Spring 2024 Connecticut Puppet Happenings

March 22nd “UCONN Spring Puppet Slam” at 8:00pm at Von Der Mahden Recital Hall in Storrs.

March 23rd “Two Dinosaurs are Better than One” by Talking hands Theater at 11:00am at The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs.  Visit www.bimp.uconn.edu for more information

March 27th FORUM: “Taking Care: Puppets and their Collectors” with Dr. Jungmin Song at 7:00pm at The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs.  Visit www.bimp.uconn.edu for more information

March 23rd “My Night in the Planetarium” at 3:00pm at the Norfolk Public Library

April 13th “Has Bang Ah, Dragon” by Chinese Theater Works at 11:00am at The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs.  Visit www.bimp.uconn.edu for more information

April 19th “Bank and Bridge Puppet Slam” 8:00pm at Bank and Bridge Brew Pub in Mystic, CT

April 20th “Marvelous Metamorphoses!” by Sova Theater, at 10:30am and 3:00pm at Stepping Stones Museum in Norwalk, CT

April 27th “Spinning Straw into Gold” by TJ Jacobs and Rolande Duprey, at 11am and 3:00pm at Stepping Stones Museum in Norwalk, CT

**April 27th Guild Membership Meeting and Maskmaking workshop with Robin McCahill at 1:00pm at Stepping Stones Museum in Norwalk, CT

May 18th “The Legend of the Banana Kid” by Frogtown Mountain Puppets at 11:00am at The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry in Storrs.  Visit www.bimp.uconn.edu for more information

May 18th “Marvelous Metamorphoses!” By Sova Theater, at 11am at Milford Arts Council in Milford, CT

May 24th-26th “Seedfolks” By TJ Jacobs, at 11:00am and 2:00pm at Stepping Stones Museum in Norwalk, CT

June 8th “Father Goose’s Tale” by Nappy’s Puppets, at 10:30am at Mary Cheney Library in Manchester, CT

June 14th “Jack Tuesday: Fairy Tale Investigator” by Lionheart Puppet Co., at 11:00am at Dimcock Library in Coventry, CT

June 22nd “Fantouch Puppet Slam”, Time:TBD at Howard’s Bookstore in Torrington, CT

If you know of any puppetry related events in the state that you would like to have added to our listings please contact mleonard@ctpuppetry.org