Puppet Showplace Theater

Puppet Showplace Theater Puppet shows, classes, vacation programs, and field trips for all ages in Brookline, MA! Serving audiences as New England's puppet theater since 1974.
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Puppet Showplace Theater is dedicated to presenting outstanding professional puppetry to diverse audiences through performances, workshops, and community outreach. Each year, we present over 300 performances at our historic theater, located in Brookline Village. Our touring shows reach thousands more at schools, libraries, and cultural centers throughout the Northeast region. We offer workshops, c

lasses, summer camps, and training opportunities to both children and adults, and we partner with local and emerging artists to develop exciting new work.

05/27/2026

Fee-fi-fo-fum! 🫘🌱 An audience-favorite is coming back to the Boston area!

Join us for “Jack and the Beanstalk” by Dream Tale Puppets on June 6 & 7 (Sat & Sun) — a joyous, funny, and imaginative production that transports the audience up the beanstalk using multiple styles of puppetry — from hand puppets to masks to marionettes!

Lively narration, beautiful design, and physical comedy make this an audience favorite at Puppet Showplace year after year. Don’t miss this inspiring and memorable adaptation of a classic!

➡️ Find tickets & more info, here: https://www.puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2026/06/06/jack-and-the-beanstalk-by-dream-tale-puppets?utm_source=fbpost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=JATB-26

p.s. Don’t forget to stay after the show to enjoy a dress-up station, coloring sheets, bubbles, and more!

Fifty years, in the blink of an eye 🌱🥰 Can you believe we’ve been serving audiences as New England’s puppet theater for ...
05/26/2026

Fifty years, in the blink of an eye 🌱🥰 Can you believe we’ve been serving audiences as New England’s puppet theater for over fifty years?!

In these photos, you can see our founder, visionary educator and puppeteer Mary Churchill, working on the theater’s window display. A lot has changed over the years, and yet — our community still gets excited when they see our colorful, carefully-curated window!

📸: 1976 photos courtesy of John Lechner

Last year, our wonderful donors subsidized over 3,000 tickets — more than $35,000 — in Affordable Access tickets!Your gi...
05/24/2026

Last year, our wonderful donors subsidized over 3,000 tickets — more than $35,000 — in Affordable Access tickets!

Your gift this season allows us to expand access: Your gift supports Affordable Access tickets for EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders and funds field trip scholarships, so kids from low-resource families can experience the joy of puppetry firsthand.

➡️ Tap here to support expanded access to puppetry today! https://www.puppetshowplace.org/donate?utm_source=fbpost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Donate

📸: Photo of Puppet Adventure Program student playing with a puppet last August!

This Memorial Day — join us for a Puppet Takeover! 😊Start your summer off right at the annual Memorial Day Open House at...
05/22/2026

This Memorial Day — join us for a Puppet Takeover! 😊

Start your summer off right at the annual Memorial Day Open House at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on Monday, May 25 — featuring a puppet takeover from Puppet Showplace Theater!

For one day only, meet roving magical creatures, take a tour led by fuzzy puppets, and experience art coming to life in a whole new way.

➡️ Find all the details, here: https://www.puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2026/05/25/puppet-takeover-at-the-mfa-memorial-day-open-house?utm_source=fbpost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=MFAMD-26

📸: Photos from our recent appearance at MFA Boston Family Days!

This June 🔮 we’re seeing marionettes, masks, live music, and more awe-inspiring puppetry in your future! 🫘 First, giggle...
05/21/2026

This June 🔮 we’re seeing marionettes, masks, live music, and more awe-inspiring puppetry in your future!

🫘 First, giggle along with an adventurous, joyous and imaginative adaptation of “Jack and the Beanstalk” by Dream Tale Puppets on June 6 & 7

🔊 Next, discover innovatie works and experience the future of puppetry at AMPLIFY: The Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers Showcase — for one-night-only on June 13 at Boston University College of Fine Arts’s lovely Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre!

