International puppet festival chicago7/30/2023 ![]() For 14,000+ national and international guests, The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival presented a substantial, in-person puppet festival, an oasis of fascination and artistry - representing a breadth of style, quality of work and spectacular depth of artistic achievement from the US. From bunraku, to shadow, to crankie scroll, pageant-style puppets and more, puppets took over for an 12 amazing days and nights of inspiration and invention. The Festival includes performances, symposium, Catapult artist intensive, workshops, the Free. In the heart of winter, the Festival spans 12 days and dozens of Chicago venues, sharing 100+puppetry activities with 14,000+ guests. Artists came from Chicago, the nation and internationally from Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Iceland, Norway, South Africa, and Spain. Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Theater, Puppet shows Photograph: Alex Birns Buy ticket Time Out says Cant get enough of marionettes Youll love the Chicago. Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and the Poetry Foundation partner to remount Manual Cinemas No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks. The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is the largest event dedicated to the artform in North America. Over 105 performances and events Astonished & Delighted attendees. Audiences returned to venues all over Chicago for “Chicago’s Best Festival” (runner up behind only Ravinia Festival). The Chicago Puppet Studio is the design and manufacturing arm of The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival organization creating original puppetry elements for theaters and theater artists nationally. ![]() ![]() Though the Festival did return successfully in the middle of Omicron in 2022, which was a wonderful restart - the 2023 Festival blew it right out of the water - beginning with watery Opening Night performances of Moby Dick. Chicago’s appetite for puppetry was proven yet again with more sold out shows than ever before and a delicious variety of international performances! This 5th edition of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival was a great return and the inaugural year of the Festival becoming an annual event. We have quite a July planned for you Tonight was a big exciting Open House with a great crowd as the Puppet Lab artists. 410 South Michigan Ave Suite 310 Chicago, IL 60605 CONTACt Administrative Office: 31 General Email: accessibility The Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival strives to present programs that are accessible to all.
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