Black Cherry Puppet Theater

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making puppets come alive in Baltimore since 1980

Join us at Black Cherry Saturday October 17th at 7pm (6:30 doors) for a concert by Baltimore-based trio The Bayberries !...
10/06/2026

Join us at Black Cherry Saturday October 17th at 7pm (6:30 doors) for a concert by Baltimore-based trio The Bayberries !! đŸŽ»
This powerhouse group weaves together bluegrass and folk sounds, classical styles, and influences from around the globe. Featuring Danielle Williams on mandolin, piano, flute, and vocals, Samantha Flores on cello and vocals, and Hana Morford on viola, violin, and vocals. Not to be missed!! Tickets are on sale now $15-30 sliding scale at blackcherry.org đŸŽŸïž (need assistance with cost or accessibility? Email [email protected]) We were SO lucky to have The Bayberries as our musical guests for this year’s March Puppet Slamwich, and we are thrilled to welcome them back to our cozy theater & stage for a show all their own!!

Join us for the next Puppet Potluck!Wednesday, October 14th6:30-8:30pmat Black Cherry Puppet TheaterPuppet Potlucks are ...
10/06/2026

Join us for the next Puppet Potluck!
Wednesday, October 14th
6:30-8:30pm
at Black Cherry Puppet Theater

Puppet Potlucks are a circle of puppet enthusiasts sharing ideas and works in progress! These sessions aim to build a supportive community for those interested in developing and sharing puppet shows! Have an idea to pitch, a work in progress you want to get feedback on, or just seek creative community around puppetry?
We’d love to see you there!

Free! Bring some food and your ideas to share...No need to sign-up, just show up!

If you have accessibility needs or questions, please call 410-752-7272 or email [email protected] Flyer illustration by samgrossman000 💚

Join us at Black Cherry Saturday October 17th at 7pm (6:30 doors) for a concert by Baltimore-based trio The Bayberries !...
10/05/2026

Join us at Black Cherry Saturday October 17th at 7pm (6:30 doors) for a concert by Baltimore-based trio The Bayberries ! This powerhouse group weaves together bluegrass and folk sounds, classical styles, and influences from around the globe. Featuring Danielle Williams on mandolin, piano, flute, and vocals, Samantha Flores on cello and vocals, and Hana Morford on viola, violin, and vocals. Not to be missed!

Black Cherry’s classic marionette show Billy Goats Gruff’kin will be performed as the kick off for our ‘Second Sunday Fa...
10/04/2026

Black Cherry’s classic marionette show Billy Goats Gruff’kin will be performed as the kick off for our ‘Second Sunday Family Series’ at Black Cherry!

Sunday, October 11, 2026
1pm, doors open at 12:30pm
Inside Black Cherry Puppet Theater, 1115 Hollins Street, Baltimore, MD

Tickets available at blackcherry.org
Kids $5
Adults $15-25 Sliding Scale!

Put those screens away and bring the kids to see Black Cherry’s classic retelling of the timeless Billy Goats Gruff fairytale with hand carved marionette puppets. Find out if the grass is really greener on the other side, and if the troll will finally get his just reward!
The thirty minute performance is followed by an informal puppet demonstration and photo opportunities! Fun for all ages!

Help us welcome nocturnalcreaturestroupe to Black Cherry TUESDAY October 6th! We have a feeling you may need a funny, ab...
10/02/2026

Help us welcome nocturnalcreaturestroupe to Black Cherry TUESDAY October 6th! We have a feeling you may need a funny, absurd puppet mystery musical in your life right about now!! So get your tickets and come out to Baltimore’s coziest lil’ puppet theater to see ‘The Unsolved Mystery of Ms Patsy Climbe’

7pm show, doors at 6:30pm

Tickets Sliding Scale $15-30 Available NOW at blackcherry.org (NOTAFLOF / DM us for a $5 off coupon code if you need one!)

Nocturnal Creatures Troupe presents: The Unsolved Mystery of Ms. Patsy Climb—
A multimedia musical puppet production exploring the lives of a humanoid bat, mysterious spider and cranky mouse. Provocative parody of everyday experiences of street performers in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the characters they encounter, as they strive to strike a record deal and make it big. Will they eat free Hotdogs for life? Will Detective Bark bust the case wide open and earn the title “Good Boy?” Tune in and find out!

Bio:
Nocturnal Creatures Troupe is a collaboration between artists Krystal Burns (🎈🩹 ) and Omer Gal (Cookie Tongue ) spinning absurd tales of three nocturnal misfits, in the format of a puppet musical. Gal and Burns are established artist/performers/musicians and puppeteers, having performed at many festivals, venues and shown work in galleries, namely New Orleans Puppet Festival, Asheville Fringe Arts, and many more. They both love story telling through songwriting, puppetry and pulling imagination in from the otherside. Joined this tour by puppeteer MayaLLLawrence

Please join us this Saturday October 3, for the next of the free, volunteer-run build sessions for Black Cherry’s LION T...
10/01/2026

Please join us this Saturday October 3, for the next of the free, volunteer-run build sessions for Black Cherry’s LION TURTLE ISLAND LANTERN PUPPET, for the 2026 Great Baltimore Lantern Parade at Patterson Park! The build session is at Black Cherry Puppet Theater, at 1115 Hollins Street.

