PUPPET FESTIVAL
Denise Greber, Director and Curator of La MaMa Puppet Festival
Federico Restrepo, Producing Director of La MaMa Puppet Festival
Twenty years ago, with the support of the Jim Henson Foundation, The La MaMa Puppet Series was launched! Dedicated to creative new puppet theatre works, an array of puppet artists from diverse backgrounds have consistently pushed boundaries and engaged our community through thoughtfully crafted shows with innovative design. This season, as we celebrate 20 years, we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the artists, audiences and puppeteers who have made the festival an essential and vibrant part of La MaMa’s programming.
Through its innovative use of puppetry, powerful storytelling, and culturally relevant music, "The Scarecrow" aims to captivate audiences, provoke tho
Puppet artists get a chance to showcase their works in progress in the La MaMa Puppet Series. Featuring works-in-progress from Loco7 Dance Puppet Thea
'LOVO' places a view on the conservation and protection of biodiversity, analyzing the process of the disappearance of an animal species as if it were
A 30-minute interactive multilingual (Spanish, French and English) and multimedia performance installation for very young children and their caregiver
A witty, high-energy vaudeville act with a seven-foot-tall doll as its stage. Will an obsessive need for safety and a fear of “the other” break us
Featuring Tim Cusack and Claudia Orenstein discussing their book: Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects Moderated by Erin B. Mee
With only hours to live, a death-row inmate fights to free a chimpanzee from medical captivity. In solitary confinement he reenacts a court trial base
Out is a visual, multidisciplinary show, an original coming-of-age tale told through the imaginative language of figure theatre, a poetic work for adu
A green leaf that grows on a dead branch, pieces of wood that come together to form strange creatures, some hostile, some comical… A curious world t
La MaMa Puppet Slam returns this year with new short works of genius! These condensed works of puppetry are original, compelling, brilliant, witty, tr
Rehearsal footage from The Scarecrow, a new musical inspired by the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz.
Kindred Widows paints a dreamlike portrait of a family that is both terrifying and banal. Through the story of Amanda, who was mute during the last 18
La MaMa Puppet Festival
The La MaMa Puppet Festival showcases new contemporary puppet theatre by artists from around the world. Curated by Denise Greber, focusing on diversifying the voices, stories, and perspectives shared onstage, with the goal of uplifting marginalized identities within the puppet community.
Twenty years ago, with the support of the Jim Henson Foundation, The La MaMa Puppet Series was launched! Dedicated to creative new puppet theatre works, an array of puppet artists from diverse backgrounds have consistently pushed boundaries and engaged our community through thoughtfully crafted shows with innovative design. This season, as we celebrate 20 years, we wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the artists, audiences and puppeteers who have made the festival an essential and vibrant part of La MaMa’s programming.
