Center For Puppetry Arts

Sharpen Your Sketchbook Skills

Join us for Sketchbook Saturdays! On the first Saturday of every month, we welcome guests to practice their observational drawing with items on display in our galleries. Each month we will focus on a different object in our collection.

We will supply sketch paper, pe...

Cost: $15.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family Flap your flippers and get ready to go on a seafaring adventure in this spectacular new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid! The Sea King’s daughter saved a pirate from a terrible storm and is now deeply in love. Her only chance to win...

Cost: $15.00

Categories: Community

The Hip Hopera Performance By Jeghetto’s Entertainment of Durham, NC

Using music, video, and magical marionettes, the show spins the story to which its title and Jeghetto’s moniker refer into an Afrofuturist parable about a robot that longs to be a real B-boy in a post-apocalyp...

Cost: $35.00

Categories: Community

The Hip Hopera Performance By Jeghetto’s Entertainment of Durham, NC

Using music, video, and magical marionettes, the show spins the story to which its title and Jeghetto’s moniker refer into an Afrofuturist parable about a robot that longs to be a real B-boy in a post-apocalyp...

Cost: $35.00

Categories: Community

The Hip Hopera Performance By Jeghetto’s Entertainment of Durham, NC

Using music, video, and magical marionettes, the show spins the story to which its title and Jeghetto’s moniker refer into an Afrofuturist parable about a robot that longs to be a real B-boy in a post-apocalyp...

Cost: $35.00

Using music, video, and magical marionettes, the show spins the story to which its title and Jeghetto’s moniker refer into an Afrofuturist parable about a robot that longs to be a real B-boy in a post-apocalyptic future. The 5P1N0K10 universe takes the stage. This Hip Hopera created by Jeghetto and ...

Cost: $30

Categories: Community

The Power of Kindness

By Axis Theatre of Vancouver, BC Canada Based on the book By Eileen Spinelli and Illustrated by Paul Yalowitz, Adapted by Chris McGregor

“Then he did something he had never done before… he laughed!”

Mr. Hatch leads a predictable and dreary life; he k...

Cost: $22.00

The Power of Kindness

By Axis Theatre of Vancouver, BC Canada Based on the book By Eileen Spinelli and Illustrated by Paul Yalowitz, Adapted by Chris McGregor “Then he did something he had never done before… he laughed!”

Mr. Hatch leads a predictable and dreary life; he keeps to himself. Then, one V...

Cost: $22.00

Categories: Community

By Jeghetto’s Entertainment of Durham, NC Special Exhibition June 17th- Sept 25th Puppetry NOW turns the museum’s focus to the art of our time and artists with limited representation in our historical collections.

Tarish Pipkins a.k.a. Jeghetto, was born in the small steel mill...

Cost: $15.00

Categories: Community

Register Now! Ages: 10-12 Dates: June 6-10, 2022 (Mon-Fri) Mon-Thurs: 9am-3pm Fri: 12pm-7pm Campers must be present each day

This June, children ages 10 to 12 will have the opportunity to participate in Puppet Theatre Camp, an immersive, exciting, week-long adventure that wil...

Cost: $395/camper

Sharpen Your Sketchbook Skills

Join us for Sketchbook Saturdays! On the first Saturday of every month, we welcome guests to practice their observational drawing with items on display in our galleries. Each month we will focus on a different object in our collection.

We will supply sketch paper, pe...

Cost: $15

Sharpen Your Sketchbook Skills

Join us for Sketchbook Saturdays! On the first Saturday of every month, we welcome guests to practice their observational drawing with items on display in our galleries. Each month we will focus on a different object in our collection.

We will supply sketch paper, pe...

Cost: $15.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Join In the Experiment By Various Artists

What happens when artists join forces to create original puppetry works for adult audiences? XPT! Celebrating 36 years of experimentation, come find out what this year holds! From traditional forms of puppetry to films and...

Cost: $18.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

Sensory-Friendly Sunday featuring Pete the Cat USE PROMO CODE ASD for 20% OFF CENTER TICKETS!

Guests with sensory sensitivities (such as Autism Spectrum Disorder) and other developmental differences are invited to see Pete the Cat and enjoy the Center for ...

Cost: $26-$31

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

Sensory-Friendly Sunday featuring Pete the Cat USE PROMO CODE ASD for 20% OFF CENTER TICKETS!

