WMPG is proud to be a media sponsor of Puppets In Portland (PiP) – a city-wide festival of international puppetry arts in Portland, Maine, presented by our friends over at Mayo Street Arts. Six days of world-class performances, workshops, a parade, and more.
PiP PiP Parade! will take place on September 20 from 6:00-6:45 on Oxford and Mayo Streets. This is a free event. Join the party in the streets with Shoestring Theater and the Ideal Maine Social Aid and Sanctuary Band. Featuring giant puppets and masks, tall stilt-walkers, wild drummers, and huge assemblages of color, costume, and sound!
Selected work from Rich Entel’s Cardboard Menagerie will be on display for public viewing at Mayo Street Arts throughout the festival. We encourage you to attend a performance or workshop and take in the exhibit.
Based on a true story, War Maker presents the life of Karim Shaheen, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, and how his life’s dreams were affected by living through three different wars in the span of eleven years.
Inspired by Japanese Butoh dance and performed to a bittersweet electroacoustic score, this minimalistic spectacle partners exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets in a wordless exploration of life’s beautiful impermanence.
Based on a true story, War Maker presents the life of Karim Shaheen, a Palestinian visual artist from Gaza, and how his life’s dreams were affected by living through three different wars in the span of eleven years.
You provide the sketch or photograph for inspiration and Lone Wolf Tribe’s own Kevin Augustine will lead you step-by-step in a unique & fun process to sculpt your one-of-a-kind puppet. Tap into your creative potential with limitless possibilities awaiting you in this hands-on workshop!
Puppetry, drumming, and dance bring to life this story—passed down through African oral traditions—of a brave monkey named Libendi who leaves his famine-struck land in search of water.
You and your family will move to the beat, making music with shakers and djembe drums as you learn Kenyan dances and songs together!
Inspired by Japanese Butoh dance and performed to a bittersweet electroacoustic score, this minimalistic spectacle partners exquisitely sculpted foam-rubber puppets in a wordless exploration of life’s beautiful impermanence.
Set in the eighteenth century and featuring lavishly costumed marionettes, this production of Cinderella is Tanglewood Marionettes’ showpiece. See all of your favorite characters—from the bumptious Stepsisters to the charming Prince—in this classic fairy tale told with wit and style.
Puppetry, drumming, and dance bring to life this story—passed down through African oral traditions—of a brave monkey named Libendi who leaves his famine-struck land in search of water.
Join Dafa Puppet Theatre’s Husam Abed for a discussion on the company’s approach to adapting biographical information into performance.
You and your family will move to the beat, making music with shakers and djembe drums as you learn Kenyan dances and songs together!
Set in the eighteenth century and featuring lavishly costumed marionettes, this production of Cinderella is Tanglewood Marionettes’ showpiece. See all of your favorite characters—from the bumptious Stepsisters to the charming Prince—in this classic fairy tale told with wit and style.
Learn about construction and stringing techniques, as well as the basics of marionette manipulation. Participants will experience firsthand what it is like to work a professional-quality marionette that has been balanced and tuned like a fine instrument.
Visit Mayo St Arts Puppets in Portland website for more information and ticket bundling info.