Local Schedule 2019/2020
Enjoy high quality puppet theatre in a small town atmosphere with Iowa's only professional puppet company!
HAVE AN EXPERIENCE in 2019-2020! Bring a special friend, child or adult, to an Eulenspiegel show!
The 2019-2020 Season includes something for every age and every taste, including a menu just for adults. See folk tales, fantasy, a brand new show about an election for Leader of the Beasts, and, for the mature generation, a Puppet Slam, Dessert Theatre For Adults, and Puppet Film Shorts, curated by Heather Henson! All ages will enjoy Hunter Marionettes, our guest puppeteer from Minneapolis with two shows, one for families and one for adults. And be sure to attend Eulenspiegel's 45th Birthday Party on the International Day of Puppetry!
Start the season by attending the West Liberty Children's Festival with shows by Eulenspiegel and four guests from four different states; the evening before teens and adults can attend a Puppet Slam! Beat the winter blahs by attending a family show during winter break. Join your friends and neighbors at a day-long birthday party with shows, films, and birthday cake for Eulenspiegel's 45th birthday!
Again this year: three "Maker Breaks" for adults and teens! A chance to sit down with friends, old and new, and create something fun with your hands while sipping wine or other beverages and nibbling on snacks.
All events take place in downtown West Liberty, a hopping little town with lots of restaurants and a lovely 1910 vintage opera house.
Summer Neighborhood Tour 2019!
Thanks to support from HNI, ACT, U of I Community Credit Union, and many generous friends donating to the Teri Jean Breitbach Memorial Fund, we are once again bringing puppet shows and workshops to neighborhoods, maybe including yours, all summer! This year's show is The Big Election with puppeteers Monica Leo and Stephanie Vallez.
Summer Class for Adults!
Have you always wanted to learn more about puppetry
Eulenspiegel puppeteer Monica Leo will teach an adult class
this summer. You may take the class for threecredits
toward teacher re-certification or just for fun!
You will learn:
To write a play with solid dramatic structure.
Age group: Adults and teens
Field Trips!
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre is an excellent destination for your school filed trips!
With shows that connect to the Iowa Core, include study guides, and take place in West Liberty's beautiful 1910 opera house or Owl Glass Puppetry Center's intimate environment, these events are perfect for grades K-5.
Pre-Festival Workshops
This year we're offering three puppetry workshops, all taught by our fabulous guest puppeteers, the day before the West Liberty Children's Festival! Choose one or two workshops for $15. 00 each or attend all three for $40. 00. Add a $5. 00 material fee for the crankie workshop.
Age group: 12-adult
Puppet Slam for Adults
Leading up to this year’s children's festival, Eulenspiegel and Friends will present a “Puppet Slam” on Friday evening, Sept. 13, at 7:30 P. M. at Puebla Restaurant. A Puppet Slam is an opportunity to perform and watch short experimental and sometimes outrageous puppet vignettes that are geared towards teenagers and adults.
Age group: teens and adults
West Liberty Children's Festival
The Twenty Third Annual West Liberty Children's Festival will take place Saturday, September 14, 2019, from 10:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M.
Age group: 2-102
Thursday Maker Breaks!
Take a break from your routine and and make something fun!
We're offering three different opportunities for adults (and teens) to gather together, sip wine and other beverages and nibble on snacks while exercising your creativity and making something fun! You can attend one, two, or all three; dates are Oct. 17 (masks), Nov. 7 (pop-ups), and Feb.
Age group: teen through adult
Make a Mask Maker Break!
Get ready for Halloween and Day of the Dead by making a delightful mask to wear to costume parties or display on your wall. Several mask designs using various materials and levels of difficulty will be available. This workshop is recommended for artists but open to any adult (or teen) who likes to dabble in crafts.
Age group: teen-adult
Puppet Films for Adults!
Heather Henson introduces independent filmmakers and puppeteers who explore their craft specifically for the camera in this handpicked selection of puppet film shorts. Handmade Puppet Dreams showcases the fresh voices of independent puppeteers who embrace film as their medium and breathe life into their dreams, while exploring a spectrum of live-action puppetry styles.
Age group: 10-100
Pop-up Books and Cards Maker Break!!
Learn all about pop-ups! Make a card or two or three or begin making a complete book. Refreshments served! Sign up by email or by phoning 319-627-2487.
Hunter Marionettes Residency: Adult Show
Enter the odd and entertaining, complex and captivating world of the marionette. Singing socks on strings. Dancing box on strings. All masterfully brought to life by a solo puppeteer. A Fringe Festival Favorite! Recommended for teens and adults.
Age group: Teens and adults
Hunter Marionettes Residency: Family Show
PENGUIN IN MY POCKET tells the fun-filled and quirky tale of a penguin scientist who crash lands in the jungle when her experimental jetpack fails, and how she works with an artistic monkey to find her way home — encountering a sea monster along the way.
Age group: 4-94
Winter Break Show
Feeling the winter blahs? Bored with winter vacation? Come to Owl Glass Puppetry Center in West Liberty and have fun!
Eulenspiegel's adaptation of this beloved Grimms fairy tale uses delightfully crafted miniature Bohemian marionettes created by puppeteer Monica Leo. The set is an extra-large pop-up storybook also designed and created by Leo.
Age group: 3-93
The Big Election
Fun, Fantasy, and Voter Education!
Who will win the big election for Leader of the Beasts? Will it be Benny P. (for Progress) Beaver or Terry E.
Age group: 4-94
Experiment with Shadow Puppets Maker Break!
Shadow puppets are evocative, expressive, and deceptively simple! Try direct screen, shadows on overhead projectors, colors; you can even make a simple stage!
Sip, munch, and create!
Sign up by email or by phoning 319-627-2487.
Age group: teens and adults
Puppets and Pastries: Dessert Theatre for Adults
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre presents its twenty first annual Puppets and Pastries: Dessert Theatre For Adults, Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22 at 8:00 P. M. at Owl Glass Puppetry Center, 319 North Calhoun, West Liberty, Iowa.
Age group: High School through Adult
Birthday Party!
Come to an all day birthday party! See shows by Eulenspiegel and by our favorite guest puppeteer, Pam Corcoran from Wisconsin! See film clips and documentaries detailing the company's history! listen to music, eat cake, and socialize!
Age group: 3-93
Eli Portugal Residency
Our residencies by Mexican guest puppeteer Eli Portugal have been so popular that we've decided to make them annual events! This year, Eli and Monica will be touring Stories and Cuentos, Uncle Rabbit's Adventures and their bilingual community show, Five Suns of the Aztecs. Call 319-627-2487 or email for touring information and local date details.
Stories and Cuentos
Developed and performed by Monica Leo and Mexican puppeteer Eli Portugal, co-founder of Mojiganga Arte Escenico, this performance includes two classic Mexican animal tales. The Rabbit in the Moon, a well-known myth, gives a whimsical explanation for the shadows we see in the moon, while delighting audiences with the age old battle of wits between rabbit and coyote.
Age group: 3-93
