Two traveling alchemists from another time meander on a road leading them to a book whose pages spring to life tell its absurd and tender tale.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

Bois (“wood”) takes you to a curious world where a green leaf grows in an unlikely place and pieces of wood come together to form wondrous creatures who will amaze and inspire.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

Bois (“wood”) takes you to a curious world where a green leaf grows in an unlikely place and pieces of wood come together to form wondrous creatures who will amaze and inspire.

An astronaut traveling 87,000 light years into space crash-lands on an uncharted planet where she must resort to emergency measures to seek rescue.

Two traveling alchemists from another time meander on a road leading them to a book whose pages spring to life tell its absurd and tender tale.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

Bois (“wood”) takes you to a curious world where a green leaf grows in an unlikely place and pieces of wood come together to form wondrous creatures who will amaze and inspire.

Bois (“wood”) takes you to a curious world where a green leaf grows in an unlikely place and pieces of wood come together to form wondrous creatures who will amaze and inspire.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

An astronaut traveling 87,000 light years into space crash-lands on an uncharted planet where she must resort to emergency measures to seek rescue.

Featuring spell-binding shadows, “Order of Wolf” is the tale of an animalistic occult ceremony and its chilling repercussions.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

Featuring spell-binding shadows, “Order of Wolf” is the tale of an animalistic occult ceremony and its chilling repercussions.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

A seance for just five people at a time. Around a small table—in an intimate, salon setting—a powerful sequence of close-up sensory experiences invokes old memories and invents new ones.

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!

Step into the enchantment of “A Slice of Crazy Pie”, a mesmerizing cabaret style marionette puppet show meticulously crafted by Madison J Cripps.

This is the one and only Punch and Judy *presented live* and updated for the 21st century to swing a verbal slapstick at the powers that be.

This is the one and only Punch and Judy *presented live* and updated for the 21st century to swing a verbal slapstick at the powers that be.

Step into the enchantment of “A Slice of Crazy Pie”, a mesmerizing cabaret style marionette puppet show meticulously crafted by Madison J. Cripps.

Enjoy crankie performances by Katherine Fahey from Baltimore, Maryland and a presentation by Figures of Speech Theatre’s John Farrell, as well as live music, light hors d’oeuvres, and beverages.

PiP Prelude is an opportunity to learn more about the craft and history of puppetry while enjoying good food and libations in a convivial setting.