In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater nurtures creative empowerment through the joy and magic of puppetry performance and education.
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We produce a season of original plays and tour productions, create specially commissioned pageants throughout Minnesota and beyond, and teach puppetry through residencies and workshops to youth, students of all ages, and engage communities in the joy puppetry..

Join either FREE puppet-building workshops and create a large beaver puppet — or another marvelous wetland friend — to b...
09/03/2026

Join either FREE puppet-building workshops and create a large beaver puppet — or another marvelous wetland friend — to bring to the parade. 🐸🦆🐟🌿

📅 Tuesday, September 8 | 4:30–7:30 PM
📍 Minnehaha Falls East Pavilion (next to Sea Salt)

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📅 Saturday, September 12 | 10 AM–1 PM
📍 In the Heart of the Beast Theatre, 2411 Hennepin Ave S.

✨ Workshops are FREE, but please sign up in advance!
👉 Register at mspbeaverday.com/puppet-workshops — link in bio!

Experienced puppet makers will be there to help you work from a template or dream up a creature of your own. You'll also learn about beavers and their ecosystems from experts and researchers who'll be building right alongside us!

✂️ Materials provided, including cardboard + paper mâché
👨‍👩‍👧 All ages welcome! Kids with adult supervision.
🏡 Take your creation home to finish, then bring it back for its grand parade debut!

BEAVER DAY DETAILS
The Beaver Day Parade is a community gathering and puppet parade on the banks of the Mississippi River. This event will connect enthusiasts, experts, artists, and neighbors in celebrating beavers and learning more about all that beavers do as ecosystem engineers in the Twin Cities and beyond. Visit www.mspbeaverday.com to learn more!

📚🐶 Puppet Storytime this Saturday! 🎭✨Join Chelly & Turnip for a morning of stories, puppets, and play celebrating Meteor...
09/03/2026

📚🐶 Puppet Storytime this Saturday! 🎭✨

Join Chelly & Turnip for a morning of stories, puppets, and play celebrating Meteorological Fall! 🍂 And Turnip is getting into the season by trying his paw at a new job… scarecrow! 🐶🌾

🌦️ What’s Meteorological Fall? Weather folks divide the year into neat three-month seasons — so fall begins September 1! 🍁

📅 Saturday, September 5
⏰ 10:30–11:30 AM
🤟 ASL provided

Come read, laugh & play with us! 💛

🧶 Hey friends — pass it on! 🎨✨Our friends at Center for People and Craft are celebrating their first year with a party a...
09/02/2026

🧶 Hey friends — pass it on! 🎨✨
Our friends at Center for People and Craft are celebrating their first year with a party and fundraiser — and you’re invited!
Come for live craft demos, hands-on making, music, tacos & margaritas, a silent auction and a whole lot of crafty community. 💛

📅 Saturday, September 12
⏰ 6–9 PM
📍 Golden Valley

They’re raising $10,000 to support instructors, student scholarships, and their space as they head into year two.
Come for the tacos. Stay for the community. Give for the future! 🌮🧶✨

🔗 Link in Bio or visit: https://givebutter.com/c/peoplecraft-summer-fundraiser-party-svjuj6

09/02/2026

🎭 Little hands, big imaginations! 💛🎶
Puppet Toddler Music Time is back at HoBT!

Join Chelly and Turnip the Dog for 8 playful weeks of music, movement, stories, singing, puppets, and plenty of silliness. 🐶🎵
Little ones and their grown-ups will engage with puppet stories, sing familiar songs, play with puppets, move, imagine, and meet other families along the way.

📅 Wednesdays, September 30–November 18
🕙 10–11 AM
🧸 Suggested ages: Toddlers & Pre-K
👨‍👩‍👧 Grown-ups join the fun too! This is not a drop-off activity.

✨ Registration is open now!
🔗 Link in bio or visit hobt.org
📧 Questions? [email protected]

Come play, move & sing with us! 🎭🎶💛

09/01/2026

🎭 UBU ROI: IN PROGRESS 👑✨

The work continues! Steve Ackerman, Gustavo Boada, Kurt Hunter and Chelly Beaver are building, experimenting, testing, and discovering their way into Ubu Roi — continuing in the HoBT tradition of creative empowerment through puppet performance.

