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The design and fabrication wing of @chipuppetfest , co-directed by @blairmodernity and @tlee668 . Creating puppets for theatre, film, spectacle, etc

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Summer Workshop Preview part 2: Grace Needlman, Myra Su, Zach Sun, Averly Sheltraw.

Hear all about their summer workshops and see their awesome puppets in this video about:
-Making Reed Lantern Puppets (July 11)
-Cutting Machines for Shadow Puppets and More (July 11-12)
-Worbla Techniques for the Puppet Maker (July 19-26)

Register now at ChicagoPuppetFest.org !

@myra.y.su @zzzzacharyyyy @tlee668 @chicagopuppetstudio @graceneedlman @mojobunda @blairmodernity taken in Chicago, Illinois by @chicagopuppetstudio

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PIGEON! Made last fall for GreatWorks Theatre Company’s tour of “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” based on the book by Mo Willems. 🐦

Lead builder: @caitlinmcleoddesign by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Back in the Fall we built shrew heads for TAMING OF THE SHREW at @courttheatre , designed by @kotryna_hilko_designs , directed and adapted by Marti Lyons.
Lead builder @caitlinmcleoddesign
Assistant builder @averlysheltraw
🐭 taken in Court Theatre by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Design, build, and training for Curtis Opera Theatre’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sarah Ina Meyers in Philadelphia. Chicago Puppet Studio created a changeling child puppet that came from the fairy world of nature, and combined together into a small child swaddle.
Puppet Design: @tlee668
Puppet Direction: @jstnprkns
Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy @averlysheltraw @rorowena_ taken in Curtis Institute of Music by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Chicago Puppet Festival presents an extraordinary opportunity to experience the 160 year old Japanese traditional puppetry style Kuruma Ningyō (cart puppetry). Fifth Generation Master Puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V, headmaster of Hachiōji Kuruma Ningyō in Japan, will lead a master class with assistance from his student Tom Lee.

🗓️Sunday, May 31 at the Fine Arts Building.

Limited scholarships available upon request.

🔗 IN BIO

https://chicagopuppetfest.org taken in Fine Arts Building by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Check out our studio artist @chihjou.cheng ‘s work with @dawntheatreproject

• @dawntheatreproject Tickets are now on sale 🎟️

Some stories don’t have a clear ending—
they continue, shift, and live within us.

Unfinished Island Songs
is a dance-theatre work on migration, memory, and belonging.

If you’ve ever felt in between—
this space is for you.

📍 Chicago
📅 May 8–10
🎟️ Sliding scale available

💛 Bring a friend
🔗 Link in bio

Limited run — join us while tickets are available.

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#Ticketsale
#MovementArtists
#DanceTheatre
#Performance
#Chicagoevent by @chicagopuppetstudio

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There’s one more weekend for WHITE ROOSTER at @lookingglasstheatre
Photos by Ricardo Adame

Written, Directed, and Co-Composed by Matthew C. Yee
Scenic: Natsu Onoda Power
Costumes: Mara Blumenfeld
Lighting: Hannah Wien
Sound and Co-Composer: Justin Cavazos
Puppets: Caitlin McLeod
Choreography: Kasey Foster
Props: Amanda Hermann
New Works Consultant: Heidi Stillman
Intimacy: Sheryl Williams
Stage Manager: Tess Golden

Cast:
Karen Aldridge
Sunnie Eraso
Elliot Esquivel
Louise Lamson
Nik Kmiecik
Mark L. Montgomery
Noelle Oh
Reilly Oh
Daniel Lee Smith by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Last but not least, Little Dave/Dan! For @lookingglasstheatre WHITE ROOSTER

Little Dan was originally Little Kelvin, designed for Out of the Box Theatrics SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE in NYC, by @tlee668 .
For White Rooster we rented him to become Little Dan, and he got a new hair style, and a complicated relationship with a pig. 🐽

Built by: @zzzzacharyyyy , @averlysheltraw , @rorowena_ , @caitlinmcleoddesign taken in Lookingglass Theatre Company by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Owen the Gold Eating Pig!! For @lookingglasstheatre WHITE ROOSTER

Designed and built by @caitlinmcleoddesign taken in Lookingglass Theatre Company by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Snake Demon Head 🐍 for @lookingglasstheatre WHITE ROOSTER

Production Photo by Ricardo Adame
Designed by @caitlinmcleoddesign
Built by @averlysheltraw
Head sculpt by @zzzzacharyyyy taken in Lookingglass Theatre Company by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Couple shadow puppets for @lookingglasstheatre WHITE ROOSTER

Designed and built by @caitlinmcleoddesign

Dutifully tracked and organized backstage by floor manager Hanna Smaglis - couldn’t do it without ya taken in Lookingglass Theatre Company by @chicagopuppetstudio

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Dave and Owen!

Designed by @caitlinmcleoddesign
Built by @averlysheltraw

For @lookingglasstheatre WHITE ROOSTER taken in Lookingglass Theatre Company by @chicagopuppetstudio

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