2019 Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival PREVIEW

The 12-day, city-wide Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival showcases an array of puppet styles from around the world including marionettes, shadow puppets, Bunraku puppets, tiny toy puppets, and distinctive, innovative styles of contemporary puppetry.

Read our first reviews-

International Puppet Festival and The Art Institute of Chicago present SHANK’S MARE Review – Ephemeral Excellence

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and Instituto Cervantes present THE PIGEONING Review – A Funny Tale of Redemption

IBEX Puppetry AJIJAK ON TURTLE ISLAND Review – Cranes Save the Earth

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival 2019 and Plexus Polaire Present CHAMBRE NOIRE Review – A Journey to Darkness

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and Chicago Shakespeare Theater present L’APRES-MIDI D’UN FOEHN Review – Ephemerality Denied

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival 2019 Presents Compagnie La Pendue’s TRIA FATA – Review – Joy in Life and Death

Chicago International Puppet Festival and Instituto Cervantes Present Silenco Blanco’s PESCADOR Review – Fishing Can Be Tedious

For information on the 25 shows and events in the festival, the various locations and calendar visit the Chicago International Puppet Festival website.

Images courtesy of Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.