Shows Every Day During Vacation Week!
Join us for Vacation Week Palooza and three fantastic shows: The Loose Caboose by Harry LaCoste, Cinderella by Tanglewood Marionettes, and Everybody Loves Pirates by Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers.
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Apr 25 (Fri) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Eight-year-old Lucy and her goofy pal Little Chucky are searching for buried treasure, but a gang of bumbling pirates keeps getting in the way!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 – 9
Mouth and rod puppetry
Apr 26 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Eight-year-old Lucy and her goofy pal Little Chucky are searching for buried treasure, but a gang of bumbling pirates keeps getting in the way!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 – 9
Mouth and rod puppetry
Apr 27 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Eight-year-old Lucy and her goofy pal Little Chucky are searching for buried treasure, but a gang of bumbling pirates keeps getting in the way!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 – 9
Mouth and rod puppetry
May 3 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm (PWYC)
Help Sylvie and her family of homespun creatures find a new home in this joyously silly and deeply poignant show.
Recommended for all ages, especially enjoyed by 3 - 13
Mixed puppetry styles
May 4 (Sun) | 9:00 am
A fun, interactive performance & play experience designed for very young children and their grown-ups!
Infants & preschoolers, with their grown-ups
May 4 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Help Sylvie and her family of homespun creatures find a new home in this joyously silly and deeply poignant show.
Recommended for all ages, especially enjoyed by 3 - 13
Mixed puppetry styles
May 10 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Get ready to explore the world under your feet in this underground puppet adventure! Tunnel down with Worm and Sprout as they discover the mysterious life found inside soil.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by 3 - 8
Mixed puppetry styles
May 11 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Get ready to explore the world under your feet in this underground puppet adventure! Tunnel down with Worm and Sprout as they discover the mysterious life found inside soil.
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by 3 - 8
Mixed puppetry styles
May 13 (Tue) | 10:30 am - 11:30 am
A fun, interactive performance & play experience designed for very young children and their grown-ups.
Infants & preschoolers, with their grown-ups
Location: Brookline Town Hall
May 17 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am
A gloriously silly and inventive ode to the feelings we have when we choose our clothes… and what happens when our clothes come to life.
Recommended for all ages, especially enjoyed by 3 - 8
Mixed puppetry styles
May 18 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
A gloriously silly and inventive ode to the feelings we have when we choose our clothes… and what happens when our clothes come to life.
Recommended for all ages, especially enjoyed by 3 - 8
Mixed puppetry styles
June 7 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm (PWYC)
Party Animals follows four furry friends as they navigate the biggest social hurdle of their young lives — throwing their first party!
This latest Incubator world premiere comes from Sarah Nolen (Puppet Motion) — creator of Judy Saves the Day and Lisa the Wise; and our beloved Resident Artist!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 5 - 9
Hand puppetry
June 8 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Party Animals follows four furry friends as they navigate the biggest social hurdle of their young lives — throwing their first party!
This latest Incubator world premiere comes from Sarah Nolen (Puppet Motion) — creator of Judy Saves the Day and Lisa the Wise; and our beloved Resident Artist!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 5 - 9
Hand puppetry
June 14 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Party Animals follows four furry friends as they navigate the biggest social hurdle of their young lives — throwing their first party!
This latest Incubator world premiere comes from Sarah Nolen (Puppet Motion) — creator of Judy Saves the Day and Lisa the Wise; and our beloved Resident Artist!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 5 - 9
Hand puppetry
June 15 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
Party Animals follows four furry friends as they navigate the biggest social hurdle of their young lives — throwing their first party!
This latest Incubator world premiere comes from Sarah Nolen (Puppet Motion) — creator of Judy Saves the Day and Lisa the Wise; and our beloved Resident Artist!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 5 - 9
Hand puppetry
Aug 18 (Mon) - Aug 22 (Fri) 2025 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Aftercare available!
In Marionette Maestro, kids will dive into the exciting world of string marionettes, designing their very own puppet and learning to control it with precision and musical flair!
Rising 2nd - 8th Graders
Aug 25 (Mon) - Aug 29 (Fri) 2025 | 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Aftercare available!
Blast off into an out-of-this-world adventure with Puppets in Space! Young creators will design, build, and control their own cosmic puppets, preparing them for a journey across the stars.
Rising 2nd - 8th Graders
Apr 28 (Mon) 2025: 8:00 pm
Students from the Colleges of the Fenway Theater Ensemble and the COF Puppet Lab are proud to present our first Puppet Slam! Join us for a fun and energetic night filled with SNL inspired skits, musical numbers, stop animation shorts, and MORE!
Recommended for adults 18+
May 17 ( Sat) 2025
Celebrate 50 years of Puppet Showplace Theater with a super special puppet slam at Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre! More details to come.
In January, we celebrated the many languages of our community and audience with two special shows.
Over the past few months, we’ve welcomed a handful of talented folks to the Puppet Showplace team.
We are thrilled to announce the recipients of Puppet Showplace Theater’s 2025 Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers!
As a supporter of Puppet Showplace, you know that theater brings us together. But for some families, even an $18 ticket is a barrier to joining in.
It’s a summer afternoon and Natsumi, age 10, is here to express herself. She doesn’t want to act in a play — “I don't like it when eyes are on me,” — but she loves designing her own puppets and creating shows in our vacation week programs.
As I write this, Puppet Showplace is preparing to announce the 5th cohort of our Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers (CRBP). This program is expanding from two months to six months so that we can offer more support, mentorship, and community-building to support early-stage works by Black artists.
Each year we receive hundreds of thank you cards from children who have come to Puppet Showplace Theater on field trips.
Today we want to share their thanks with you.
Now in its 5th year, Puppet Showplace’s Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers has invested in 20 Black artists since 2020 by supporting creative research at the earliest stage of production development.
This fall, shows that were nurtured at Puppet Showplace are spreading their wings, and performing at amazing venues all over Boston and New England.
“We've found that audiences really respond to the relaxed environment of an outdoor show. By nearly doubling the number of shows and quadrupling the neighborhoods reached, we aim to reach diverse communities and connect with new audiences through the joy of puppetry."
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.
The world premiere of the underwater version of Little Big Eye by Works with Water was a splashing success, with two sold-out weekends,!