T-Rex Took My Toothbrush

Mike Horner/What iF Puppets

Photo by: Ashley Vogel

Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring St. NW
Atlanta, GA
https://puppet.org/programs/t-rex-took-my-toothbrush/

This is the story of Mr. Greene, a paleontologist who finds a dinosaur egg on a fossil dig. Upon the egg’s hatching, Mr. Greene becomes the surrogate parent to a baby T-Rex! Soon, he and his dinosaur ward are negotiating bedtimes, testing each other’s boundaries, and ultimately finding joy in their oddball little family.

June 3 - 14, 2026
Wednesday-Friday 10am and 12pm
Saturday 11am, 1pm and 3pm
Sunday 1pm and 3pm

$25.00 for non-members, $22.50 for members

The Absence of Everything - FILM

Zero Untitled Productions

ONLINE
https://youtu.be/zEnfYDWe_Bg?si=mGaUC2uFiUQ9M2cr
Kingsville, TX
www.zerountitled.com

The bleak puppetry film “An Absence of Everything” written by Katherine Orozco-Verderber, and based on concepts developed by Julio Martinez and Michael Verderber.

The depressing work focuses on a man dealing with tackling his survivor’s guilt. He is taunted by a spectral entity who antagonizes the man through the duration of the short film.

May 28 - August 31, 2026
The film is viewable on YouTube at your convenience.

FREE

All at Once: "Boundless / Sin límites"

All at Once

Photo by: Graphic drawn by Erica Warren

Pillsbury House + Theatre
3501 Chicago Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
https://pillsburyhouseandtheatre.org/production/all-at-once/

All at Once is a Twin Cities–based collective of visionary puppeteers of color — Sofía Padilla, Oanh Vu, Andrew Young, and Erica Warren — combining shadow, tabletop, and rod puppetry to create bold, immersive storytelling experiences.

Developed through story circles with BIPOC South Minneapolis residents, Boundless / Sin límites follows a young person sheltering in place from ICE who is swept into a time-traveling journey by Coyote, a trickster deity. Moving through layered Southside histories, the work explores migration, identity, memory, and community connection through myth, visual storytelling, and live performance.

June 4 - 14, 2026
Thursday–Saturday at 7:00 PM
Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM
Special Performances:
June 6 at 7:00 PM — Masked Performance
June 14 at 2:00 PM — Spanish Translation Available

$5-45

B*tch Eat Dog - June 25

Open Wide Puppet Co

Photo by: photo by Tom Tuke, edit by Mel Carter

The Arts Center
265 River St
Troy, NY
https://events.humanitix.com/b-tch-eat-dog-arts-center-black-box

B*TCH EAT DOG is a puppet-filled sketch show that uses classical texts, feminist theory, and singing willys to interrogate the gendered ethics of pursuit. Punch and Judy puppets perform a gender swapped adaptation of Moby Dick that explores the fallacies of girlboss feminism. A tradwife named Felicity Groundwater hawks her questionable raw milk wares and ultimately breastfeeds a member of the audience with one of her many pendulous burlap boobs. A new kind of IUD insertion escalates until rats are being shoved down a cervix. The evening is hosted by a hapless, well-intentioned white man who flails wildly as his misguided attempts at allyship lead to a painful realization.
CW: violence, sexual assault, puppet nudity

June 25, 2026
6:30PM

$20

B*tch Eat Dog - June 26

Open Wide Puppet Co

Photo by: photo by Tom Tuke, edit by Mel Carter

Off Center for the Dramatic Arts
1127 North Ave Ste 27
Burlington, VT
https://events.humanitix.com/b-tch-eat-dog-burlington

B*TCH EAT DOG is a puppet-filled sketch show that uses classical texts, feminist theory, and singing willys to interrogate the gendered ethics of pursuit. Punch and Judy puppets perform a gender swapped adaptation of Moby Dick that explores the fallacies of girlboss feminism. A tradwife named Felicity Groundwater hawks her questionable raw milk wares and ultimately breastfeeds a member of the audience with one of her many pendulous burlap boobs. A new kind of IUD insertion escalates until rats are being shoved down a cervix. The evening is hosted by a hapless, well-intentioned white man who flails wildly as his misguided attempts at allyship lead to a painful realization.
CW: violence, sexual assault, puppet nudity

