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Editor’s Note: The Puppet Moment

There’s no great mystery why they’re so popular, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a mystique, and plenty of mystery worth exploring, about puppets.

As today’s cutting-edge puppeteers peer into the souls of animated objects, they’re seeing the future—or rather, the eternal present—of the theatre.

Their work tackles existential dilemmas and the challenges of aging; the Vermont-based company also hosts family-friendly festivals each summer.

The hard-to-classify work of this multimedia Chicago company is coming out of the shadows.