Tag Archives: Puppets

Lightwire Theater: Dino-Light at the Clarice, May 9

Lightwire Theater: Dino-Light at the Clarice, May 9

Clarice presents:
Lightwire Theater: Dino-Light

Sat, May. 9, 2026 | 2:30 pm

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

You won’t believe your eyes as a shining, luminescent world of prehistoric creatures dance, explore and even engage in lightsaber duels in the larger-than-life neon puppetry world of Dino-Light.

Through a mix of imagination, science and magic, a friendly neon-lit dinosaur leaps to life, seeking friends and love in Dino-Light. You won’t believe your eyes as a shining, luminescent world of prehistoric creatures dance, explore and even engage in lightsaber duels! The luminary geniuses at Lightwire Theater utilize light, technology, music and innovative puppeteering to tell captivating stories and unite audiences of all ages with a sense of wonder. As seen on “America’s Got Talent,” the company’s approach to inventive artistry through creative engineering sets them apart. A Jim Henson Foundation Grant awardee and the first full-length work by company founders Ian Carney and Corbin Popp, Dino-Light makes its Clarice Presents debut for a one-afternoon-only matinee that’s sure to enchant would-be paleontologists both young and old!

Tickets: $35, Students/Youth: $15, family pack $80 (2 reg; 2 students). Click here.

Alex and Olmsted: Milo the Magnificent at the Clarice, May 10

Alex and Olmsted: Milo the Magnificent at the Clarice, May 10

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Alex and Olmsted: Milo the Magnificent
Saturday, May 10, 2025 • 11AM & 1PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Alex and Olmsted are proud to introduce you to Milo, an aspiring magician with a big heart and maybe a tiny bit of stage fright. Milo’s magic may not always turn out quite the way he plans it, but audiences of all ages are guaranteed to fall in love with this charmingly innovative puppet show. Performed as a wordless comedy, Milo the Magnificent evokes the spirit of vaudeville and childhood dreams of stardom while offering chills, thrills and unbelievable spectacle for the whole family, all in under an hour! Alex and Olmsted is a resident company at Baltimore Theatre Project and was awarded the 2020 State Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. Their programs have been named as an official selection of the Maryland Film Festival, supported by the Jim Henson Foundation, and joyfully reviewed by The New York Times.

Tickets: $15 Public, $10 Children, click here.

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, May 3-10 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, May 3-10 at 10am

Puppet Friends in Storyland
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:
May 3 & 10, 2024, Penny Penguin and Connor Cow

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

Puppet Friends in Storyland.

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!

Enjoy a nature story time! Listen to animal puppets 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! A different show each month!

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions, $13 non-resident. Click here.

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Apr 5 & 12 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Apr 5 & 12 at 10am

Puppet Friends in Storyland
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:
March 8 & 15, 2024, Owen Otter and Tammy Turtle
April 5 & 12, 2024, Barry Bat and Peter Pangolin
May 3 & 10, 2024, Penny Penguin and Connor Cow

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

Puppet Friends in Storyland.

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!

Enjoy a nature story time! Listen to animal puppets 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! A different show each month!

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions, $13 non-resident. Click here.

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Mar 8 & 15 at 10am

Watkins Nature Center Puppet Show, Mar 8-May 10 at 10am

Puppet Friends in Storyland
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:
March 8 & 15, 2024, Owen Otter and Tammy Turtle
April 5 & 12, 2024, Barry Bat and Peter Pangolin
May 3 & 10, 2024, Penny Penguin and Connor Cow

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

Puppet Friends in Storyland.

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!

Enjoy a nature story time! Listen to animal puppets 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! A different show each month!

Tickets: $10 for 2 sessions, $13 non-resident. Click here.