June 26, 2026
7:00PM

$20

Waterfront Wednesdays

Arm-of-the-Sea Theater

Photo by: Patrick Wadden

Arm-of-the-Sea Tidewater Center
57 E. Bridge St
Saugerties, NY
www.armofthesea.org

Waterfront Wednesdays is Arm-of-the-Sea Theater’s weekly summer performance series at the Tidewater Center, their seasonal cultural arts space based in Saugerties, NY. Catch the original show ONE BLUE SKY, a series of medicine tales encouraging hope & wonder presented through luminous mask & puppet theater and live original music. Come for a variety of pre-show activities and displays for all ages before the show.

ONE BLUE SKY aims to re-spark joy and elemental wonder by celebrating the magic of DNA, the cycles of the cell, and glorious processes of photosynthesis through epic mask & puppet theater, guaranteed to awaken the most downtrodden hearts. Developed with support from the Jim Henson Foundation and the Upstate Coalition for a FairGame.

Doors at 6, opening acts at 6:30, Arm-of-the-Sea performs at 7. Opening acts TBA. Suggested donation $15 adults/$7 kids 12 & under. 

Shows every Wednesday in July - July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, & July 29.

July 1, 2026
Doors at 6, opening acts at 6:30, Arm-of-the-Sea performs at 7. Opening acts TBA.
Shows every Wednesday in July - July 1, July 8, July 15, July 22, & July 29.

$7-15 Sliding Scale

Shadow Quest: An Interactive Shadow Puppet Adventure!

Mr. Damon's Shadow Puppets

Roswell Cultural Arts Center
950 Forest St
Roswell, GA
https://roswellcac.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=265

In this enchanting live performance, you help shape the story! Guided by a magical talking cloud, our heroes will take to the skies by hot-air balloon, slip through the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, and crash through the barriers of time itself.
Join us for a playful, one-of-a-kind journey full of whimsy, heart, and shadow and light artistry for all ages!

July 9 - 11, 2026
10 AM Thursday, and Friday
10AM and 1PM on Saturday

$9

2026 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite

Arm-of-the-Sea Theater

Photo by: Jim Peppler

Arm-of-the-Sea Tidewater Center
57 E. Bridge St
Saugerties, NY
www.armofthesea.org

The Esopus Creek Puppet Suite is Arm-of-the-Sea Theater’s annual puppet theater extravaganza in its 24th year. Performed by our company members and Theater Arts Intensive participants, this larger-than-life mask & puppet spectacle dazzles audiences young and old alike. Featuring stories of the past and reflections on the present as told by a variety of wondrous paper-mache characters. 3 special evenings of one-of-a-kind puppet theater on the banks of the Esopus Creek at the Tidewater Center. August 14th, 15th & 16th 2026.
Doors at 6:30, show at 7:15pm. Opening acts TBA, plus Tidewater Center pre-show activities.
Tickets go on sale July 15th 2026 at www.armofthesea.org

August 14 - 16, 2026
August 14th, 15th & 16th
Doors at 6:30, show at 7:15
Tickets available starting July 2026 on our website

$7-$15 suggested donation

Symphonie Fantastique * - Film

Basil Twist

Photo by: Richard Termine

HERE - URHERE, online
here.org/shows/symphonie-fantastique-urhere/

Twenty years ago in 1998, Basil Twist debuted his boundary-breaking response to Berlioz’s 1830 “Symphonie Fantastique” to universal acclaim. In this revival, accompanied live by virtuosic pianist, Christopher O’Riley, the exquisite Liszt transcription, Symphonie floats and swirls in a 1,000-gallon water tank neatly disguised as a puppet stage. For the many who never saw it, and for those who relish seeing it again and again, the return of this tour de force to HERE is the event of the season. Watch on-demand on URHERE.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (1998) and Workshop Grant (1996)