Guests with sensory sensitivities (such as Autism Spectrum Disorder) and other developmental differences are invited to see Pete the Cat and enjoy the Center for ...

Cost: $26-$31

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Join In the Experiment By Various Artists

What happens when artists join forces to create original puppetry works for adult audiences? XPT! Celebrating 36 years of experimentation, come find out what this year holds! From traditional forms of puppetry to films and...

Cost: $18.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Join In the Experiment By Various Artists

What happens when artists join forces to create original puppetry works for adult audiences? XPT! Celebrating 36 years of experimentation, come find out what this year holds! From traditional forms of puppetry to films and...

Cost: $18.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Join In the Experiment By Various Artists

What happens when artists join forces to create original puppetry works for adult audiences? XPT! Celebrating 36 years of experimentation, come find out what this year holds! From traditional forms of puppetry to films and...

Cost: $18.00

Sharpen Your Sketchbook Skills

Join us for Sketchbook Saturdays! On the first Saturday of every month, we welcome guests to practice their observational drawing with items on display in our galleries. Each month we will focus on a different object in our collection.

We will supply sketch paper, pe...

Cost: $15.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

Sharpen Your Sketchbook Skills

Join us for Sketchbook Saturdays! On the first Saturday of every month, we welcome guests to practice their observational drawing with items on display in our galleries. Each month we will focus on a different object in our col...

Cost: $15.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

A Magical Day Guaranteed to Educate, Entertain, and Inspire. Join us at the Center for Puppetry Arts for a celebration of puppetry and STEM!

The art of puppetry is steeped in STEM! Puppet designers use engineering concepts when they design, puppet builders...

Cost: $26-$31

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family, Online

A Beloved Children's Tale Comes to Life PRESENTED LIVE ONLINE VIA ZOOM

A stuffed velveteen rabbit is given as a Christmas gift to a small boy and so begins the rabbit’s journey of transformation. Counseled by the kind and wise Skin Horse, the rabbit ...

Cost: $6-$8

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Based on a True Story By Nick Lehane of New York, New York

Chimpanzee is based on the stranger-than-fiction stories of chimpanzees raised as children in human homes, in a series of cross-fostering experiments conducted in the United States. When these chimpanzees ...

Cost: $30.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

Based on the award-winning book series by Kim and James Dean | Adapted by Jon Ludwig and Jason Hines

A groovy adventure a cool, rocking blue cat and his fine friends. The production invites audiences to the Pete the Cat Club. Stories included are: Rock On ...

Cost: $22-$27

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Based on a True Story By Nick Lehane of New York, New York

Chimpanzee is based on the stranger-than-fiction stories of chimpanzees raised as children in human homes, in a series of cross-fostering experiments conducted in the United States. When these chimpanzees ...

Cost: $30.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

Based on the award-winning book series by Kim and James Dean | Adapted by Jon Ludwig and Jason Hines

A groovy adventure a cool, rocking blue cat and his fine friends. The production invites audiences to the Pete the Cat Club. Stories included are: Rock On ...

Cost: $22-$27

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Based on a True Story By Nick Lehane of New York, New York

Chimpanzee is based on the stranger-than-fiction stories of chimpanzees raised as children in human homes, in a series of cross-fostering experiments conducted in the United States. When these chimpanzees ...

Cost: $30.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

Based on the award-winning book series by Kim and James Dean | Adapted by Jon Ludwig and Jason Hines

A groovy adventure a cool, rocking blue cat and his fine friends. The production invites audiences to the Pete the Cat Club. Stories included are: Rock On...

Cost: $22-$27

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre, Family

Sharpen Your Sketchbook Skills

Join us for Sketchbook Saturdays! On the first Saturday of every month, we welcome guests to practice their observational drawing with items on display in our galleries. Each month we will focus on a different object in our col...

Cost: $15.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Classic Tales Told in Fabulous Fashion PRESENTED FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES VIA ZOOM

Travel back to Ancient Greece with Aesop as the legendary storyteller shares some of the fables that made him famous – and fantabulous! Aesop and his puppet sidekick, Cecil the Li...

Cost: $6-$8

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Follow the Yellow Brick Road By Frisch Marionettes of Cincinnati, OH

This American fairytale is an inspiring story about unlocking the potential that exists within each of us. This production is one of The Frisch Marionettes’ proudest achievements. Celebrate Ameri...

