Showtimes & Tickets
$50 Premium Ticket — includes a reserved seat, a drink ticket, and a surprise treat!
$20 Early Bird Ticket — available until Friday April 5 at 4:59 pm
$25 Regular Ticket — available after Friday April 5 at 5:00 pm
$3 Ticket with Card to Culture (WIC, EBT, MassHealth ConnectorCare) All community discounts →
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On sale February 24.
Members Only Presale starts February 22!
Apr 20 (Sat): 8:00 pm — SOLD OUT
Visit the box office on Saturday at 7:30 pm to add your name to the wait list. You may only join the wait list in-person.
About the Show
Ever seen shower curtain shadow puppetry? Or sex ed from a mole? No? Well, you should — these are just a few examples of past Puppet Slam acts! A couple times a year Puppet Showplace Theater stays open late to showcase the region's finest short-form puppetry acts...for adults! Each piece is performed by a different artist, and the content ranges from the hilarious to the profound. Performers include veteran professionals and first-time puppeteers, and acts often feature musicians, dancers, circus performers, and other artists.
Highlights include:
a shadow crankie with live music, inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, by Amy West, Jess Martin, and Abby Hanna
colorful puppets by fiber artist William PK Carter
a retelling of a gruesome Russian folktale featuring a fox and a cabbage by Inventing Trees
excerpts from Sueños by Pinned & Sewtured — full-length premiere planned for 2025 at Puppet Showplace Theater!
a whimsical, yet horror-adjacent, shadow dollhouse show about postpartum psychosis by Brzezinski & Schap
a rare adult-oriented performance from Harry LaCoste, who performs for our preschool audience weekly
and more!
So, what are you waiting for? Join host Susan Linn with her long-time pal Audrey Duck 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+
This event is partially supported by The Puppet Slam Network.
About the Host
Susan Linn’s astonishing career has taken her from the set of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood to the front page of the New York Times. Through it all, Audrey Duck, her ageless avian sidekick, has provided cheeky, occasionally neurotic, always truthful commentary.
An author, psychologist, and award-winning ventriloquist, Susan Linn, Ed.D., is a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of media and commercial marketing on children. Her book Consuming Kids has been praised in publications as diverse as The Wall Street Journal and Mother Jones, and helped launch the movement to reclaim childhood from corporate marketers. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, Today, Sixty Minutes, Dateline, The Colbert Report, and the acclaimed documentary The Corporation. Her most recent book, Who's Raising The Kids?, was published in 2022. Learn more about Susan at consumingkids.com.
