BALLARD INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF PUPPETRY

by A.A. Cristi - October 16, 2024

As part of its 2024 Fall Puppet Performance Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will welcome Emily Schubert to perform A Cornucopia Cabaret! on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the in the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce C...

by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2024

The Ballard Institute and museum of Puppetry will host a “Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium” on Friday and Saturday, October 25-26, in conjunction with Wonderland Puppet Theater: Visions of the Beloved Community exhibition curated by Dr. Paulette Richards....

by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2024

The Ballard Institute and museum of Puppetry will host a “Wonderland Puppet Theater Symposium” on Friday and Saturday, October 25-26, in conjunction with our Wonderland Puppet Theater: Visions of the Beloved Community exhibition curated by Dr. Paulette Richards....

by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2024

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will present Sea Offerings, Wayang, and Me, a lecture-performance by UConn Puppet Arts Professor Dr. Matthew Cohen, with video by artist Ben Hagari, on Monday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Ballard Institute Theater, located at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs...

by A.A. Cristi - September 26, 2024

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut have announced a performance of THE BAFFO BOX SHOW by Modern Times Theater on October 19....

by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2024

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut announced a forum on Puppets and the Immaterial World, scheduled for October 10 at 7 p.m. ...

by A.A. Cristi - September 11, 2024

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut has announced its Fall Performance Series starting with THE LOOSE CABOOSE on September 21, 2024, at 11 a.m. in Storrs, CT....

by Stephi Wild - September 11, 2024

As part of its 2024 Fall Puppet Forum Series and in conjunction with the 2024 UConn Fall Puppet Slam on Sept. 20, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry will host Puppet Slams: Short-Form Puppetry for the 21st Century, a discussion with Puppet Slam Network (PSN) founder Heather Henson; Brenna ...

by A.A. Cristi - September 10, 2024

The Ballard Institute and UConn Puppet Arts announced the 2024 UConn Fall Puppet Slam, featuring innovative performances by students, alumni, and professional puppeteers on September 20....

by Stephi Wild - August 28, 2024

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will once again offer fall community puppet-building workshops to design and build life-size and over-life-size puppets for a new pageant production—The Conference of the Birds—to be performed at the Celebrate Mansfield Fe...