Local Events
Enjoy high quality puppet theatre in a small town atmosphere with Iowa's only professional puppet company!
We have scheduled a full season of shows and events for 2024-2025! Puppet Shows, Festivals, Birthday Parties, and Lots of Fun for All Ages.
Spring Break Show
Nacho and Yoyo’s Escapades, a bilingual English/Spanish show, takes elements of Iowa City’s barrio history mixed with large doses of fantasy to create an original story detailing the adventures of a chihuahua and an escaped circus monkey.
Age group: 4-94
Magical Fish and Mermaids
The Fisherman and his Wife is the ancient Grimm’s Fairy Tale of the magical fish who grants wishes until the beneficiaries become too greedy and too hungry for power.
Age group: 4-94
New Puppeteers Festival
SATURDAY MAY 3rd, 2025
Festival Begins at 10:00 AM
THE NEW PUPPETEERS FESTIVAL is an opportunity for YOU to develop your own puppet show! Eulenspiegel puppeteers will help with all of your needs! This program is open to anyone who is young to the art of puppetry (kids and adults).
Age group: all ages
Summer Puppet Camp
for ages 7-12
July 7th-11th, 2025
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.
West Liberty Children's Festival
Saturday, September 13th 2025, 10 AM-3 PM
The Twenty-Eighth Annual West Liberty Children's Festival will take place Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 10:00 A. M. to 3:00 P. M.
Age group: All Ages
Field Trips!
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre is an excellent destination for your school field trips!
With shows that connect to the Iowa Core, include study guides, and take place in West Liberty's charming downtown park, our beautiful 1910 opera house, or Owl Glass Puppetry Center's intimate environment, these events are perfect for grades K-5.