Cost: $22.00

Categories: Museum, Arts, Theatre

Puppetry can be high fashion. Dress up in some puppetry-inspired duds or channel your favorite popular culture puppet and join us for a walk on the museum runway. It’s a great way to kick off an evening out.

Beer and wine for purchase and our store will be open l...

Cost: $15.00

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Join us as we celebrate puppetry traditions in other cultures through this intimate, in-person, interactive program!

From Story to Stage: Enjoy an interactive storytelling/puppetry experience featuring a Jataka wisdom tale from India and a Chinese dragon story.

...

Cost: $15.00

SPECIAL EVENTS | AGES 12-21+ | CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS

Who's the real Yukon Cornelius?

Grab a beanie and a beard and channel your inner arctic prospector energy! Come join us for photo ops in the North Pole and mingling with your fellow Cornelii. Enter a runway-style event and costume contes...

Cost: $15.00

SPECIAL EVENTS | AGES 8-12 | ONLINE

An Intergalactic Learning Experience

Learn basic health and safety tips from two intergalactic characters from the planet Relatively Fit — Captain Healthy & Safety Dog! Through this live, interactive performance students will engage with puppeteers as they ...

Cost: $8.00

A Holiday Classic Returns to the Stage

Based on the classic television special Adapted by Jon Ludwig; directed by Tim Sweeney

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and all elements © and ™ under license to Character Arts, LLC.

Rudolph soars back into town for this faithful adaptation that speaks t...

Cost: $20 (after 20% discount)

Don’t miss Christmas Town 1964, a special holiday exhibition running November 11-January 2. The Center for Puppetry Arts has showcased Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ for 10 years. This year, the Center is digging into the history of the classic holiday tale. The halls will be decked in vintage styl...

Cost: $15.00

PUPPET SHOWS | ALL AGES | CENTER

A Holiday Classic Returns to the Stage Based on the classic television special Adapted by Jon Ludwig; directed by Tim Sweeney

<span style="font-family: "3560DF", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and all element...

Cost: Prices Vary

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

SPECIAL EVENTS | AGES 6-10 | CENTER

Trick or Treat at the Center#Trick_or_Treat_at_the_Center

On October 30, put on your silliest, scariest costumes and celebrate Monster Mash! It’s a puppetry smash! The Center’s atrium will be completely transformed with owls, friendly goblins and skeletons,...

Cost: Prices Vary

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

PUPPET SHOWS | AGES 2-12 | CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS

A Halloween Classic with a Comic Twist#A_Halloween_Classic_with_a_Comic_Twist By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this come...

Cost: $22

Schoolteacher Ichabod Crane helps the Headless Horseman find a new head and an even spookier image in this comedic version of the famous Washington Irving short story. Meanwhile, a jealous Brom Bones tries to run Ichabod out of town as they both vie for the affection of Katrina Van Tassel. In the en...

Cost: $18-$22

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

SPECIAL EVENTS | AGES 6-10 | ONLINE

An Interactive Performance & Puppet Building PRESENTED VIA ZOOM FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES

Celebrate El Día de los Muertos with Digital Learning! Join Mr. Jeffery to learn about the history and traditions of this Mexican holiday, see a puppet show pe...

Cost: $8.00

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

PUPPET SHOWS | AGES 2-12 | CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS

Bumbling Their Way into Your Heart By Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers of Bar Harbor, ME

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! The kids g...

Cost: $22

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

PUPPET SHOWS | AGES 18-21+ | CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS

Back From the Grave and Back on Stage By Jon Ludwig and Jason Hines

Celebrate Halloween with creepy stories, spooky songs, and devilish dances from around the world. Your favorite band of specters is back and deader than ever! Featuring ...

Cost: Prices Vary

Join The Ghastly Dreadfuls for a clever combination of ghost stories, catchy music, gothic aesthetic and grim humor. The show features seven talented performers, who each play instruments in a band, sing, dance, act and operate all the puppets with the utmost of ease. Though most of the songs and st...

Cost: $16-$20

PUPPET SHOWS | AGES 2-8 | CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS

Clap and Sing Along to Stories From Rhymeville Adapted by Amy Sweeney

Mother Goose is missing, but you can help find her with some assistance from your favorite nursery rhyme characters. Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo Peep, Jack & Jill and all th...

Cost: $17.60 (after 20% discount)

SPECIAL EVENTS | AGES 4-8 | ONLINE

An Interactive Performance & Puppet Building PRESENTED VIA ZOOM FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES

This classic tale comes to life through an interactive performance led by puppeteer Jeffrey Zwartjes. Colorful hand puppets tell the story of a hen who finds a ...

