Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Archives

A woman in a black dress reclines in shadowy light. She is holding a puppet figure made of ice. She is barefoot, her feet covered with dirt.

Water, ice, shadows, and squirrels

by Kimzyn Campbell January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

For 12 days this month, Chicago will be home to fantastical puppets and artists from Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Norway, Japan, South Africa, Spain, and the United States. The shows in the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival (now in its fifth year) cover a diverse range of topics, from reimagining classic myths and […]

Agenda

Propaganda party, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, and more

by Kerry Reid and Salem Collo-Julin November 11, 2022November 11, 2022

About Face: Veterans Against the War is a group of post-9/11 service members and veterans advocating for an end of foreign policy that creates war and against the use of military weapons and tactics in communities across the U.S. This evening in observance of Veterans Day, the group hosts a Demilitarize and Abolish Propaganda Party, […]

Arts & Culture

‘You have to respect the power of objects’

by Max Maller November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

In July, as COVID-19 restrictions began to lift and the Chicago performing arts geared themselves up to resurrect, the Rough House Theater Co. headquarters at coartistic directors Claire Saxe and Mike Oleon’s home in Humboldt Park morphed into a puppet rehearsal palace. Rough House’s anthology production House of the Exquisite Corpse wouldn’t be opening at […]