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09/03/2026

09/02/2026

Big news for Lilypad Puppet Theatre - we are starting a new family Puppet Series in Dryden at the wonderful Dryden Community Center!
We are currently looking for sponsors for our series - ideally we would make this FREE for everyone. Thanks, friends. 🙂

08/07/2026

FREE summer fun!

06/26/2026

The Van Gogh Shogh - July 8 & 9, 7:30pm at The Kitchen Theatre Company
A brush with genius: interactive anarchy with everyone’s favourite painter
What would Vincent van Gogh make of today’s 360-degree spectacles devoted to his work?
In The Van Gogh Shogh Donna Oblongata invites audiences to step into a frame of barely controlled chaos alongside the maestro himself, now recast as a bewildered food courier who has stumbled into his own immersive afterlife.
One part sip ‘n’ paint, one part karaoke and one-part Sotheby’s, The Van Gogh Shogh is a deranged and subversive solo trip through the great painter’s legacy with four protegees plucked from the audience to reproduce one of his most famous works under his tutelage, live on stage. Exploring the value of art and the meaning of success, accompanied by a 1980s power ballad, the Van Gogh Shogh is a wildly original theatrical experience that combines comedy, audience participation, and some smart commentary amplified by the subversively inventive twist at the end.
TIckets: https://www.lilypadpuppettheatre.org/product.../vangogh/

06/19/2026

We are so excited to welcome THE VAN GOGH SHOGH to Ithaca! We saw this show at the Soil Factory and we were in love with the absurdity, comedy and heart of this performance.
Hope you can come laugh with us July 8 & 9, 7:30pm at The Kitchen Theater! Ticket link in comments.

06/16/2026

Check out the TRAILER for our next guest artist. A show that we became obsessed with after seeing it! Now we get to bring it to you, friends. THE VAN GOGH SHOGH July 8 & 9, 7:30pm at The Kitchen Theatre Company.
https://youtu.be/tPnlcwGYRYs?si=y1F7qdlwfz0djFty
TICKET link in comments!

An evening-length solo performance.One part deranged Sip 'n Paint,...

05/20/2026

June 6, 2026 – The Hungry Troll - by Marina Gershon & Isaac Sharp

Did you know that most trolls are very nice? Except when they get too hungry! If Trudy the Troll doesn’t make her magical pancakes she’ll turn into a monster. Dragons, hot air balloons, a magical pantry and more in this puppet musical adventure! Live music, original songs, lots of surprises.

$12 Adult, $8 Kids (2yrs old and under FREE)
Free Tickets for participants of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.
$1 with an EBT card. Tickets at LilypadPuppetTheatre.org/tickets

Part of the Lilypad Puppet Series www.LilypadPuppetTheatre.org

05/05/2026

This very weekend we are bringing together all kinds of absurdity for adult audiences. We have guests from Quebec and Massachusetts, we have mustaches and marionettes, buttons and blinking lights, and we have only a few tickets left for Fri and Sat night. (Sunday 3pm is way open and we hope you bring your mother!)
See the line-up of fun here: https://www.lilypadpuppettheatre.org/slam/
TICKETS: https://www.lilypadpuppettheatre.org/product-category/slam/