2024 La MaMa 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.
October 24 – 27, 2024 | The Club + Community Arts Space
Jump Start
A Presentation of Works in Progress
Hide and Seek
Created by Double Image Theater Lab
The Spinner
By Foreshadow Puppetry
Forsaken
By Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company
A new work
By Monica Lerch
October 25 – 27, 2024 | The Downstairs
LOVO
Teatro Lafauna
November 1–3, 2024 | The Club
Secrets History Remembers
By Evolve Puppets
November 1 – 3, 2024 | The Downstairs
Kindred Widows
By Claudine Rivest
November 7 – 17, 2024 | Ellen Stewart Theatre
The People Vs Nature
By Lone Wolf Tribe
November 8 – 10, 2024 | The Club
OUT
By UnterWasser Company
November 9 – 10, 2024 | Community Arts Space
La MaMa Kids: Woods
By Puzzle Theatre
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November 12 – 14, 2024 | The Club
Puppet Slam
Curated by Jane Catherine Shaw
Press Representative: Sam Rudy Media Relations
The 11th La MaMa Puppet Festival Fall 2024 is made possible by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), the Cultural Office of the Spanish Embassy in Washington DC and the Cultural Office of the Consulate General of Spain in New York, the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation, the Québec Government Office in New York, Puppet Slam Network, Radio Drama Network, The Shubert Foundation. Additional support from Cheryl Henson is gratefully acknowledged.
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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.