Learn about construction and stringing techniques, as well as the basics of marionette manipulation. Participants will experience firsthand what it is like to work a professional-quality marionette that has been balanced and tuned like a fine instrument.

Set in the eighteenth century and featuring lavishly costumed marionettes, this production of Cinderella is Tanglewood Marionettes’ showpiece. See all of your favorite characters—from the bumptious Stepsisters to the charming Prince—in this classic fairy tale told with wit and style.

You and your family will move to the beat, making music with shakers and djembe drums as you learn Kenyan dances and songs together!

Join Dafa Puppet Theatre’s Husam Abed for a discussion on the company’s approach to adapting biographical information into performance.

Puppetry, drumming, and dance bring to life this story—passed down through African oral traditions—of a brave monkey named Libendi who leaves his famine-struck land in search of water.

Inspired by Japanese Butoh dance and performed to a bittersweet electroacoustic score, this minimalistic spectacle partners exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets in a wordless exploration of life’s beautiful impermanence.

Set in the eighteenth century and featuring lavishly costumed marionettes, this production of Cinderella is Tanglewood Marionettes’ showpiece. See all of your favorite characters—from the bumptious Stepsisters to the charming Prince—in this classic fairy tale told with wit and style.

You and your family will move to the beat, making music with shakers and djembe drums as you learn Kenyan dances and songs together!

Puppetry, drumming, and dance bring to life this story—passed down through African oral traditions—of a brave monkey named Libendi who leaves his famine-struck land in search of water.

You provide the sketch or photograph for inspiration and Lone Wolf Tribe’s own Kevin Augustine will lead you step-by-step in a unique & fun process to sculpt your one-of-a-kind puppet. Tap into your creative potential with limitless possibilities awaiting you in this hands-on workshop!

Based on a true story, War Maker presents the life of Karim Shaheen, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, and how his life’s dreams were affected by living through three different wars in the span of eleven years.

Inspired by Japanese Butoh dance and performed to a bittersweet electroacoustic score, this minimalistic spectacle partners exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets in a wordless exploration of life’s beautiful impermanence.

Based on a true story, War Maker presents the life of Karim Shaheen, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, and how his life’s dreams were affected by living through three different wars in the span of eleven years.

Puppets in Portland kicks-off with a parade from Portland’s own Shoestring Theater featuring giant puppets and masks, tall stilt-walkers, wild drummers, and huge assemblages of color, costume, and sound!