Category Archives: Puppet

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jul 14 & 21 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jul 14 & 21 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center at Watkins Park presents a nature-themed puppet show and a chance to meet an animal.

Appropriate for ages 2 to 3, with an adult.

Each session is two Fridays from 10:00 to 10:45am
July 14 & 21, 2023
August 11 & 18, 2023

Watkins Nature Center, Location: 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro MD 20774, Phone: 301-218-6702

Puppet Friends in Storyland: Wanda Woodpecker & Conner Crow

Join us for an interactive lesson with a hands-on activity. Your little one will play, laugh, and dance with their puppet pals while they work on social skills, early literacy development, listening, communication, fine motor skills, attention span, and their creativity!

Come enjoy nature story and craft time with us! Join Wanda Woodpecker and Conner Crow in the month of July as they read you a story about their family, and then join them and a naturalist as they led you through a nature themed craft!

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions. Click here.

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jun 9 & 16 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Jun 9-Aug 18 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center at Watkins Park presents a nature-themed puppet show and a chance to meet an animal.

Appropriate for ages 2 to 3, with an adult.

Each session is two Fridays from 10:00 to 10:45am
June 9 & 16, 2023
July 14 & 21, 2023
August 11 & 18, 2023

Watkins Nature Center, Location: 301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro MD 20774, Phone: 301-218-6702

Enjoy nature story time, and then join a naturalist as they lead you through a nature-themed craft! You and your students will join us twice each month for an interactive lesson with a hands-on activity.

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions. Click here.

Butterfly, the Story of a Life Cycle at the Bowie CPA, May 16-17

Butterfly, the Story of a Life Cycle at the Bowie CPA, May 16-17

Arts on Stage presents:
Butterfly, The Story of a Life Cycle

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 10:15am and 12:00 noon
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 10:15am and 12:00 noon

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

NEW DATE: Back by Popular Demand!!! A wondrous view into the insect world seen on the big stage! We will follow Mari a Monarch Butterfly as she grows from her tiny egg then through her caterpillar state, next make the amazing metamorphosis in the chrysalis and finally on her incredible 1500 mile journey to Mexico. With all her insect companions she will learn about her symbiotic relationship with Milkweed, she depends on it for food a home and her unique form of defense against predators. This production uses GIANT puppetry! The audience feels like they have been shrunk down to insect size!

Tickets: $9. Click here.

Henson Awards Showcase 2023 at Clarice Smith, Mar 30

Henson Awards Showcase 2023 at Clarice Smith, Mar 30

Henson Awards Showcase 2023
Thursday, March 30, 2023 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The talented student recipients of the Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry will perform/present their funded projects.

The School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies hosts an annual competition and recipients are awarded funds to create a puppet project or performance. The Jim Henson Fund for Puppetry was established by Jane Henson ’55 to honor the memory of Jim Henson ’60, creator of the world famous Muppets.

Free, no tickets required. Click here.

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

Beech Tree Puppets presents Anansi and the Talking Melon at College Park Arts Exchange, Mar 18

Beech Tree Puppets presents Anansi and the Talking Melon at College Park Arts Exchange, Mar 18

Beech Tree Puppets presents
Anansi and the Talking Melon

March 18, 2023 at 3pm

Sponsored by : College Park Arts Exchange.

Location: The Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park MD

Beech Tree Puppets presents Anansi and the Talking Melon.

Free performance