Jan 28: 5p and 8p
"tiny, enchanting and exquisite" — Broadway World
Class, cultures, and expectations clash when Jacques' American cousin Sam visits him in Paris for a birthday celebration. Winner of a 2024 Jim Henson Foundation grant award, Happy Birthday, Mon Ami combines glove puppetry, live music, and audience participation to create a delightful hour of fun for the whole family. (60 mins. Family friendly)
Free admission, seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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South Korea - Oil Pressure Vibrator articulates the artist's fascination with the excavator and its movements, wielding heavy machinery to break into the complexities of sexuality. The performance is a quest interwoven with performance, documentary film and genre-defying video work. With English subtitles. (Run time: 60 mins. Age: 18+).
Tickets $43/$35 (students & seniors)
info@chicagopuppetfest.org
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World Premiere - adaption of Maxim Gorky's masterpiece, The Lower Depths. This play is the second in Gwydion Theatre's "Season of Class" where we aim to examine the history and practice of classism in society. The Lower Depths investigates the forgotten class, the poorest of our poor citizens, and their untold human connections in a world where they have been disconnected from humanity. (2hrs with intermission).
Thu-Sat 730pm; Sat 2p, Sun 4p
Tickets: $30/$20 (Students. ID at door)
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