Every winter, Chicago becomes the epicenter of the puppet theater world. Here are some titles and companies not to miss.

The production, part of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, is improvised, but many of the discussions between ...

Puppet Showplace Theater will present its winter season from January to March 2026, featuring educational programs and ...

Lying next to a giant Frankenstein monster’s head one night in 1996, under the stage at Steppenwolf Theatre, I was told by a man named Blair Thomas, “We are aware that we are making things that people ...