Puppet Manipulation Workshop with Tanglewood Marionettes
Learn about construction and stringing techniques, as well as the basics of marionette manipulation. Participants will experience firsthand what it is like to work a professional-quality marionette that has been balanced and tuned like a fine instrument.
Tanglewood Marionettes’ “Cinderella”
Set in the eighteenth century and featuring lavishly costumed marionettes, this production of Cinderella is Tanglewood Marionettes’ showpiece. See all of your favorite characters—from the bumptious Stepsisters to the charming Prince—in this classic fairy tale told with wit and style.
Music & Dance Workshop with Krystal Puppeteers
You and your family will move to the beat, making music with shakers and djembe drums as you learn Kenyan dances and songs together!
Biography & Performance with Dafa Puppet Theatre
Join Dafa Puppet Theatre’s Husam Abed for a discussion on the company’s approach to adapting biographical information into performance.
Krystal Puppeteers' "Tears By The River"
Puppetry, drumming, and dance bring to life this story—passed down through African oral traditions—of a brave monkey named Libendi who leaves his famine-struck land in search of water.
Lone Wolf Tribe’s “Body Concert”
Inspired by Japanese Butoh dance and performed to a bittersweet electroacoustic score, this minimalistic spectacle partners exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets in a wordless exploration of life’s beautiful impermanence.
Tanglewood Marionettes’ “Cinderella”
Set in the eighteenth century and featuring lavishly costumed marionettes, this production of Cinderella is Tanglewood Marionettes’ showpiece. See all of your favorite characters—from the bumptious Stepsisters to the charming Prince—in this classic fairy tale told with wit and style.
Music & Dance Workshop with Krystal Puppeteers
You and your family will move to the beat, making music with shakers and djembe drums as you learn Kenyan dances and songs together!
Krystal Puppeteers' "Tears By The River"
Puppetry, drumming, and dance bring to life this story—passed down through African oral traditions—of a brave monkey named Libendi who leaves his famine-struck land in search of water.
Foam Carving Workshop with Lone Wolf Tribe
You provide the sketch or photograph for inspiration and Lone Wolf Tribe’s own Kevin Augustine will lead you step-by-step in a unique & fun process to sculpt your one-of-a-kind puppet. Tap into your creative potential with limitless possibilities awaiting you in this hands-on workshop!
Dafa Puppet Theatre’s “War Maker”
Based on a true story, War Maker presents the life of Karim Shaheen, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, and how his life’s dreams were affected by living through three different wars in the span of eleven years.
Lone Wolf Tribe’s “Body Concert”
Inspired by Japanese Butoh dance and performed to a bittersweet electroacoustic score, this minimalistic spectacle partners exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets in a wordless exploration of life’s beautiful impermanence.
Dafa Puppet Theatre’s “War Maker”
Based on a true story, War Maker presents the life of Karim Shaheen, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, and how his life’s dreams were affected by living through three different wars in the span of eleven years.
PiP PiP Parade!
Puppets in Portland kicks-off with a parade from Portland’s own Shoestring Theater featuring giant puppets and masks, tall stilt-walkers, wild drummers, and huge assemblages of color, costume, and sound!
Due to an unintended scheduling conflict, we have decided to cancel the PiP Festival Prelude party scheduled for September 20, 2022.
That evening numerous members of our community will gather to celebrate the life of longtime friend to the arts, June Fitzpatrick.
PiP PiP Parade! will still take place on September 20 from 6:00-6:45 on Oxford and Mayo Streets. This is a free event and we invite one and all to join the party in the streets with Shoestring Theater and the Ideal Maine Social Aid and Sanctuary Band.
Selected work from Rich Entel's Cardboard Menagerie, curated for PiP's Prelude, will be on display for public viewing at Mayo Street Arts throughout the festival. We encourage you to attend a performance or workshop and take in the exhibit.