This section is full of content about the art and craft of puppetry and object theatre—performances created primarily using puppets and objects, rather than the full bodies of actors. A great introduction to the topic is our 2015 Puppetry series curated by Jean Marie Keevins.
The Latest
Video
A Conversation with Hanne Tierney
TORCHES: 30+ Years of Downtown Performance
Monday 3 August 2026
New York City
Video
A Conversation with Basil Twist
TORCHES: 30+ Years of Downtown Performance
Monday 12 January 2026
New York City
Podcast
Autobiographical Performance for Teaching English as a Second Language
by Ash Marinaccio, Baha Sadr, Chris Ackley, Ana Bess Moyer Bell, Eve Kerrigan, Noga Paulino
Remembering Argentina’s Traumatic Past Through Theatre with Dr. Noe Montez
12 December 2017
Dr. Noe Montez of Tufts University joins us to talk about how Argentina's theatre have dealt with the legacy of the country's period of military dictatorship.
An Interview with Caja lambe-lambe artist Gabriela Céspedes / El Teatro Más Pequeño del Mundo: Una entrevista con la artista de caja lambe-lambe Gabriela Céspedes
29 April 2017
Puppeteer Cecilia Cackley interviews Gabriela Céspedes, a leading cajalambe-lambe puppet artist based in Argentina.
Saturday 1 April and Sunday 2 April / Friday 31 March 2017
Nairobi, Kenya
Project HAND UP in Nairobi presented Master Classes on Puppetry Skills and Industry Application livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 1 April and Sunday 2 April.
Project HAND UP in Nairobi presented Master Classes on Puppetry Skills and Industry Application livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday 18 February and Sunday 19 February.
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City presented a performance of The God Projekt by Lone Wolf Tribe livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Sunday 9 October at 4pm EDT (New York) / 20:00 UTC / 9pm BST (London) / 22:00 CEST (Berlin) / 1pm PDT (Los Angeles). On Twitter, follow @LaMaMaETC, @HowlRoundTV and use #howlround.
Ethos and The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presented Atlantis: A Puppet Opera—a mythic tale of powerful warring religious zealots who are obsessed with world domination and non-renewable energy, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Friday 16 September at 9 p.m. EDT (New York) / 8 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles). Share your thoughts on Twitter and Instagram with #howlround.
David Bruin on the world premiere of Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed, futurist puppet plays by Fortunato Depero, translated, designed, and directed by Dan Hurlin at Bard SummerScape.
Ramesh Meyyappan and Gavin Glover discuss their wordless adaptation of Madame Butterfly, replete with kites and puppets, and their hopes for hyphenate theatremakers.
Sandglass Theater in Putney, Vermont, USA presents six conversations from the Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival livestreaming on the commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday, September 12 to Sunday, September 20. In Twitter, use #howlround and follow @howlroundtv.
