Puppetworks

03/19/2026

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Carmen Miranda & Xavier Cugat cantam Cuanto Le Gusta, no filme O Príncipe Encantado (A Date With Judy - 1948). No dia da filmagem Carmen estava com uma gripe...

12/26/2025

News article from NPR:

For more than 30 years, Puppetworks has delighted Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood with performances of The Tortoise and the Hare, Pinocchio, Aladdin and, during the holidays, retellings of stories like The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

01/25/2025

Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll's English Adventure
adapted for Marionettes
by Nicolas Coppola & Adam Kilgour
(55 minutes, suggested for ages 3 and up)
January 16 - April 19, 2025
Satudays & Sundays
also Presidents' Week, February 17 - 21
@ 12:30 & 2:30 p.m.
Children $11.00 each, Adults $12.00 each
for Reservations:
(Reserve now; Pay when you get here):
718-965-3391

10/31/2024

What Would a Puppet Theater Do Without a Witch or Two!

10/22/2024

Erica Brown-Freeman (Mar. 26, 1946-Oct 12, 2024)
Losing a very dear friend and talented colleague of many years, is never easy, my heart goes out to Jim Freeman at the loss of his beloved partner and a remarkable woman.
I met Erica back in 1969, at Antioch College, in Ohio, when, as part of their work-study program, I was auditioning actors from the Theater Dept. to tour with The Nicolo Marionettes.
Erica's enthusiasm and many skills made her an important part of the Nicolo troupe for more than 20 years, as a Puppeteer, Costumer Voice Actor, and Director.
Her marvelous characters still live on today on our sound-tracks at Puppetworks, where she can be heard as anyone as Gretel or Glinda, as Diddlewing the Flying Monkey or the Queen of the Night. She created and performed the role of Honey Bear at Macy's Puppet Theater for 15 Christmases.
We shared many exciting and memorable moments in performance, but even more memorable was hosting Erica and Jim's Wedding in my UWS apartment! An amazing event that gathered Jim's Family, Erica's Family, and some of her Puppetry Family.
She was also an important member of the Ridiculous Theater Co. renamed as Eureka, and continued to act and direct in her own projects in later years.
Miss her? Of course, but never will she be forgotten.

09/20/2024

Tabloid tale...

The lifelong puppeteer, 89, also talks about being drafted and performing puppet routines for injured soldiers in Army hospitals.

09/07/2024

PHOTO ALBUM
FLAUNTING THE FLUTE! we're opening our 35th Season at 338 Sixth Ave, Park Slope, Brooklyn with a limited run of "THE PRINCE AND THE MAGIC FLUTE"! Aug. 31 to Nov. 17, 2024.
For information: www.puppetworks.org