Cost: $8.00

Categories: puppetry The Center is thrilled to be presenting a new special exhibit in our Dean Dubose Smith Gallery, Masterpiece of Puppetry: Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. We will also be having special events and pop-up exhibits across the season. All exhibits and on-site events...

Cost: $15

Categories: puppetry

Adapted by Michael Haverty

Based on the beloved classic by Hans Christian Andersen

A young bird simply doesn't fit in with the other ducks in the pond. Helped by some friendly forest sprites, the duckling sets out to explore the wonders of the pond. On his journey, he meets ...

Cost: $15

Categories: puppetry Join puppeteers from the Emmy Award-winning epic production of The Jim Henson Company’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Go inside the making of the series through first-hand accounts from the people who performed the heroic Gelfling, iconic Skeksis, and myriad Podlings, Fiz...

Cost: $10

Categories: puppetry In Pinocchio, upcycled thrift store finds get new life in this unique retelling of the most classic puppet tale. You’ll see baskets become crickets, cooking pots become foxes, and a puppet just might turn into real “live” boy. This solo “tour de farce” combines prop comedy, foun...

Cost: $16-$22

Categories: Mother's Day Sunday, May 9th admission to the Worlds of Puppetry Museum includes entry into the two galleries: the Global Collection Gallery and the Jim Henson Gallery, plus a complimentary rose, a small gift bag of chocolates for Mom, and a chance to take a selfie with Ma & Emmet Otter....

Cost: $15

Categories: puppetry Little Red rides into the Center for Puppetry Arts with the Big Bad Wolf working double-time in this twisted, tangle of tales in The Big Bad Little Red Pig Show. Lee Bryan, “That Puppet Guy” performs this fast-paced show that “squishes” together two childhood favorites with just...

Cost: $16-$22

Categories: puppetry

The Reluctant Dragon takes the stage on April 16 in an adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame classic about the value of friendship. Princess Penelope loves to read about dragons. Imagine her surprise when she actually meets and befriends one!

Tickets include the performance, entry...

Cost: $16-$22

Categories: puppetry The Center for Puppetry Arts opens its Spring Series on March 31 with Billy Goats Gruff and Other Stuff, a blend of several fractured fairy tale favorites performed by the award-winning All Hands Productions. Find out what happens when a greedy troll tries to charge a toll to th...

Cost: $16-$22

Visit puppet.org/programs/stan-the-lovesick-snowman/ for a full list of date & times!

Live, On Stage at the Center for Puppetry Arts Now-Jan 2.

Opposites attract in Stan the Lovesick Snowman, a charming tale of looking for love in all the wrong places. Stan’s delightful story begins after a ch...

Cost: $15-$30

Categories: Theatre Enter a winter wonderland with Stan the Snowman. A magical tale of fun and friendship. Alice the dog explains the wintry world to Stan. Ice Skating! Snowball fights! Hockey! Moose mail! Moose mail???! Discover a land right next to ours where tests of true friendship and courage a...

Cost: $15-$20

Categories: Workshop

Does your puppet measure up or need to be cut down to size? How do you decide which cutting tool will work for your project?

This live workshop with Center for Puppetry Arts Puppet Shop Manager, Carole D'Agostino, will show you how to save money on expensive material and make ...

Cost: $10-$15

Categories: Halloween Come in costume for a kooky, spooky good time! You & your little monsters will be treated to a not-too-spooky Tale Time with the Good Witch, enjoy an exciting digital scavenger hunt, take some cool photos in Big Bird’s Halloween Nest, create your very own pumpkin puppet, see ou...

Cost: Free-$15

Categories: Halloween Come in costume for a kooky, spooky good time! You & your little monsters will be treated to a not-too-spooky Tale Time with the Good Witch, enjoy an exciting digital scavenger hunt, take some cool photos in Big Bird’s Halloween Nest, create your very own pumpkin puppet, see ou...

Cost: Free-$15

This online museum experience highlights the evolution of puppetry across different cultures. Focusing on how puppetry has been used for both education and communication, the tour takes you on an exploration through the past of Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas

Cost: $155

A compilation of stop motion short films from the master of silhouette animation, Lotte Reiniger! The animator, inventor, and pioneer Lotte Reiniger made silhouette animation films from the 1910s to the 1980s. Best known for creating the first feature-length animated film, The Adventures of Prince...

