Event

Toy Theatre After Dark

Two weeks of puppetry and object theatre of miniature proportions. Join us for this fun showcase of emerging and established puppetry artists in a wild assortment of approaches to animating the inanimate.

Curator Susan Haas (Open Eyes Artistic Producing Director) has selected artists from the local community and around the country to perform in the festival. Performances will include humanoids, exquisitely carved foam, animated toys, crankies, table top puppetry, and much more. Come be delighted, surprised, and baffled if you dare...

Schedule:
March 30, 7:30 - Opening Night Reception
March 31, 7:30 - Post Show Q & A
April 1, 7:30 - Post Show Dance Party

April 6, 7:30 - Opening Night Reception
April 7, 7:30 - Post Show Q & A
April 8, 7:30 - Post Show Dance Party

Come both weeks for two completely different shows!

Week One: March 30-April 1

- Grim All Day by Dan Polnau (Minneapolis)
- Dirty Dishes: in the sink by Paige Carlson (Minneapolis)
- The Trouble With Maker by Kalen Keir (Minneapolis)
- Your Best Self by Vanessa Valliere (Chicago)
- American Vegetative Lowlives Gone Wild by Lindsay McCaw (Detroit)
- Body Concert by Kevin Augustine (New York City)

Week Two: April 6-8

- The Mothers of the Bestiary and Sherds by Felicia Amato (Minneapolis)
- Sacrament-Burger by David Commander (New York City)
- The Wink by Zoe Sommers Haas (Minneapolis)
- Lament #1 by Michael Sommers (Minneapolis)
- The Death and Life of Billy the Kid by Frank Maugeri and Seth Bockley (Chicago)