The Bluebird Patch

Renowned Spanish Artists Put Charming Spin on Classic Tale WHAT : Guyi-Guyi: The Other Ugly Duckling by Periferia Teatro de Títeres of Murcia, Spain                         Acclaimed Spanish puppet company, Periferia Teatro de Títeres, performs the English/Spanish bilingual production of Guyi-Guyi: The Other Ugly Duckling, a story about a crocodile accidentally born into a family of ducks. Guyi-Guyi lives happily with his family until he meets another crocodile and realizes his true nature. After learning that he is not like his feathered siblings, Guyi-Guyi goes on a journey of self discovery and finds that he is more than what meets the eye. Through play and humor, Guyi-Guyi is a new take on Hans Christian Andersen’s classic story The Ugly Duckling. To learn more about Periferia Teatro de Títeres, click here. This produc...

Based on the book by Jon Scieszka (Used by permission)  By Paul Mesner Puppets of Kansas City, MO 2013-14 Family Series May 28 - June 9, 2013 Downstairs Theater Recommended for ages 4 & up  Showtimes •Tues-Fri: 10am & 12pm •Sat: 11am, 1pm & 3pm •Sun: 1pm & 3pm  Think you know the real story behind the huffing and puffing? Think again! In this revealing, no-squealing adaptation of Jon Scieszka’s popular book, Alexander T. Wolf finally has a chance to tell his side of the story. He only wanted a cup of sugar and he had a cold. For years we have only known this story from the pigs’ point of view. Now, Mr. A. Wolf explains what really happened to those houses made of straw, sticks, and bricks and the three little pigs that lived in them. To learn more about Paul Mesner Puppets, click  here !  Puppetry Style: Rod, Body, Shadow Create-A-Puppet Workshop: Make your own  A. Wolf Hand Puppet  ! Tickets for patrons ages two and olde...

Poe’s tapestry of terror is chillingly realized for the puppet stage Poe’s tortured psyche is resurrected among the ruins of a fallen house where mysterious spirits bedevil the dead and it’s always a midnight dreary. Gothic designs, haunting music, and shadowy figures breathe life into Poe’s tapestry of terror, weaving his classics The Raven , The Tell- Tale Heart , The Bells , The Black Cat , and The Cask of Amontillado with his lesser known works, Berenice , The Oval Portrait , M.S. Found in a Bottle , and Lenore . Tales of Edgar Allan Poe is adapted by Bobby Box in collaboration with Jon Ludwig and directed by Michael Haverty.  Puppeteers Luis Hernandez, Reay Kaplan, and Rudy Roushdi bring Poe’s infamous characters to life using a unique “table-top” puppetry style, in which live actors share the stage with the puppets on a multi-planed set.  Music is performed live by Atlanta-based composer and percussionist, Klimchak, who uses unconventional and ...

    Brother Coyote Sister Fox Opening Weekend! Saturday, Jan 12 Activities: 10am – 2pm Performances: 11am, 1pm and 3pm Join the Center for Puppetry Arts and Lingual Kids as we celebrate the opening of Brother Coyote Sister Fox with bilingual games and activities! Test your Spanish skills with object and word matching games. Pin la Pluma on el Pollo! Share your experience with our photo booth with fun props inspired by the show. Enjoy Brother Coyote Sister Fox presented by Thistle Theatre, as well as our wonderful museum exhibits and the Create-A-Puppet Workshop where you can build your very own Cool Coyote Hand Puppet to take home! Learn more about how Lingual Kids can give your child a head start with foreign languages at www.lingualkids.com . Get your tickets today at: http://www.puppet.org/perform/ brothercoyote.shtml  

"No Act of Kindness is Ever Wasted" Aesop's Fables,  The Lion and the Mouse The Tortoise, the Hare and other Aesop’s Fables at the Center for Puppetry Arts is an interactive  take on classic fables and poems that will  delight audiences of all ages.  Aesop's Fables  or the  Aesopica  is a collection of  fables  credited to  Aesop , a  slave  and story-teller believed to have lived in  ancient Greece  between 620 and 560 BC.    Aesop's Fables is a wonderful way to  illustrate a particular moral and teach a lesson to children and kids.  They also  foster the love of reading, increase vocabulary and  teach them the difference between right and wrong. The characters of fables and tales are usually animals who act and talk just like people whilst retaining their animal traits. This theme is especially appealing to children and kids.   Children love fabl...