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  • Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival | "Made in Macau"

    Jan 16 - 19 at various times

    Made in Macau 2.0 tells a personal history of the island city Macau. Intimate family memories confront present day realities along side the changing identity of island city’s unique, hybrid culture. Local ideologies resound as serious and comic scenes use contemporary staging with traditional puppets and everyday household objects.

  • Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival | "Nasty, Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret" (Week 1)

    Jan 16 + 18 at 10pm and 10:30pm

    Don’t let the evening end! Come join the fun at this fan-favorite late show where eyebrows meet lowbrows. Enjoy Chicago’s long-standing puppet cabaret with your hirsute host Jameson and somewhat furry friends for a naughty night of raucous, dark, sassy, sad and highly unusual puppet theater. Out-of-towner puppeteers are invited to join local legends for friendly unwinding.

  • Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival | "Maati Katha"

    In the dangerous and magical land of Sunderbans great rivers combine and split before merging into the Bay of Bengal. Real-time sculpting meets traditional storytelling as shape shifting ‘maati’ shines in the Land of 18 Tides in this performance by Tram Arts Trust.

  • Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival | "Nasty, Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret" (Week 2)

    Jan 23 + 25 at 10pm + 10:30pm

    Don’t let the evening end! Come join the fun at this fan-favorite late show where eyebrows meet lowbrows. Enjoy Chicago’s long-standing puppet cabaret with your hirsute host Jameson and somewhat furry friends for a naughty night of raucous, dark, sassy, sad and highly unusual puppet theater. Out-of-towner puppeteers are invited to join local legends for friendly unwinding.

  • Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival | "The Midnight Show"

    Jan 25 at 11:59pm

    It’s a one time only event, Puerto Rican punk-DIY performers Pablo and Efrain Del Hierro, identical twin brothers, let loose and challenge institutional and theatrical norms. You won’t believe your eyes when they pull out all the stops at this midnight show.