Available Puppet Shows:  Descriptions

 

 

Alice and Jimmy's Epic Rock Dream

 

Children and adults alike will be encouraged to join in the fun and work together with puppets Alice and Jimmy as they face their fears and realize their dreams.  Our heroes will travel far from home and each other and encounter bullies, make new friends, and need lots of help from the audience along the way.  This show features a variety of musical styles and two original songs.

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Around the World in Five Folktales

 

Travel around the world without leaving your seat!  Adam and friends will tell five different versions of a familiar story with a variety of puppetry styles, and lots of help from the audience.  See if you can recognize this tale from China, Egypt, Ireland, Canada, and right here where you live.  Discover the differences and similarities that make stories from many cultures both unique and unifying.  Audience members work together to create a brand-new twist for an old-old tale.

 

 

Billy and the Story Machine

 

Do you have a favorite fairy tale?  Do you like to make up your very own stories?  How many things can you use your imagination for?  Help Billy and the Story Machine create a fairy tale like you’ve never seen before.   Audience members will interact with Billy and his friends as they work together to bring a story to life.

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Captain Aesop's All-Star Galaxy Games

 

Get ready to cheer for puppets from distant planets! Unique creatures and human characters exercise their bodies, minds, and feelings in a variety of cosmic challenges based on Aesop's Fables. Perseverance, sportsmanship, and imagination will be put to the test! What's the moral of the story? That's up to the audience to discover!

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A Christmas Carol

 

Marley was dead to begin with... but you can't keep a bad puppet down! Assist a passel of puppets and people performers in their efforts to reform Ebenezer Scrooge in time for Christmas.  This interactive adaptation of Charles Dickens's classic holiday ghost story features a variety of puppetry styles and silliness suitable for all ages (and is not too scary for anyone.)
 

 

The Great Bug-tacular Game Show

 

Are you as busy as a bee?  Hard-working as an ant?  Are you an aspiring entomologist?  Do you want to know what an entomologist is?  Help puppet contestants and audience volunteers play a variety of exciting rounds of games about bugs.  Meet new friends and learn interesting bug facts.  Audience members interact with Joe and his friends as they work together to play the game.

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Heroes on Hand

 

Join forces with puppet superheroes to save the day!  The "Heroes on Hand" will need lots of help from the audience during their comic book inspired adventures.  This show features three different stories about friendship, citizenship, heroes and villains, and includes original music (there's even a puppet rap battle!)  Heroes on Hand celebrates different ways of helping and cooperating and brings out the hero in children and adults! 

 

 

Joe Flashlight and the Case of the Taken Cake

 

Oh no!  A birthday cake is missing!  Help Detective Joe Flashlight and his clue-crunching computer, Silver Berry, solve the case. Audience members will interact with Joe and his friends as they look for clues and learn to consider all the facts before jumping to conclusions in this humorous story that sparks the imagination.

 

 

Joe Flashlight and the Mystery of the Missing Archeologist

 

Set off on an adventure to find a missing archeologist!  Leading the expedition is Joe Flashlight, puppet detective, who will use science and imagination to dig for clues, encounter new and different creatures, and need lots of help from the audience along the way. This noir-style story is sure to inspire creative and critical thinkers of all ages.

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Joe Flashlight: CSI

(Creature Story Investigator)

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Join Joe Flashlight, puppet detective, as he works with investigator-in-training, Alice the Fox, to solve animal mysteries. With your help, Joe and Alice investigate strange noises, crumpled carrots and missing pets, and discover who stole the cookie from the cookie jar. Learn about wild and domesticated animals while practicing your detective skills. 

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My Unbelievable Aquatic Adventure

 

Join hand puppets, shadow screen puppets, and stick puppets for an adventure on (and under) the high seas.  Johnny the Ex-Pirate makes his directorial debut with his original story starring Skip, only to be interrupted by an alien invasion!  Audience members help teach a visitor from another planet all about the importance of conserving water to save Johnny's production, not to mention planet Earth!

 

 

Punky's Steamworks

 

Jack is working on an invention that will solve all of the world's problems while trying to run his great-great-great Grandma Punky's Fix-it Shop.  Join puppet and human characters for "S-t-e-a-m Punk" style fun as they use Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math in a story inspired by the likes of Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, HG Wells, and Lewis Carroll.  

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                                                         Puppets & Dragons!

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Calling all adventurers! Join puppets and people on an exciting quest in this interactive show created by the audience. Work together to tell a unique story that changes with each choice you make. Magical monsters! Fuzzy friends! And a dragon?

 

 

Puppet Talent Show

 

Interact with many different puppets as they showcase a variety of talents, including magic, music, comedy, and storytelling.  The Talent Show is full of surprises and encourages creative audience participation.  You might learn something about your own specials talents, too!  The Puppet Talent Show can be easily adapted for a variety of venues and themes.

 

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Camp Morningstar Variety Show

 

This special production was commissioned for a camp that helps children grieving the loss of a loved one.  Camp Morningstar generously agreed to allow Adam Swartz Puppets to perform this unique show for other venues.  This puppet show encourages healthy self-reflection, self-expression, memorial celebration and hope.  Please contact Adam for more details.