This Saturday’s build session is 9am-12pm. The sessions continue on Saturday October 10 and Saturday October 17 (all from 9am-12pm), followed by the Parade itself on Saturday October 24.

Please join us to build the Lion Turtle Island Lantern Puppet! No experience necessary. Invite your friends; drop-ins welcome.

Also, we need empty cereal boxes to strengthen the beautiful puppet! Even if you’re not able to volunteer for the build, please drop them off at a build the next three Saturdays, or at Black Cherry at one of our upcoming events

We look forward to seeing you!

Join of for an evening with three incredible touring bands! The Bandit Queen of Sorrows, Summoning Circle & Makeshift Ha...
09/30/2026

Join of for an evening with three incredible touring bands! The Bandit Queen of Sorrows, Summoning Circle & Makeshift Hammer--Thursday October 1st at Black Cherry 1115 Hollins St Baltimore,MD
7pm Show
6:30pm Doors

Tickets $15-25 Available now: https://blackcherry.ticketspice.com/bandit-queen-summoning-circle--makeshift-hammer

Leslie Fox-Humphreys is a dark folk poet, singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist, featuring cello, shrutti box, guitar, banjo, piano, percussion, and harmonica. The Bandit Queen plays storytelling Celtic/American inspired folkloric tunes and jazz.

Summoning Circle is a Celtic Dungeon folk band based out of Santa Cruz, Ca. The group features multi-instrumentalists Joe Doucette, Jack Kelly, and Liv LaFluv, blending traditional Appalachian and Celtic sounds with atmospheric folk.

Makeshift Hammer makes ‘gutter-folk’ music, a proprietary blend of bittersweet ballads, crooked stories, and thumping blue rants on mandolin, bass guitar, and assorted junk foot-percussion described by Bruce Warren of WXPN as “a bluesy version of Nick Cave with a nod to Tom Waits.”

Tuesday October 6th at Black Cherry nocturnalcreaturestroupe presents:The Unsolved Mystery of Ms Patsy Climbe7pm show, d...
09/29/2026

Tuesday October 6th at Black Cherry nocturnalcreaturestroupe presents:
The Unsolved Mystery of Ms Patsy Climbe

7pm show, doors at 6:30pm

Tickets $15-30 Available NOW at blackcherry.org (NOTAFLOF Contact [email protected] for a coupon code)

Nocturnal Creatures Troupe presents: The Unsolved Mystery of Ms. Patsy Climb—
A multimedia musical puppet production exploring the lives of a humanoid bat, mysterious spider and cranky mouse. Provocative parody of everyday experiences of street performers in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the characters they encounter, as they strive to strike a record deal and make it big. Will they eat free Hotdogs for life? Will Detective Bark bust the case wide open and earn the title “Good Boy?” Tune in and find out!

Bio:
Nocturnal Creatures Troupe is a collaboration between artists Krystal Burns (🎈🩹 ) and Omer Gal (Cookie Tongue ) spinning absurd tales of three nocturnal misfits, in the format of a puppet musical. Gal and Burns are established artist/performers/musicians and puppeteers, having performed at many festivals, venues and shown work in galleries, namely New Orleans Puppet Festival, Asheville Fringe Arts, and many more. They both love story telling through songwriting, puppetry and pulling imagination in from the otherside. Joined this tour by puppeteer MayaLLLawrence

Were you inspired by the last Puppet Slamwich? Do you have your own short puppet skit--or puppet adjacent performance to...
09/28/2026

Were you inspired by the last Puppet Slamwich? Do you have your own short puppet skit--or puppet adjacent performance to share? Black Cherry is on the lookout for puppet acts for our next Puppet Slamwich at the our Black Cherry Puppet Theatre space Baltimore MD on Saturday November 14!!

Applications are due by OCTOBER 10TH!!!

Musical guest acts are encouraged to apply!

Application link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhpPwtULh_LG0oojGCbflcKmFdtrnx83MAANddOURPdqIPwQ/viewform
Please SHARE far and wide with your puppet communities! We can sometimes help find housing for traveling acts!

Pictures by: Isabella Mooney 🌙

Don’t miss this special chance to see touring band Summoning Circle on the Black Cherry stage this Thursday Oct 1 with L...
09/27/2026

Don’t miss this special chance to see touring band Summoning Circle on the Black Cherry stage this Thursday Oct 1 with Leslie Fox-Humphreys and Makeshift Hammer !! Show at 7pm. Tickets and more info at blackcherry.org
đŸȘ•đŸŽ»Summoning Circle is a Celtic Dungeon folk band based out of Santa Cruz, Ca. The group features multi-instrumentalists Joe Doucette, Jack Kelly, and Liv LaFluv, blending traditional Appalachian and Celtic sounds with atmospheric folk.

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