The city-wide Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival showcases an entertaining and eclectic array of puppet styles from around the world including marionettes, shadow puppets, Bunraku puppets, tiny toy puppets, and distinctive, innovative styles of contemporary puppetry. Nearly 50 different performances are currently slated across the city, showcasing more than a dozen puppet theater acts and artists from around the globe, and you can see some of them at The Field on Saturday, January 17th!

Chicago's Jabberwocky Marionettes will host an array of area puppeteers who will perform family-focused puppet shows on one of two different stages throughout the day:

East Entrance Stage 
11:00am - Strawberry Jam Puppeteers of Matteson Public Library: Imaginary Creatures  
12:00pm - Clothespin Puppets: The Picture Book Show 
1:00pm - Mother Goose: Mother Goose & Her Ventriloquist Puppets

Rice Gallery Stage 
11:30am - Puppetfolk Productions!: Little Red Riding Hood 
12:30pm - Sea Beast Puppet Company: The Shadow Puppet Conspiracy 
1:30pm - Adventure Sandwich: Adventure Sandwich Live!
See the full schedule of performances
 

And don't miss a special Chinese shadow puppet performance by the renowned New York based Chinese Theatre Works. Featured works will take inspiration from The Field’s own shadow puppet collection and will include famous stories like Monkey King and Journey to the West. 

Mammals of Asia Stage 
3:00pm - Rich in Tradition - Chinese Shadow Puppets
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This program is supported by a grant from The Chicago Community Trust.

 All programs and performances are free with Basic admission.