10001
New York, NY
https://www.pypllc.com/tickets
Told through a music-filled, pop-up book style NYC, Mister Snickers of New York City follows a gay man’s alcohol-soaked attempt at building a chosen family, centering around his best friend, his dog, Mister Snickers. A fresh take on the classic boy and his dog story, told as a queer, spiritual journey from selfish addict to generous friend. Puppet Direction, Design & Fabrication by Aaron Haskell
April 27 - May 17, 2026
Various.
22-60
Tale of a Potato
Batisfera (Italy)
Photo by: @Leonardo Tomasi
Double venue event
6th of May
CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMO’
9th and 10th of May
CULTURE LAB LIC
CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMO’
24 W 12th street, NY, NY 10012
CULTURE LAB LIC
5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY
New York City, NY
https://www.inscenany.org/project/a-tale-of-a-potato/
An original show set on a wooden table, with dirt, a knife, and real vegetables. We follow the life of Protagonist, a potato, observing its feelings and relationships, in a world inhabited by other tubers, characters in a quirky and engaging narrative. We see Protagonist being born, falling in love, and working: enormous steps, especially for a vegetable. A new immersive table-show by Batisfera, authors of the miniature epic drama “The Gummy Bears’ Great War” (Edinburgh Fringe, Brighton Festival, InScenaNY, &Fest, Dominio Pubblico), a moving tale on the seasons of life, an original and poetic story that concerns us all: spectators and vegetables.
May 6 - 10, 2026
May 6th, 2026 – 5:30PM, 6:30PM
@ CASA ITALIANA ZERILLI-MARIMO’
24 W 12th street, NY, NY 10012
May 9th, 2026 – 4PM, 5PM, 7PM, 8PM
May 10th, 2026 – 3PM, 4PM
@ CULTURE LAB LIC
5-25 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY
Free
Wild Works: Puppetry on the Edge
Curated by Amanda Card featuring work by Tristan Allen, Maiko Kikuchi, and Marcella Murray
Photo by: Maddie Fischer
The Wild Project
195 E 3rd St
New York, NY
https://thewildproject.org/performances/wild-works-puppetry-on-the-edge/
Wild Works: Puppetry on the Edge is a new performance series spotlighting artists who are reinventing and expanding the language of puppetry today. Curated by Resident Curator Amanda Card, the series features bold, boundary-pushing work that experiments with form, embraces risk, and explores the emotional and imaginative power of the animated. Featuring performances from Tristan Allen,
Maiko Kikuchi, Marcella Murray, Purser and Amanda Card.
May 6, 2026
7:00pm
$24.50
Prologue PART III
Double Image Theater Lab
Photo by: Yu Lui
University Settlement Neighborhood Center
189 Allen Street
New York, NY
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemRhGylN444zk83YC5WRzCr3yK5m1S-lirIoG7A3CDSsfQJA/viewform
Experience the powerful journey of five first-generation Chinese immigrant men in "Prologue PART III", a free performance that weaves together dance and shadow theater. This moving tapestry of courage, determination, and resilience honors those who forged new lives and opened doors for future generations.
This project is part of the "Prologue… and More" performance and workshop program, funded by the A4 @aaartsalliance 2026 “What Can We Do?” grant.
May 9, 2026
1:00 pm
Free
That Paradise Place at the Sugar Sugar! Festival
Pussypaws Puppetry
Domino Square
12 South 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11249
Brooklyn, NY
https://www.dominopark.com/events/deliadelia-pussypaws-puppetry
Welcome to the garden of otherworldly delights! Pussypaws Puppetry’s That Paradise Place is an exuberant puppet production in which the love, sex, and fantasy lives of artists with disabilities blossom, pulse, sing, and sparkle. Based on 12 original love stories shared by disabled artists and adapted into puppetry spectacles, Pussypaws’ musical celebrates eroticism as an essential element of our shared humanity. Over 60 artists with and without disabilities have collaborated on this show through an experimental process for over five years, continuing to suffuse it with ever more pleasure and play. Demon daddies, big breasted goddesses, shapeshifting fish, robot dinosaurs, and more will take the stage to explore the infinite range of shapes that our inner lives and erotic experiences can take. Come join the sensation and let the puppet love wash over you!
With a very special opening act from actor and clown Amando Houser. Spurred by the witch hunt on trans rights in the United States, Houser’s alter ego DeliaDelia is a flat-chested witch from the swamps on a quest to become a “real girl” and join a human basketball team.
June 3 - 4, 2026
June 3, 2026
07:00 PM- Doors & DJ Set
08:00 PM - DeliaDelia
08:30 PM - Pussypaws Puppetry
June 4, 2026
07:00 PM- Doors & DJ Set
08:00 PM - DeliaDelia
08:30 PM - Pussypaws Puppetry
Free
Little Shop of Horrors
Off-Broadway
Westside Theatre Upstairs
407 West 43rd St
New York, NY
littleshopnyc.com
The world's most ravenous plant has returned to its acclaimed, sold-out run at the Westside Theatre! Winner of the 2020 Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is “wildly exuberant” (The Hollywood Reporter), and a New York Times Critic's Pick. Get tickets now and enjoy a taste of what we’ve all been craving: live theater!
Tuesdays & Thursdays - 7:00pm
Fridays - 8:00pm
Saturdays - 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Sundays - 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Starting at $59