Available on-demand on URHERE

9000 Paper Balloons * - Film

Maiko Kikuchi & Spencer Lott

Photo by: Richard Termine

HERE - URHERE, online
here.org/shows/9000-paper-balloons-urhere/

Inspired by the stranger-than-fiction secret weapons that floated over America during World War II, 9000 Paper Balloons is a poetic and eerie performance that examines distance – the distance between two friends, between two enemies, two cultures and two generations. Japanese artist Maiko Kikuchi and American puppeteer Spencer Lott blend puppetry, animation and mask as they weave their own family histories into a surreal and visually stunning collage that speaks to the past and the future. 9000 Paper Balloons is available on demand on URHERE, a one-of-a-kind, rigorously curated virtual platform for outdoor and digital premieres. URHERE aims to occupy an important part of the art ecosystem which nurtures experimentation, sparks dialogue, and creates engagement with the local community.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2020) and Workshop Grant (2019)

Available on-demand on URHERE

The Fortune Teller * - Film

by Phantom Limb Company | Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko With Music by Danny Elfman

HERE - URHERE, online
https://here.org/shows/urhere/

Seven strangers’ twisted tales are brought to life in this marionette play and woven with haunting music to tell an eerily comic story of fate and fortune. On a dark night, the strangers are invited to the mansion of a deceased millionaire, and learn that their inheritances will be based not on a will, but on the readings of a fortune teller. Each soon meets a gruesome end in this production developed through HERE’s Dream Music puppetry program. The Fortune Teller played at HERE November 28 - December 4, 2010. The Fortune Teller is available on demand on URHERE, a one-of-a-kind, rigorously curated virtual platform for outdoor and digital premieres. URHERE aims to occupy an important part of the art ecosystem which nurtures experimentation, sparks dialogue, and creates engagement with the local community.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2006)

Available on-demand on URHERE

The Scarlet Ibis - Film

Beth Morrison Projects

HERE - URHERE, online
urhere.art/archive/ibis

The Scarlet Ibis is an opera about family, illness, and the power of the imagination to soar above what’s considered “normal.” This world premiere by composer Stefan Weisman (Darkling) and librettist David Cote (Blind Injustice) fuses singers, puppetry, and multimedia stagecraft to tell the story of a remarkable disabled boy nicknamed “Doodle,” whose older brother pushes him to be like other kids. Set in rural North Carolina a century ago, The Scarlet Ibis contrasts notions of physical wholeness with mystical otherness The narrative (inspired by the short story by James Hurst) draws on elements of Southern Gothic, boy’s adventure, and domestic tragedy. Mallory Catlett directs; Steven Osgood (Dead Man Walking, Metropolitan Opera) conducts the American Modern Ensemble. For audiences 10 and up. The Scarlet Ibis was a part of the 2015 PROTOTYPE Festival, co-produced with Beth Morrison Projects

Available on-demand on URHERE

Spirited Away (Live on Stage) - Film

Based on the animated feature film by Hayao Miyazaki

On Demand
gkids.com/films/spirited-away-live-on-stage/#watch-now

Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®-winning animated feature film comes to life in this first-ever stage adaptation, full of dazzling sets, captivating musical numbers, and wondrous puppets of beloved characters. Adapted and directed by Tony Award®-winner John Caird (Les Misérables), two unique casts and performances were filmed during the show’s acclaimed 2022 run at Tokyo’s historic Imperial Theatre, featuring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro.

Send for the Million Men * - Film

Joseph Silovsky

HERE - URHERE, online
urhere.art/archive/sftmm

The “crime of the century” of the 1920s jolts to life in modern-day New York City in Joseph Silovsky’s micro-history multimedia tale, Send for the Million Men. With a compelling command of animatronics, robotics, puppetry, and handmade projectors, Silovsky examines the controversial executions of notorious anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. Their bleak fates intertwine with Silovsky’s own micro-tragic biography in a humorous and captivating history-rethink.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant (2010) and Workshop Grant (2009)

Available on-demand on URHERE