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$20 Early Bird — available until September 19 / plus $2 service fee
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Oct 18 (Sat) 2025: 8:00 pm
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About the Show
Ever seen shower curtain shadow puppetry? Or sex ed from a mole? No? Well, you should — these are just a few examples of past Puppet Slam acts! A couple times a year Puppet Showplace Theater stays open late to showcase the region's finest short-form puppetry acts... for adults! Each piece is performed by a different artist, and the content ranges from the hilarious to the profound. Performers include veteran professionals and first-time puppeteers, and acts often feature musicians, dancers, circus performers, and other artists.
So, what are you waiting for? Join host Susan Linn with her long-time pal Audrey Duck for an evening of short-form puppetry for adults, featuring a range of puppetry styles, beer and wine, and a guaranteed good time.
Highlights include:
A curious, haunting , shadow dollhouse show about the postpartum psychological landscape by Brzezinski & Schap
An argument in favor of stuffiness and dreariness, that ends up delightfully playful, by Zara Barryte
An intimate exploration of love and the subconscious, through overhead projection, by Theatre Nobody
A creature becomes sentient — featuring an abstract puppet made of 300 yards of crinoline, by Kate Brehm
A musical interlude from Oscar the Grouch’s favorite nephew, by T.J. Fitzgerald
And more!
Recommended for adults and teens 16+
Mixed puppetry styles
Language: English
From: All over!
About the Host
Susan Linn, Ed.D., is an award-winning ventriloquist, psychologist, author, and world-renowned expert on creative play, and the impact of tech and commercial marketing on children. Her astonishing career has taken her from the set of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood to the front page of The New York Times. Through it all, Audrey Duck, her ageless avian sidekick, has provided cheeky, occasionally neurotic, always truthful commentary.
Dr. Linn is internationally known for her use of puppets as therapeutic tools for children. She pioneered this work at Children's Hospital Boston and the Children’s AIDS Program, where she used puppets to help children cope with illness, hospitalization, death, loss, and other life challenges. She has written and performed in a number of award-winning video programs designed to help children cope with issues ranging from death and loss, racism and other bigotries, and most recently, various stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
With Fred Rogers’ production company, she created the acclaimed video series, Different and the Same: Helping Children Identify and Prevent Prejudice. Different and the Same has been used in classrooms in all 50 states and won numerous awards, including the two top prizes from the International Communication Film and Video Competition and the Media Award from the Association of Multicultural Educators. Among other honors, Dr. Linn received an UNIMA-USA citation for excellence, a special award for puppet therapy from Puppeteers of America; A Champion of Freedom Award from the Electronic Privacy Information Center; The Creative Leadership Award from the Puppet Showplace Theater; The Fred Rogers Integrity Award from Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association for her work on behalf of children.
A passionate advocate for children, Dr. Linn was Founding Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (now called Fairplay) from 2000-2015. She lectures internationally on the importance of creative play, the impact of tech, media, and marketing on children, and on puppetry as a therapeutic tool.
This event is partially supported by The Puppet Slam Network.
