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Chicago Intl Puppet Festival

Next Up: The 2026 Spring Living Room Tour featuring Mark Down from “The Sex Lives of Puppets” + Spring Workshops Series

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Chicago Puppet Festival presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience the 160 year old Japanese traditional puppetry style Kuruma Ningyō (cart puppetry). Fifth Generation Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V, headmaster of Hachiōji Kuruma Ningyō in Japan, will lead a master class with assistance from his student Tom Lee.

🗓️Sunday, May 31 at the Fine Arts Building.

Limited scholarships available upon request.

🔗 IN BIO

https://chicagopuppetfest.org


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Chicago Puppet Festival presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience the 160 year old Japanese traditional puppetry style Kuruma Ningyō (cart puppetry). Fifth Generation Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V, headmaster of Hachiōji Kuruma Ningyō in Japan, will lead a master class with assistance from his student Tom Lee.

🗓️Sunday, May 31 at the Fine Arts Building.

Limited scholarships available upon request.

🔗 IN BIO

https://chicagopuppetfest.org


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2 weeks ago

Chicago Puppet Festival presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience the 160 year old Japanese traditional puppetry style Kuruma Ningyō (cart puppetry). Fifth Generation Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V, headmaster of Hachiōji Kuruma Ningyō in Japan, will lead a master class with assistance from his student Tom Lee.

🗓️Sunday, May 31 at the Fine Arts Building.

Limited scholarships available upon request.

🔗 IN BIO

https://chicagopuppetfest.org


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2
2 weeks ago

Chicago Puppet Festival presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience the 160 year old Japanese traditional puppetry style Kuruma Ningyō (cart puppetry). Fifth Generation Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V, headmaster of Hachiōji Kuruma Ningyō in Japan, will lead a master class with assistance from his student Tom Lee.

🗓️Sunday, May 31 at the Fine Arts Building.

Limited scholarships available upon request.

🔗 IN BIO

https://chicagopuppetfest.org


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2 weeks ago

Chicago Puppet Festival presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience the 160 year old Japanese traditional puppetry style Kuruma Ningyō (cart puppetry). Fifth Generation Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V, headmaster of Hachiōji Kuruma Ningyō in Japan, will lead a master class with assistance from his student Tom Lee.

🗓️Sunday, May 31 at the Fine Arts Building.

Limited scholarships available upon request.

🔗 IN BIO

https://chicagopuppetfest.org


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2 weeks ago

Thank You for making the 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival a great success!

We hope you had as much fun as we did! Let us know how you think the Festival is doing and you could win a $50 Festival gift certificate.

TAKE THE FESTIVAL SURVEY
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📷: Suki from BlindSummit @blindsummit “The Sex Lives of Puppets”


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3 months ago

Introducing 🌍 PEOPLE IN PUPPETRY: A GLOBAL GALLERY !!!

This is a living, growing gallery of puppeteers, designers/builders, curators, teaching artists, directors, filmmakers, and others in the world of puppet theater. We want to include as many people in puppetry as possible.

→ Add yourself today. Share the link with the puppet people you know.

✨ PeopleInPuppetry.com
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📝 Then take our short, anonymous Survey of Puppeteers and help shape the future of the Festival. You could win a 2026 Festival Artist Button — free entry to any show with available seating at the 2026 Festival!! 🎟️🔥

You don’t need to be in the gallery to take the survey — but we hope you’ll do both!

📸: Courtesy of the Artists. See the “People In Puppetry” gallery for details.

#PeopleInPuppetry #GlobalGallery #PuppetryCommunity #PuppeteersUnite #PuppetryFestival @peopleinpuppetry


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9 months ago

Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

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Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago


Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

🔗 IN BIO

Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago

Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

🔗 IN BIO

Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago

Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

🔗 IN BIO

Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago

Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

🔗 IN BIO

Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago

Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

🔗 IN BIO

Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago

Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

🔗 IN BIO

Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago

Drumroll: Announcing the 2026 Summer Workshop Series! Scholarships Available!

🔗 IN BIO

Take a live online workshop from anywhere in the world or join us at the Fine Arts Building! Whether you choose a 1-session intensive or a series of over several weeks, these workshops offer a range of puppetry styles with expert instruction to create within a fun, communal format. These are some of the most enjoyable and productive workshop opportunities out there. And scholarships are available!

https://chicagopuppetfest.org/puppetry-workshops

@chicagopuppetstudio
@chinesetheatreworks
@myra.y.su
@wondersparkpuppets
@ohmygoshuajoshua


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1 days ago


🌍 PEOPLE IN PUPPETRY: A GLOBAL GALLERY !!!

