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Discover festivals, performances, workshops, and annual observance days connected to shadow puppetry.
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CactusHead Puppets premieres a cave adventure about Jamie and a missing Echo, using tabletop puppetry, shadow puppet bats, and a dash of humor.
Drew Colby stages Hans Christian Andersen's tale using hand shadows, body shadows, light, and a few simple props in a family-friendly 45-minute performance.
Manual Cinema tours its live cinematic Macbeth adaptation combining shadow puppetry, miniatures, acting, and a cinematic soundscape.
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Midnight Radio Show stages original fairy tales with hand-crafted shadow puppets, songs, and live original music.
Hamid Rahmanian's shadow play based on the Persian epic Shahnameh, featuring 483 puppets, an ensemble of actors and puppeteers, and over 200 animated backgrounds.
US Karagoz Theatre Company presents a Turkish shadow theater satire in English for adults with live musical accompaniment.
US Karagoz Theatre Company brings a family-friendly Turkish shadow play about Belinda, a magician, and the forest witch Baba Yaga.
Firelight Shadow Theater's Daniel Barash brings folklore to life through shadow puppetry, stories, wisdom, and songs.
Shadow Girls Cult pairs surreal marionette ritual with a black-and-white overhead projector shadow piece in a double-feature evening.
Manual Cinema reimagines Macbeth with live cinema, projected puppetry, shadow play, miniatures, and a music-driven ensemble performance.