But first, an important question:

What is an Ubu? 🤔

Here’s Gustavo Boada with one possible answer. 👀

With huge thanks to the Jim Henson Foundation for supporting the exploration, experimentation, and puppet-making that’s bringing this wonderfully strange world to life. 💛

🎭🎡 Find us at the Great Minnesota Get-Together on Labor Day! We’ll be hanging out by the DNR Garden Stage from 10 AM–3 P...
08/31/2026

🎭🎡 Find us at the Great Minnesota Get-Together on Labor Day! We’ll be hanging out by the DNR Garden Stage from 10 AM–3 PM with puppets, stories, and plenty of things to make. 🌱🎨

📍 FIND US: We’ll be by the DNR Garden Stage from 10 AM–3 PM — swipe for the map and look for the HoBT hand! 👋\
🐶 COME FOR A STORY: Chelly & Turnip will be sharing Puppet Storytime every hour! Stories, puppets, songs and a very fluffy dog await.
✂️ MAKE A PUPPET: Stop by for HoBT Puppet Make & Takes from 10 AM–3 PM! Make your own little puppet, give it some personality, and take your new friend along for the rest of your State Fair adventure. 🎨💛

📅 Labor Day — Monday, September 7
⏰ 10 AM–3 PM
📍 DNR Garden Stage area

Going to the Fair on Labor Day? Come find us and play! 🎭🎡🌞

Minneapolis Public School Art and Theatre teachers visited us for a Professional Development workshop as they prepare to...
08/28/2026

Minneapolis Public School Art and Theatre teachers visited us for a Professional Development workshop as they prepare to go back to school. Interested in bringing HOBT workshop to your community?- email [email protected]

08/28/2026

Want to try your hand at puppetry? Come to this welcoming and fun session, open to all levels of learning for people ages 18+. Learn basic skills and techniques to step into the wondrous world of puppetry.

08/27/2026

🎹🐶 Turnip is warming up his musical chops… are you ready? 🎶✨

Puppet Toddler Music Time is coming to HoBT!
Join Chelly and her very fluffy sidekick Turnip the Dog for 8 playful weeks of music, movement, stories, singing, puppets, and plenty of silliness. 🎭🐾🎵
Little ones and their grown-ups will make puppets, sing songs, play with finger puppets, move, imagine, and meet other families along the way. 💛

📅 Wednesdays, September 30–November 18
🕙 10–11 AM
🧸 Suggested ages: Toddlers & Pre-K
👨‍👩‍👧 Grown-ups join the fun too! This is not a drop-off activity.

✨ Registration is open now!
🔗 Link in Bio or go to: https://www.hobt.org/tickets/p/puppet-toddler-music-time
📧 Questions? Email: [email protected]

Come make some noise with Chelly & Turnip! 🎹🐶🎶

🎉🦦The Beaver Day Parade is coming, and HoBT is helping get the puppet population ready!Join us for one, two or both FREE...
08/25/2026

🎉🦦The Beaver Day Parade is coming, and HoBT is helping get the puppet population ready!

Join us for one, two or both FREE puppet-building workshops and create a large beaver puppet — or another marvelous wetland friend — to bring to the parade. 🐸🦆🐟🌿

Experienced puppet makers will be there to help you work from a template or dream up a creature of your own. You'll also learn about beavers and their ecosystems from experts and researchers who'll be building right alongside us! 🦫💡

📅 Tuesday, September 8 | 4:30–7:30 PM
📍 Minnehaha Falls East Pavilion (next to Sea Salt)

-OR-

📅 Saturday, September 12 | 10 AM–1 PM
📍 In the Heart of the Beast Theatre, 2411 Hennepin Ave S.

✂️ Materials provided, including cardboard + paper mâché
👨‍👩‍👧 All ages welcome! Kids with adult supervision.
🏡 Take your creation home to finish, then bring it back for its grand parade debut!

✨ Workshops are FREE, but please sign up in advance!
👉 Register at mspbeaverday.com/puppet-workshops — link in bio!

Activity Details
The Beaver Day Parade is a community gathering and puppet parade on the banks of the Mississippi River. This event will connect enthusiasts, experts, artists, and neighbors in celebrating beavers and learning more about all that beavers do as ecosystem engineers in the Twin Cities and beyond. Visit www.mspbeaverday.com to learn more!

We have two free puppet build workshops open to the public leading up to parade day. Experienced puppet makers can help you create a large beaver puppet (or other wetland friend) using one of our templates, or you can create your own puppet/costume elements. You will learn about beavers and their ecosystems to inspire your puppet creations. Materials provided including cardboard and paper mâché; all ages welcome (kids with parental supervision). Take your creation with you at the end of the workshop to finish at home and wear in the parade!

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2411 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN
55405

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+16125405385

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