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Amplify: The Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers Showcase

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

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  • $28 Advance / plus $2 service fee

  • $33 Day of Show / plus $2 service fee

  • $50 Supporter / plus $2 service fee

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June 13 (Sat) 2026: 8:00 pm

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About the Show

Discover innovative works at a one-night-only finale to the 6th edition of the Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers (CRBP) — at Boston University’s lovely Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre. The evening will feature “puppet slam”-style performances by the five artists of the 2026 cohort, plus performances by other artists from the CRBP community.

Featuring performances by the 2026 cohort:

  • Beyonce Armstrong (Brooklyn, NY) | The Hood Babies' Tapes: Volume 2

  • Majeedah Johnson (Parkville, MD) | Under the Microscope

  • Sarah Kenerson (Boston, MA) | Acorn Rock

  • Samuel J. Lewis, II (Chicago, IL) | Black Episcopalian

  • Danyett Tucker (Baltimore, MD) | A Fly Girl's Travel Journal

Plus:

  • Marcella Murray, CRBP 2026 Project Mentor

  • Tanya Nixon-Silberg of Little Uprisings, CRBP Community Curator & CRBP 2020 fellow

The artists are traveling from across the country to share their work in this culminating event — you won’t want to miss it!

The Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers (CRBP) is a national initiative of Brookline’s Puppet Showplace Theater that supports the development of original works by Black artists. It amplifies diverse voices in puppetry arts and centers the creation of new narratives by supporting artists at the earliest stages of development. The residency provides fellows with mentorship, skill-building opportunities, community connection, and a $1000 grant. This program is about representation, storytelling, and creating space for voices that aren’t always heard.

Come experience the future of puppetry!

Recommended for adults & teens


Learn more

Learn more about the Creative Residency , the artists from 2020-2026, and follow our blog for a q&a with each artist of the 2026 cohort.

Thank you to our supporters

  • Boston University’s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre

Earlier Event: June 7
Jack and the Beanstalk by Dream Tale Puppets
Later Event: June 23
Death & The Fool: A Tarot-Inspired Medieval Folly by Happenstance Theater
 

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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.