Local Events

Enjoy high quality puppet theatre in a small town atmosphere with Iowa's only professional puppet company!

In hopes that things will be back to normal this year, we have scheduled a full season of shows and events. We are especially excited about adding a Young Puppeteers Festival for anyone "young" to the art of puppetry! You can begin signing up in the fall. Group leaders will get an informational orientation on creating puppet shows. Each group will get two free consultations during the process. The festival takes place in May. There is no charge, but we require a signed commitment form. No dropping out at the last minute!

If covid rears its ugly head, we will do as many shows as possible outdoors and the rest masked at half capacity.

The Big Election

Saturday, April 15, 11 AM and 2 PM

Who will win the big election for Leader of the Beasts? Will it be Benny P. (for Progress) Beaver or Terry E.

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Age group: 4-94

The Big Election

Summer Neighborhood Tour 2023!

Thanks to support from many generous friends donating to the Teri Jean Breitbach Memorial Fund, we are once again bringing free puppet shows to the area. This year's main show is The Emperor's Nightingale, a delightful tale by Hans Christian Andersen, performed by Stephanie Vallez.

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Summer Neighborhood Tour 2023!

Young Puppeteers Festival

Saturday, May 6, 10 AM-4 PM

THE YOUNG PUPPETEERS FESTIVAL is an opportunity for amateur puppeteers to develop their own shows for performance in a festival setting. It is open to anyone who is young to the art of puppetry (kids and adults).

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Age group: all ages

Young Puppeteers Festival

Summer Camp

2023 Summer Puppet Campfor ages 7-12

July 24th-28th 2023

10:00 a. m. - 4:00 p. m. Daily

en español abajo 

Join us for a week of fun with puppetry! Campers will learn many styles of puppetry and work together to build their own original puppet show with the guidance of our professional artists and staff.

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Summer Camp

Summer Class for Adults!

Monday, July 31-Friday, August 4

Have you always wanted to learn more about puppetry?

Our summer class for adults is approved by Grant Wood AEA! If you're a teacher, you can take the class for three credits toward recertification, but anyone, teen or adult, can take the class for fun and personal enrichment.

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Age group: Adults and teens

Summer Class for Adults!

Pre-Festival Workshops

Friday afternoon, Sept. 15, out-of-town puppeteers here for the Children's Festival will present workshops open to the public, puppeteers and non-puppeteers alike. Children in the West Liberty School district may attend the workshops free of charge. Specific times and subjects TBA.  Contact us for details.  

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Age group: 7-adult depending on workshop

Pre-Festival Workshops

Puppet Slam for Adults

Friday, September 15, 7 PM

Every year, the evening before the children's festival, Eulenspiegel and Friends present a “Puppet Slam” at 7:00 P. M. A Puppet Slam is an opportunity to perform and watch short experimental and sometimes outrageous puppet vignettes that are geared towards teenagers and adults.

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Age group: teens and adults

Puppet Slam for Adults

West Liberty Children's Festival

Saturday, September 16, 10 AM-3 PM

The Twenty-Sixth Annual West Liberty Children's Festival will take place Saturday, September 60, 2023, from 10:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M.

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Age group: 2-102

West Liberty Children's Festival
Eulenspiegel Puppets

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Contact us:

(319)-627-2487
monica@puppetspuppets.com
319 N. Calhoun St.
West Liberty, IA