Center For Puppetry Arts
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Entertainment comes with strings attached at this theater, museum, and education center that features both wildly creative puppet plays for mature audiences and kid-lit adaptations that deliver fun for all ages.
The Rainbow Fish
Wednesday October 4, 2023 10:00 AM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22 regular; $27 VIP
The rainbow fish is the most beautiful fish in the sea, whose scales shimmer with all of the colors of the rainbow. When he refuses to share one of his beautiful scales he is ignored by all of the other fish. Not understanding why, he goes to the wise octopus. She encourages him to share his scales ...
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Audio Described: The Rainbow Fish Puppet Show
Sunday October 8, 2023 01:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22 regular; $27 VIP
Guests with visual impairments needing additional audio support will enjoy performances accompanied by live verbal commentary describing essential visuals in puppets, costumes, sets, and staging.
The rainbow fish is the most beautiful fish in the sea, whose scales shimmer with all of the colors of...
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The Ghastly Dreadfuls
Wednesday October 11, 2023 07:30 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22-$38
They’re back! The Ghastly Dreadfuls return from the dead for their yearly transit among the living. This deadly ensemble of musicians, dancers, and puppeteers rises from the dead to take audiences into the world beyond this mortal plane with a cavalcade of creepy stories, frightful songs, and devili...
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The Ghastly Dreadfuls
Friday October 13, 2023 08:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22-$38
They’re back! The Ghastly Dreadfuls return from the dead for their yearly transit among the living. This deadly ensemble of musicians, dancers, and puppeteers rises from the dead to take audiences into the world beyond this mortal plane with a cavalcade of creepy stories, frightful songs, and devili...
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The Halloween Puckin’ Fuppet Show
Saturday October 14, 2023 11:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $15-$25
Let’s Get Weird. SPOOKY WEIRD! “The Halloween Puckin’ Fuppet Show” is back with spooky-themed puppet shows and audience games for creeptacular prizes!
Featuring special guest artist: Katy Williams! “The Puckin’ Fuppet Show” is Atlanta’s premiere competitive Puppet Slam with CASH prizes for 1st, 2n...
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The Headless Horseman of Silly Hollow
Wednesday October 18, 2023 10:00 AM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22
A Halloween Classic with a Comic Twist!
By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME
Recommended for Ages 4 and up
An audience favorite! In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the headless horseman find a new head and a spookier im... [click here for more]
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The Headless Horseman of Silly Hollow
Wednesday October 18, 2023 11:30 AM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22
A Halloween Classic with a Comic Twist!
By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME
Recommended for Ages 4 and up
An audience favorite! In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the headless horseman find a new head and a spookier im... [click here for more]The Headless Horseman of Silly Hollow
Saturday October 21, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22
A Halloween Classic with a Comic Twist!
By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME
Recommended for Ages 4 and up
An audience favorite! In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the headless horseman find a new head and a spookier im... [click here for more]The Headless Horseman of Silly Hollow
Saturday October 21, 2023 01:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22
A Halloween Classic with a Comic Twist!
By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME
Recommended for Ages 4 and up
An audience favorite! In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the headless horseman find a new head and a spookier im... [click here for more]The Headless Horseman of Silly Hollow
Saturday October 21, 2023 03:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22
A Halloween Classic with a Comic Twist!
By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME
Recommended for Ages 4 and up
An audience favorite! In this comedic version of the classic Washington Irving tale, schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the headless horseman find a new head and a spookier im... [click here for more]Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy
Saturday September 23, 2023 07:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $20 nonmember; member $5
Learn about Jim Henson’s first television show, Sam and Friends!
Join us for a discussion with Craig Shemin on his book about Sam and Friends, the first television show Jim Henson ever worked on with his then classmate, Jane Nebel (later to be his wife), while they were students at the University ...
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 Screening and Talkback
Saturday September 9, 2023 07:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $25 nonmember; $15 member
Films and Conversations Series
Come Enjoy Cheesy Movies – The Worst Ever to Be Found with Joel Hodgson and Emily Marsh!
Join us for a special screening of one of the episodes from the current season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 followed by a talkback with Joel Hodgson, the original creator of... [click here for more]
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Puppets and Pints
Thursday September 7, 2023 06:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $20 nonmember; $10 member
Join us for the kick-off of our new evening series for adults, “Puppets and Pints”!
In honor of our new special exhibition, Puppetry NOW featuring Poncili Creacion, we are having a Caribbean-themed evening.
Check out the new exhibition featuring the colorful and imaginative work of Pablo and Efr... [click here for more]
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Puppets and Pints (18+)
Thursday September 7, 2023 06:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $20 nonmember; $10 member
Enjoy some after-hours fun!
Join us for the kickoff of our new evening series for adults, “Puppets and Pints”!
Cash bar and light bites provided. Ages 18+
Time: 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Ticket includes: admission to Worlds of Puppetry Museum, free onsite parking, and puppet building activity
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Brother Coyote, Sister Fox
Wednesday September 6, 2023 10:00 AM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22 regular; $27 VIP
Join Us for a Fun Bilingual Mexican Folktale
Presented by Thistle Theatre of Seattle, Washington
A delightful and hilarious adaptation of the beloved Mexican folktale. In this bilingual production, Brother Coyote conspires to eat Doña Conchita’s plump chickens. But quick-witted Sister Fox stays ... [click here for more]
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Author Talk with Paulette Richards
Thursday August 31, 2023 07:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $10 nonmember; $5 member
Films and Conversation Series
Learn about African American object performance
Join us for a discussion with Paulette Richards on her new book, Object Performance in the Black Atlantic (Routledge), which explores how African American object performance and puppetry connect to traditional African... [click here for more]
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Aanika’s Elephants
Sunday August 20, 2023 03:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22-$27
By Feisty Elephant, Little Shadow Productions, and Pam Arciero Productions of New York and Connecticut. Directed and produced by Pam Arciero.
From Sesame Street staff writer and children’s book author Annie Evans, comes a story of compassion and courage.
A young African girl named Aanika befrie... [click here for more]Aanika’s Elephants
Sunday August 20, 2023 01:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $22-$27
By Feisty Elephant, Little Shadow Productions, and Pam Arciero Productions of New York and Connecticut. Directed and produced by Pam Arciero.
From Sesame Street staff writer and children’s book author Annie Evans, comes a story of compassion and courage.
A young African girl named Aanika befrie... [click here for more]Sesame Street Panel with Martin P. Robinson, Pam Arciero, and Annie Evans
Saturday August 19, 2023 07:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $25 nonmember; $20 member
Films and Conversations Series
Join us for a special panel discussion with Pam Arciero, Annie Evans, and Martin P. Robinson as they discuss their careers both on and off Sesame Street.
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Sesame Street Panel
Saturday August 19, 2023 07:00 PM EDT
Center For Puppetry Arts
Cost: $20-$25
Join us for a special panel discussion with Pam Arciero, Annie Evans, and Martin P. Robinson (puppeteer for Mr. Snuffleupagus and Telly Monster) as they discuss their careers both on and off Sesame Street.
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Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00 PM