We are filled with the energy of making it all happen,” said Thomas. “Chicago demands more puppetry and the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival is delighted to oblige! Our fifth edition is our biggest to date and the first time turning around a new festival within one year as we move to an annual model. Returning in 2023 are the FREE Neighborhood Tour, puppetry workshops, two days of free symposiums in the Studebaker Theater, co-presented by the School of the Art Institute, presented in-person and live streamed via Howlround, and two weekends of the Catapult Artist Intensive.īlair Thomas, Founder and Artistic Director, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. ![]() And, be sure to stop on the second floor in Exile in Bookville which is welcoming festival-goers with a special display of books on puppetry, and plenty of copies of the many works of literature being brought to stage all over the city at this year's festival.Īdd a Puppet Hub photo exhibit celebrating Basil Twist, one of two exhibits featuring the work of photographer Richard Termine, plus Twist’s live presentation of his amazing sliding Japanese panel work, Dogugaeshi (January 26-29, Logan Center for the Arts), and this year boasts a Mini-Basil Twist Fest within a fest. If you didn’t get a ticket to see as though your body were right, you can pop in and check out the remarkable set designed for only seven audience members at a time. Or, tour an exhibit of the original storyboards, puppet characters, and miniature sets and props created by the Chicago Puppet Studio for Vancouver, the multi-award winning, made-for-film puppet theater collaboration with Ma-Yi Theater Company. Then, check into Motel, a puppet show by Dan Hurlin that doesn’t move. Upstairs in the Fine Arts Building, ride Chicago’s last remaining manual elevator to the fourth floor and stop in at The Spoke & Bird Pop-Up Cafe, a central meeting place serving coffee, tea, winter soups and baked treats in a cozy, puppet-inspired setting. Also at the Studebaker, the Chicago Puppet Festival will present its first-ever film screening of Basil Twist’s Symphonie Fantastique Film on January 24. New in 2023 is establishment of a Pop-Up Puppet Hub with site-specific events activating various spaces in the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue for all 12 days of the festival.įirst, the Fine Arts Building’s newly renovated Studebaker Theater will be the site of of two monster productions, including festival opener Moby Dick, a spectacle production by Plexus Polaire (Norway/France) featuring a whale-sized whale, January 18-21, and closing with Frankenstein from Chicago’s own Manual Cinema, January 27-29. Ten countries are represented this year, including Brazil, Canada, Czechia, Finland, France, Norway, Japan, South Africa, Spain and the United States, specifically, New York, Boston and Chicago. and around the world to be presented at theaters and community venues throughout the city. Watch the new sizzle reel previewing the 5th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.Īrtistic Director and Festival Founder Blair Thomas and Executive Director Sandy Smith Gerding have built a diverse roster of top contemporary puppets acts and artists from Chicago, the U.S.
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