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MFA Teen Sundays: Puppet Improv with Puppet Showplace Theater

  • Puppet Showplace Theater 32 Station Street Brookline, MA, 02445 United States (map)

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Join Puppet Showplace Theater at MFA Teen Sundays and take a crash course in Puppet Improv!

  • Mar 1 (Sun) | 2026: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (workshop begins at 1:00 pm)

  • Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA

  • Free Admission: There is limited space available, fill out this form to reserve your spot!

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MFA Teen Sundays: Puppet Improv with Puppet Showplace Theater

Join the MFA Teens for a puppet improv workshop from Puppet Showplace Theater. There is limited space available, fill out this form to reserve your spot!

Get out of your head and into your hands in this fun puppet improv class taught by veteran improviser and puppeteer Sarah Nolen from Puppet Showplace Theater! At the beginning of the workshop, you’ll create your own “peepers” puppet — a simple set of expressive eyeballs that you can take home with you! Then, we’ll dive into participatory games and a crash course in hand-and-rod “Muppet-style” puppet manipulation to get everyone moving and creating right away. We’ll learn idea-generation skills and scene-building techniques in pursuit of our ultimate mission: to create amazing puppet sketches and zany solo performances with zero scripting or prior preparation. Along the way, we'll discover the outrageous possibilities of puppetry.

This event will take place on Sunday, March 1, 2026, 12-3pm (class begins at 1pm) at the MFA. Feel free to arrive as early as 12pm and hang out, make a puppet, and enjoy snacks! Participants are recommended to be present by 1pm in order to fully experience the workshop. By registering, you confirm that you are a teen! 

Find details about MFA Teen Sundays on the MFA website, and register here for the workshop!

About the Artist

Photo by Peter Senzamici

Sarah Nolen is a puppeteer and filmmaker known for her versatile work across multiple puppetry styles. Originally from Texas, Sarah lives in Waltham, Massachusetts, where she works as a freelance puppeteer, director, and puppet builder for both stage and screen through her company, Puppet Motion. 


Currently, she is the third-ever resident artist at Puppet Showplace Theater, touring family puppet shows and teaching puppetry to all ages. Most recently, Sarah was a shadow puppet fabricator for A.R.T.'s The Odyssey (2025), built a puppet and puppeteered in Adam McKay's Don’t Look Up (2021), and directed Sandglass Theater's latest puppet production Feral (2024). In June 2025, Sarah premiered Party Animals, a new touring family puppet show with original music by Phil Berman.

Earlier Event: March 1
Rapunzel by Elizabeth Dapo
Later Event: March 7
Rapunzel by Elizabeth Dapo
 

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Puppet Showplace Theater is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and the Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan from the National Endowment for the Arts.