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The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents P. K. Hallinan's Father's Day story about the relationship between a child and his father.
Tom Lee performs and designs a solo adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's EDEN using shadow screens, moving panoramas, stop-motion animation, and miniature worlds.
Darebin Arts Speakeasy presents a contemporary Southeast Asian ghost story told through shadow puppetry inspired by Malaysian wayang kulit, live music, and dance.
Ash Winkfield's Water Walker explores the Igbo Landing of 1803 through object movement, tabletop puppetry, shadow puppetry, set design, and original music.
Little Wing Puppets performs a family theatre work about belonging and resilience, told through shadow puppetry, live theatre, interaction, and original music.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents Bethany Roberts' Fourth of July Mice as a holiday shadow-story program for young children.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents Eric Carle's The Grouchy Ladybug as a shadow-story program about friendship and manners.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents Frank Asch's Happy Birthday, Moon as a shadow-story program for young children.
Paper Monkey Theatre and The Gleam House present an English shadow play for young children that uses light and shadow to explore bedtime fear, comfort, empathy, and listening.
The museum's Shadow Puppet Theatre series presents Peter Bently's Underpants Wonderpants as a superhero shadow-story program.
Rhythmix in the Parks presents String & Shadow Puppet Theater in a free outdoor family performance of Night at the Grand Opera.
Puppet Showplace Theater presents a summer puppet slam whose official listing explicitly includes shower curtain shadow puppetry among the evening performances.
Drew Colby presents Mr. Shadow, a family hand-shadow show built from shadowgraphy, vintage routines, and playful audience participation.
A night of shadow puppetry featuring Jeighk Koyote's Ocean Kin and two short works by Dawn Brandes, using plexiglass puppets, sculptural props, projected illustration, flashlights, and overhead projection.
The East Lyme Puppetry Committee hosts Sova Theater's musical performance combining live music, dance, and shadow puppetry.
Drew Colby brings My Shadow and Me to Firobi Festival Titelles, using hand shadows and shadowgraphy to build a comic visual world.
Wisconsin Union Theater presents Manual Cinema's shadow-puppet retelling of Frankenstein, combining handmade shadow puppetry, live music, cinematic technique, and projected visuals.
Drew Colby's hand-shadow adaptation of The Ugly Duckling is listed for two public dates at The Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre in Glasgow.
Mr. Damon's Shadow Puppets presents an interactive adventure built from shadow and light where audience choices steer each performance through a different story route.