A Wild &
Wonderful Evening✨
Join host Susan Linn with her long-time pal Audrey Duck for our Fall Puppet Slam!
Expect an evening of short-form puppetry for adults, featuring a range of puppetry styles, beer and wine, and a guaranteed good time.
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Oct 11 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am (PWYC) - CANCELLED
Encounter magnificent creatures from the wilds of your imagination as their quirky human caretaker tries to teach them new tricks in this colorful show from CactusHead Puppets!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3-7
Mixed puppetry styles, including table top and direct manipulation
Oct 25 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
The brave prince Ram and his allies must rescue his kidnapped wife Sita from the evil King Ravan in this ancient Indian story from the Ramayana! This silly puppet show introduces children to the core characters and story of the Hindu festival Diwali.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3-7
Hand puppets
Oct 26 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
The brave prince Ram and his allies must rescue his kidnapped wife Sita from the evil King Ravan in this ancient Indian story from the Ramayana! This silly puppet show introduces children to the core characters and story of the Hindu festival Diwali.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3-7
Hand puppets
Nov 1 (Sat) 2025: 1:00 pm (PWYC)
A timid ghost, his skeleton father, and a mysterious scarecrow have lots of laughs in this all-ages Halloween puppet show.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3 - 6
Hand puppets
Nov 2 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am
A timid ghost, his skeleton father, and a mysterious scarecrow have lots of laughs in this all-ages Halloween puppet show.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3 - 6
Hand puppets
Nov 8 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am
When his caboose is stranded, a train engineer discovers puppet characters and enchanting musical stories inside a suitcase!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3 – 7
Hand puppets and live music
Nov 9 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am
When his caboose is stranded, a train engineer discovers puppet characters and enchanting musical stories inside a suitcase!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3 – 7
Hand puppets and live music
Nov 11 (Tues) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm — Veteran’s Day!
When his caboose is stranded, a train engineer discovers puppet characters and enchanting musical stories inside a suitcase!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3 – 7
Hand puppets and live music
Nov 15 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Join us for an interactive double feature, with plenty of adventure, jokes, and Haitian folklore!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 5 - 10
Marionettes
Nov 16 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Join us for an interactive double feature, with plenty of adventure, jokes, and Haitian folklore!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 5 - 10
Marionettes
Nov 22 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm (PWYC)
Come along with Lucky Duck and his friends from the Fairy Tale Forest in this interactive, silly rendition of this classic story.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Hand, hand and rod, and rod puppets
Nov 23 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Come along with Lucky Duck and his friends from the Fairy Tale Forest in this interactive, silly rendition of this classic story.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Hand, hand and rod, and rod puppets
Nov 28 (Fri) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm | 3:00 pm
While lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretel encounter many challenges (including a witch!) and must call upon their inner reserves to make it through in this beautiful adaptation.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 9
Marionettes
Nov 29 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
While lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretel encounter many challenges (including a witch!) and must call upon their inner reserves to make it through in this beautiful adaptation.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 9
Marionettes
Nov 30 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
While lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretel encounter many challenges (including a witch!) and must call upon their inner reserves to make it through in this beautiful adaptation.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 9
Marionettes
Dec 6 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm (PWYC)
When two trolls take care of the fairies’ garden, they have to decide what’s more important — their deluxe toaster or the fairies’ cherished tree?
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 10
Hand puppets and live lute music
Dec 7 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
When two trolls take care of the fairies’ garden, they have to decide what’s more important — their deluxe toaster or the fairies’ cherished tree?
