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March 29 (Sat) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
March 30 (Sun) 2025: 10:30 am | 1:00 pm
About the Show
Splash! Dive beneath the ocean’s sparkly surface to the wild and dripping-wet world of Little Big Eye — a puppet show that features actual underwater puppets in a 60-gallon tank!
Little Big Eye swims to the bottom of the ocean to find a life-changing elixir. With the help of an Octopus spirit guide, our little hero discovers the unique power of Big Eye fish: by acting as a community, Little Big Eye and his family can dazzle and confuse predators — and ultimately save the day by shining together!
This lush, explosively colorful show features original music and gorgeous handcrafted puppets made from everything from neoprene to cork to recycled plastics.
Puppet Showplace Theater's Incubator Program is proud to present the world premiere of this new, underwater version of Little Big Eye! An earlier version of this show premiered in Hawai'i at Honolulu Theatre for Youth, and was performed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
And, you’re invited to wear your best ocean-themed outfit to any performance of Little Big Eye! We’ll have special stickers for anyone sporting a bathing suit, goggles, mermaid costume, flippers, or any other sea-tastic looks!
Meet the Puppets
Stay after the show to meet the artists and see the puppets up close — the artists of Works with Water speak English, Spanish, and some Portuguese!
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 – 8
Underwater puppetry, mixed puppetry styles, and original music
Length: 35 minutes
Language: Wordless
From Boston and New York!
Kathleen Doyle: Writer, Director, Designer, Creator
Sam Noble: Production Stage Manager
Jennifer Rowenkamp: Composer
Michelle Schwengel: Crochet/Knit Designer
Emily Jones: Puppet Builder
Emily White: Puppet Builder
Madison J. Cripps: Puppet Builder
Sue Kassirer: Puppet Builder
Development of this show was supported by Honolulu Theatre For Youth, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, and Puppet Showplace Theater’s Incubator program.
About the Artist
Works With Water is a small-but-mighty street theater company devoted to bringing both expressive and elemental water to live puppet performance. Little Big Eye is their premiere presentation. Works With Water is really making a splash!
Kathleen Doyle, the artistic director and creator of Little Big Eye, is a theater designer whose work has been seen all across the country, from New York to California, from Alaska to Hawai’i and from Broadway to the West End. Kathleen's designs have been seen throughout New York City, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, La MaMa, H.E.R.E., New York City Center, the New Ohio, the Joyce Theater, The American Museum of Natural History, and The New Victory Theater. Her crafted builds have been seen at Walt Disney World, the Santa Fe Opera, and the Kennedy Center. Doyle’s puppets and puppet sketches have been exhibited in their own right at art galleries in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Daegu, South Korea, and New York City. Her work hangs in private and public art collections. Kathleen earned an M.A. in Dramaturgy from Villanova and an M.F.A. in Theater Design from N.Y.U. Tisch School of The Arts.