Check out this living, growing gallery of puppeteers, designers/builders, curators, teaching artists, directors, filmmakers, and others in the world of puppet theater.

→ Add yourself today. Share the link with the puppet people you know.

✨ PeopleInPuppetry.com
🔗 IN BIO

📸: Courtesy of the Artists.

Jerrell Henderson @directnu15
Heather Henson @greenbirdfeather
Julian Crouch @juliancrouch
Andrew Marchetti @amarchetti2.0
Leah Lara @lootie_draw
Lolly Extract
Lisa Weiss
Bonnie Duncan @bonniedone
Pierre-Yves Charlois
Averly Sheltraw @averlysheltraw
Martin P Robinson @martinp.robinson


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🌍 PEOPLE IN PUPPETRY: A GLOBAL GALLERY !!!

Check out this living, growing gallery of puppeteers, designers/builders, curators, teaching artists, directors, filmmakers, and others in the world of puppet theater.

→ Add yourself today. Share the link with the puppet people you know.

✨ PeopleInPuppetry.com
🔗 IN BIO

📸: Courtesy of the Artists.

Bonnie Duncan @bonniedone
Joe Newman-Getzler joenewmangetzler
Sherwin Rackal @thespacecowboy88
Vanessa Valliere @vanessavalliere
Wayne Martin @waynemartinpuppets
J Hann @jhannham
Alonso Galue @a.galue


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🌍 PEOPLE IN PUPPETRY: A GLOBAL GALLERY !!!

Check out this living, growing gallery of puppeteers, designers/builders, curators, teaching artists, directors, filmmakers, and others in the world of puppet theater.

→ Add yourself today. Share the link with the puppet people you know.

✨ PeopleInPuppetry.com
🔗 IN BIO

📸: Courtesy of the Artists.

Vanessa Valliere @vanessavalliere
Dan Kerr-Hobert @dankerrhobert
Linda Wingerter @pollysonic
Noah Ginex @colonelernie
Toby Olie @tobyolie
David Ronston @esmereldathepuppet
Rachel Singer @practiceofimagination
Derek Lux @thedlux
Leah Lara @lootie_draw
Julia Miller @thejuliamiller
Sarah Fornace @manual_cinema
Sam Locke @samclocke
Bernard J Brown @_goodacademy_
Ana McKenzie


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Last Call. Make a donation of any amount in support of the 2027 Festival today and enjoy a special thank you—an exclusive link to view “BAG,” a staggering short film entirely made of cardboard, Robin Frohardt, the visionary behind The Plastic Bag Store.

🔗 IN BIO
https://chicagopuppetfest.org/support/


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🌍 PEOPLE IN PUPPETRY: A GLOBAL GALLERY !!!

Check out this living, growing gallery of puppeteers, designers/builders, curators, teaching artists, directors, filmmakers, and others in the world of puppet theater.

→ Add yourself today. Share the link with the puppet people you know.

✨ PeopleInPuppetry.com
🔗 IN BIO

📸: Courtesy of the Artists.

Sharaina Turnage @sharaina_latrice
Sarah Olmsted Thomas @saraholmstedthomas
Michele Stine @michele_joy_stine
Arlee Chadwick @arleechadwick
Alissa Hunnicutt @puppetmissy
Joe Mazza @brave.lux
Kim Campbell @kimzyn
Aya Nakamura @mademoisellelychee
Christopher Knowlton @chrisknowlton
TJ Jacobs
Cinna Vesterberg
Carol Trobe
Liana Bedwi @lianabdewi
Angelo Aiello


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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1 weeks ago

Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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1 weeks ago

Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_


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Shadow Puppetry 1 with @chinesetheatreworks starts TOMORROW! And scholarships (up to 50%) are still available!

🔗 IN BIO

https://chicagopuppetfest.org


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The next edition of the Chicago Puppet Fest will be here before you know it, and it is all thanks to our family of supporters. In a world where almost everything is disposable, our donors help sustain our work—and our thanks is eternal.

Make a donation of any amount by May 15, 2026 and enjoy a special thank you—an exclusive link to view “BAG,” a staggering short film, Robin Frohardt, the visionary behind The Plastic Bag Store.

🔗 IN BIO
https://chicagopuppetfest.org/support/


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