Puppet Showplace Theater
About
Puppet Showplace Theater is a nonprofit puppet theater in Brookline Village that presents puppetry for young children, families and adults. Most weekends bring a show from a visiting or resident company, in styles that range from wooden marionettes in a tabletop toy theater to hand puppets with live music, flat toy-theater puppets and shadow puppetry. Each show carries a recommended age range, many aimed at kids from about three to ten, with some programs for children as young as one.
After every performance, families can stay for about 30 minutes to meet the artists, see the puppets up close and enjoy a dress-up station, coloring sheets and sometimes a craft tied to the show. The theater supports puppeteers through a resident artist program; its third-ever resident, Sarah Nolen of Puppet Motion, tours family shows and teaches puppetry. One upcoming show is performed in English, Spanish, French and Russian, and the theater has hosted world premieres.
What to Know
- Shows can be booked as birthday parties or weekday field trips.
- Discounted tickets are available through Card to Culture for WIC, EBT, MassHealth and ConnectorCare holders.
- Members get reduced ticket prices, and ticket bundles are also sold.
- The theater accepts donations to support its programs.
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