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Puppet Lab '26!! This was a great year for the lab. Grateful for all of these artists, our whole production team, the Raven (a grid! inventory!), and @selfoto for these gorgeous photos. Keep your eyes peeled for applications for next year's cohort... Dir. @graceneedlman @tlee668 @vanessavalliere Prod. Manager @aanastar_ Sound Des. @augsb_musicetc Photos @selfoto @chipuppetfest <3
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2026 Puppet Lab was visually pleasing, aurally engaging, cross-disciplinary, thematically diverse and highly personalized to tell the stories of each puppeteer. Honestly, it just gets stronger every year. Bravo to all involved! @chipuppetfest #chicagopuppets #chicagoarts
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Chicago Puppet Lab No. 4 opens Tonight at the Raven Theatre on the Northside. 8 puppetry artists working in a wild diversity of techniques and styles. Co-directors Grace Needlman, Vanessa Valliere and yours truly. See the whole amazing lineup and get tickets @chipuppetfest This weekend only! 2 programs, 6 shows!
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You’re invited to join us as a community August 20-23 for the 2026 Chicago Puppet Lab Works-in-Progress Showcase! Now in its fifth year, the Chicago Puppet Lab is the Festival’s incubator and residency program that supports artists in creating new works of puppet theater. Program A includes Mikayla Wilson @mikaylas_makes Mikayla Wilson is a theater and puppetry artist from Asheville, North Carolina. Mikayla is a crafter, primarily a knitter and sewist, and would love to talk to you about the project(s) she’s currently working on. Mikayla uses puppetry to tell history by making the puppets the vessel for the horrifying and painful parts of black history and experiences, but also the levity and brightness inherit to the human spirit.
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