Carving a Way Forward: The Indigenous Futurity of ‘Skeleton Canoe’
Ty Defoe and All My Relations Collective’s new show, seen last year in 2 cities, uses puppetry, dance, and multimedia to tell a story of belonging.
All Stories About Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
Captioning Chicago
This month, Gabriela explores multilingual and nonverbal storytelling, Jerald remembers Kris Vire and celebrates Sondheim, and two care consultants share ways to recharge this winter.
Puppets: Still Very Much a Thing
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.
Time Slips Through the Work of Sandglass Theater
Their work tackles existential dilemmas and the challenges of aging; the Vermont-based company also hosts family-friendly festivals each summer.
Manual Cinema: The Life and Death of Objects, Including Humans
The hard-to-classify work of this multimedia Chicago company is coming out of the shadows.
Redefining Puppetry at Chicago’s International Puppet Theater Festival
Festival founder Blair Thomas aimed to challenge the conventional notions of puppetry and maybe invent some new models along the way during this 12-day Chicago event.