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 10
Hand puppets and live lute music
Dec 13 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
How do you play dreidel and why? Join Ziva the cat as she goes back to the time of the first Hanukkah to recover the missing letters on her dreidel!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Hand puppets
Dec 14 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
How do you play dreidel and why? Join Ziva the cat as she goes back to the time of the first Hanukkah to recover the missing letters on her dreidel!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Hand puppets
Dec 19 (Fri) 2025: 4:00 pm
Celebrate the season with a family-friendly sing-along featuring dancing snowmen, jingle bells, and lots of snowy fun!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Mixed puppetry styles and live music
Dec 20 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm | 3:00 pm
Celebrate the season with a family-friendly sing-along featuring dancing snowmen, jingle bells, and lots of snowy fun!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Mixed puppetry styles and live music
Dec 21 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm | 3:00 pm
Celebrate the season with a family-friendly sing-along featuring dancing snowmen, jingle bells, and lots of snowy fun!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Mixed puppetry styles and live music
Dec 22 (Mon) 2025: 4:00 pm
Celebrate the season with a family-friendly sing-along featuring dancing snowmen, jingle bells, and lots of snowy fun!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Mixed puppetry styles and live music
Dec 23 (Tues) 2025: 1:00 pm | 4:00 pm
Celebrate the season with a family-friendly sing-along featuring dancing snowmen, jingle bells, and lots of snowy fun!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Mixed puppetry styles and live music
Dec 24 (Wed) 2025: 10:30 am
Celebrate the season with a family-friendly sing-along featuring dancing snowmen, jingle bells, and lots of snowy fun!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 2 - 9
Mixed puppetry styles and live music
Dec 27 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
When a wicked witch curses the baby princess Aurora, the entire kingdom falls into a deep sleep. Will a prince with a true heart arrive in time to break the spell?
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 8
Marionettes
Dec 28 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
When a wicked witch curses the baby princess Aurora, the entire kingdom falls into a deep sleep. Will a prince with a true heart arrive in time to break the spell?
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 8
Marionettes
Dec 29 (Mon) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
When a wicked witch curses the baby princess Aurora, the entire kingdom falls into a deep sleep. Will a prince with a true heart arrive in time to break the spell?
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 8
Marionettes
Dec 30 (Tues) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
When a wicked witch curses the baby princess Aurora, the entire kingdom falls into a deep sleep. Will a prince with a true heart arrive in time to break the spell?
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 - 8
Marionettes
Jan 1 (Thu) 2026: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Naughty Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother and sets off to find adventure — and lunch! — in Mr. McGregor’s garden.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 3-7
Hand puppets
Oct 18 (Sat) 2025: 8:00 pm
Join us for an evening of short-form puppetry for adults, featuring a range of puppetry styles, beer and wine, and a guaranteed good time.
Recommended for adults and teens 16+
Oct 23 (Thurs) 2025 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Participants will create their own hand puppets before learning the best hand puppetry techniques — and secrets! — from an expert.
Recommended for adults 18+
Oct 30 (Thurs) 2025 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Take your hand puppetry skills to the next level with this advanced techniques workshop.
Recommended for adults 18+
Nov 13 (Thurs) 2025 | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Learn the fundamentals of marionette puppetry guided by experienced puppeteer Emmanuel Elpenord, with a special focus on ergonomics.
Recommended for adults 18+
Nov 14 (Fri) 2025: 8:00 pm
Folk musician Elizabeth LaPrelle and visual artist Erik Ruin combine forces for an evening of ballads and crankies.
Recommended for adults and teens 13+
Crankies, shadow puppets, and live music
Join Puppet Showplace, the Churchill family, and the puppetry community in celebrating the life of Paul Vincent Davis on Sunday, September 14.
Hear from three Brookline High School students about their summer internship at Puppet Showplace!
“Here in Brookline, there are many ways one can form and even find their own community, including at Puppet Showplace, which is full of puppet shows from around the world…”
On August 1st, Puppet Showplace audiences headed outdoors to Allerton Overlook in Brookline, MA to enjoy scenes from the dramatic epic Ramayana…
“Picture this: It's a warm summer evening and you finally arrive at a lush, peaceful park overlook. There’s already a crowd sitting comfortably on the grass, and a special kind of stage has already been put up…”
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Paul Vincent Davis, an acclaimed puppeteer whose artistry, mentorship, and advocacy helped shape American puppet theater for generations, passed away peacefully at the age of 90 on Monday, August 4.
That was the sweet exclamation from the audience during one performance of Party Animals by Sarah Nolen of Puppet Motion (and the resident artist of Puppet Showplace), during the show’s premiere run on June 7 - 15.
Puppet Showplace is a home for many artists, including musician Tony Leva of The Gottabees — who shares his “open letter to Puppet Showplace” below!
“If you’ve never caught a Puppet Showplace Theater show before, you’re missing out on some serious magic…”
Puppet Showplace Theater is dedicated to presenting outstanding puppetry to diverse audiences through performances, workshops, and community outreach activities.
Puppet Showplace Theater is supported by...
Puppet Showplace Theater is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and the Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Next week, on October 9th, people nationwide are increasing the impact of their Donor Advised Funds by giving together!