For nearly 70 years, the Casper puppet show brought enjoyment to people of all ages through its hand-carved and innovative marionette productions. Peter Weinkoetz and his father, Casper, performed ...

For 26 years, Rob Brock has been ensconced in a small theater on Water Street called the Hole in the Wall Puppet Theatre. If, as a child, you went there, you no doubt remember the place in all its ...

A parade of puppets managed to string along Los Angeles City Council members long enough Wednesday to persuade them to designate a West 1st Street marionette theater as a historic-cultural landmark.

The Krofft brothers, the imaginative minds behind 1970s TV shows such as “H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost,” brought a ...

Bob Kramer, right, assembles a puppet in 2005, when the Belleville News-Democrat published a feature story on what was then called Kramer’s Marionette Theater. Pictured at left is partner Dug Feltch.

UConn’s puppetry program is one of the greatest in the country, a fact that most people — even UConn students — don’t know. UConn is the only university in the U.S. that offers a Master of Arts degree ...

Bob Baker Marionette Theater, May 29, 2019 (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) LOS ANGELES — This past May, a small team was busy putting the finishing touches on the ...

Vít Hořejš is sitting alone behind a beat-up laptop at his crowded dining table, grumbling to himself before fully acknowledging our presence. “You’re the first ones here,” he says, and gestures ...

The deciding factor as to whether you will enjoy “Felt Street,” the newest production at Dad’s Garage Theatre running Saturdays through Sept. 28, is your affinity for puppets — not marionettes but ...

Turning a piece of literature into a stage show can be tough, especially when it is a grand adventure story on the high seas. And even more tough when it is being done by marionette puppets. But Rob ...

When you think of Chicago and its relation to puppets — on the very off-chance you ever do this — what do you think of? The traveling Puppet Bike that’s played local street corners for years? Opera in ...

It’s curtains for The Bob Baker Marionette Theater in Westlake. The theater company will exit its historic location by December, to make way for a 104-unit mixed-use development, according to Curbed.