Cost: Free-$12.50

The world premiere of the Center’s adaptation of a beloved children’s story. “How can we be so different and feel so much alike? And how we can feel so different and be so much alike?” These questions are at the heart of the best-selling book, Stellaluna, by author and illustrator, Janell Cannon. No...

Cost: $19.50-$25

Sesame Street premiered on November 10, 1969, so come celebrate this 50th anniversary season with a day of activities FREE with your Worlds of Puppetry Museum admission, guided tour ticket, or your All-Inclusive Family Series ticket to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™. Enjoy our special Sesame Stre...

Cost: $12.50+

Celebrate Sesame Street’s 50th birthday!Thanks to our friends at Sesame Street Live, the Center for Puppetry Arts will be hosting a special Sesame Street character meet and greet event with Elmo to celebrate Sesame Street’s 50 Anniversary. Enjoy our special Sesame Street birthday exhibit with icon...

Cost: $35

Categories: Kids

Written by Jon Ludwig

Ages 4+

Wed–Sun Reduced-Price Previews Sept 17 & 18

People of Earth, prepare to be amazed! Blast off with an alien rock-n-roll band on a galactic journey of discovery. This original, out-of-this-world musical is a fun-filled exploration of the final front...

Cost: $19.50

Categories: Kids

By Mesner Puppet Theater of Kansas City, MO

Ages 4+

Wed–Sun Reduced-Price Previews July 30 & 31

Gather ‘round the Tree of Life for retellings of delightful Mexican folktales. Hear the story of Medio Pollito, the little half-chick born with one leg, one wing, one eye and half a...

Cost: $19.50

Ages 21+ Before the darkening descends, we invite you to gather at the Center for Puppetry Arts for our final ball honoring Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: World of Myth and Magic. Create a Dark Crystal-inspired costume or wear any fantasy attire. Festivities include celebrity guests, a costume con...

Cost: $150

Categories: Kids

Adapted by Amy Sweeney

Ages 2+

Wed–Sun Reduced-Price Previews July 30 & 31

Little ones will move, sing, and help the farmhands on Old MacDonald’s farm. This interactive show is full of puppets, music, and a lot of fun down on the farm!

Themes: Caring for animals, farming/the...

Cost: $19.50

Categories: Kids

Adapted by Jon Ludwig Ages 4+

Tues–Sun Reduced-Price Previews June 11 & 12 No shows July 4

Trash is turned into treasure and true love prevails when this classic tale hip-hops its way into a modern day city complete with alley cats, beauty shops, and exercise videos!

Themes: F...

Cost: $19.50

When you play the Game of Puppets you win or….you don’t, but it will be fun either way! Join us at the Center for Puppetry Arts on Saturday, June 8 as we play the Game of Puppets. Members of Houses Marionette, Rod, Hand, and Shadow will battle it out to see who will claim the Puppet Throne. Who will...

Cost: $15

When you play the Game of Puppets you win or….you don’t, but it will be fun either way! Join us at the Center for Puppetry Arts on Saturday, June 8 as we play the Game of Puppets. Members of Houses Marionette, Rod, Hand, and Shadow will battle it out to see who will claim the Puppet Throne. Who will...

Cost: $15

What happens when artists of all disciplines join forces to create bold, original puppetry works for adult audiences? XPT! From traditional forms of puppetry used in startling new ways, to films and installation pieces, XPT offers an array of stories, puppetry styles, and sensibilities in a single e...

Cost: $20

Music & Museum After Dark

Ages 21+ Red or white? Let us pour you a glass while you hang out with the likes of Miss Piggy, Dr. Teeth and Big Bird. Cheers!

This season, we invite you to enjoy a series of special evenings for adults only. Each event in our new series will feature live music by loc...

Cost: $20-$25

<br>Directed by Jim Mallon

1996 / 74 Minutes / Comedy, Sci-fi Rated PG-13

Join Mike and his robot pals, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, as they mercilessly mock This Island Earth, a 1950s science fiction film.

Location: Mainstage Theater

Cost: Included with Museum admission: $12.50;

F...

Cost: $0-$12.50

Multiple mysterious house fires are rattling a small Norwegian community. As homes are burnt to cinders, neighbors wonder who among them could cause such fear and anguish. Inspired by the true events as related in the best-selling Norwegian novel by Gaute Heivoll, this emotional thriller with a shoc...

Cost: $20-$25