🤹 Prepare to be dazzled by turn-of-the-century style trick marionette puppetry with “The Fairy Circus” by Tanglewood Marionettes on June 21

🕯️ Bring the whole family (and friends!) to “Death & The Fool: A Tarot-Inspired Medieval Folly” by Happenstance Theater on June 22 & 23 for laugh-out-loud fun — enjoyed by all ages, 3 - 103!

➡️ Find tickets, our full calendar & more info, here: https://www.puppetshowplace.org/calendar?view=calendar&month=06-2026&utm_source=fbpost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=June-2026

05/19/2026

🌦️ Boston & Brookline area families with little ones: Come embark on a whimsical journey through the mesmerizing cycle of water in the heartwarming show “To The Clouds” by Happy Theater on May 30 & 31!

With the guidance of a compassionate rainmaker, our tiny droplet embarks on an adventure, beginning high up among the clouds, before gracefully descending down to the earth. This immersive sensory production is brought to life with live baroque guitar music, and is primarily wordless and full of color, making it especially welcoming for the very young (especially for ages 0 - 6!)

➡️ Find tickets & more info: https://www.puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2026/05/30/to-the-clouds-by-happy-theater?utm_source=fbpost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TTC-26

p.s. Don’t forget to stay after the show to enjoy a craft inspired by the performance, a dress-up station, coloring sheets, bubbles, and more!

This heartwarming reflection was shared with us by an anonymous audience member after a performance by We Wiggle Dolls l...
05/15/2026

This heartwarming reflection was shared with us by an anonymous audience member after a performance by We Wiggle Dolls last fall as part of our Puppets at Night series. We often hear from families that our intimate, friendly space is welcoming to children and toddlers; It’s great to hear our space is being equally appreciated by adults and teens!

Electric and eclectic, Puppet Showplace Theater is welcome to any and all who wish to join in on the live puppet theater fun! 💜

05/14/2026

Celebrate bold new voices in puppetry! ✨ Discover innovative works at Amplify, the one-night-only finale to the 6th edition of the Creative Residency for Black Puppeteers (CRBP), featuring “puppet slam”-style performances with an eclectic mix of puppetry styles — at Boston University’s lovely Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre on Saturday, June 13!

➡️ Find tickets & more info: https://www.puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2026/06/13/amplify-the-creative-residency-for-black-puppeteers-showcase?utm_source=fbpost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Amplify-26

Featuring performances by the 2026 cohort:
⭐ Beyonce Armstrong (Brooklyn, NY)
⭐ Majeedah Johnson (Parkville, MD)
⭐ Samuel J. Lewis, II (Chicago, IL)
⭐ Danyett Tucker (Baltimore, MD | Daj'zha Vu)

Plus:
✨ Marcella Murray, CRBP 2026 Project Mentor
✨ Tanya Nixon-Silberg of Little Uprisings' Events, CRBP Community Curator & CRBP 2020 fellow

Come experience the future of puppetry!

Thank you to Boston University’s Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre (Boston University College of Fine Arts), Brookline’s Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Relations (Town of Brookline), and Brookline Community Foundation (Brookline Community Foundation), for supporting this event!

And shout-out to Residency Coordinator Ash Winkfield for putting this show together!

🎥: This reel features footage from last year’s Amplify showcase — featuring artists Fatima Seck, Khaleshia Thorpe-Price, Brett Swinney, ChelseaDee Harrison, William PK Carter, Charlotte Lily Gaspard (of Midnight Radio Show), Tanya Nixon-Silberg, Ash Winkfield, and Roshina Ratnam — as well as a short clip teasing Samuel J. Lewis, II’s work!

Get Tickets! https://www.puppetshowplace.org/calendar/2026/06/13/amplify-the-creative-residency-for-black-puppeteers-showcase?utm_source=fbpost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Amplify-26

Address

32 Station St
Brookline, MA
02445

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9:30am - 11:30am
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2:15pm
Sunday 10am - 2:15pm

Telephone

(617) 731-6400

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