February 2012 Puppet Slams
Whether you have a broken heart to mend, or wear your heart (or puppet) on your sleeve, The Puppet Slam Network
is your hook up for a February full of short-form puppetry for adults.
Bring your honey-bunny, go stag, or hide out and dodge Cupid's arrow at
Puppet Slams in NYC, Brooklyn, Hartford, Providence, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Arcata, San Diego, or as far as Honolulu!
The Puckin’ Fuppet Show #ATL
Friday, February 10th at 11:00PM
The
Puckin' Fuppet Show is Atlanta's premiere competitive Puppet Slam with
cash prizes as voted for by the audience. Local favorites, new up and
comers, and the occasional visiting artist give everything they've got
for the coveted 1st place prize.
For the Love of Puppets Cabaret #MPLS
Saturday, February 11th at 10:00PM
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask theatre
1500 East Lake Street
Minneapolis MN 55407
(612) 721-2535
$10
Join In the Heart of the Beast Theatre as we celebrate our love for puppets!
Professor Willikers Puppet Slam #Arcata
Friday, February, 10th at 8:00PM
Saturday, February 11th at 8:00PM
Sunday, February, 12th 8:00PM
Arcata Playhouse
1251 9th Street
Arcata, CA 95521
(707) 822-1575
Professor
Williers Grand Puppet Slam is in a cabaret setting with live music and
featuring Sean’s Shadows, James Hildebrandt, Mark Dupre, The New
Eccentrics (San Francisco), Independent Eye (Sebastopol) and your host,
the Indestructable Puppet, Professor, LV Willikers.
Booze, Sex & Puppets #NYC
Tuesday, February 14th at 6:30PM
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
212-620-7310
Come
share the love with an evening of strange creatures, burlesque and
puppets taking it all off. Join Big Mama as she takes us through worlds
of scary babies, naked sea creatures, puppet death and Barry White.
Puppet Pot Pie #Hartford
Thursday, February 16th at 6:00PM
Real Art Ways
56 Arbor Street
Hartford, CT 06106-1228
(860) 232-1006
$10 General / $6 Members
Puppet
Pot Pie is the new, Hartford area puppet slam full of edgy, creative,
short form adult puppetry with many different styles of puppetry
performed by puppeteers from all over the Northeast!
Blood From a Turnip #Providence
Friday, February 17th at 10:00PM
95 Empire Performance Collective
95 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 831-9327
$7
Since
the day Blood from a Turnip began in February of 1997, BfaT, as the
salon is affectionately called, has offered professional puppeteers and
those new to the art form an opportunity to present big stories, in
miniature.
The Kolohe Puppetry Slam #Honolulu
Saturday, February 18th at 11:00PM
The Actors' Group
Dole Cannery Square, 650 Iwilei Rd. Suite 101
Honolulu, HI 96817
(808) 722-6941
$10 Donation
All
acts welcome, dirty material encouraged. Rotation of celebrity guest
(impersonator) host. Prizes awarded, although they might be pretty
crappy prizes. For more information email Kolohepuppet@gmail.com.
Adult Puppet Cabaret #SanDiego
Friday, February 24th at 7:00PM
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101
619-238-7559
$10
Original
Puppet performances and live music in the beautiful Museum of
Photographic Arts lobby followed by a screening of Handmade Puppet
Dreams Vol. 3 in their on site movie theatre. A once a year Adult Puppet
Cabaret special presentation
KC Puppet Slam #KansasCity
Friday, February 24th at 8:00PM
Saturday, February 25th at 8:00PM
Paul Mesner Puppet Studio
1006 E. Linwood Blvd
Kansas City, MO
1006 E. Linwood Blvd
Kansas City, MO
$11
Join us for an evening of quirky, edgy and oh-so-naughty adult-themed puppet pieces!
Das WunderKammer Puppet Kabarett #Brooklyn
Friday, February 24th at 9:00PM
Saturday, February 25th at 9:00PM
The ClockWorks – Puppet Theatre
196 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(212) 614-0001
$15
Welcome
to Das WunderKammer Puppet Kabarett! This month Our review will feature
the works of the Dolly Wagglers! The work of The ClockWorks junior
puppet master workshop, and a very special guest performer.
PUNCH #Brooklyn
Monday, February 20th at 8:00PM
Jimmy's no. 43 pub
http://jimmysno43.com/
43 East 7th Street
New York, NY 10009
(212) 982-3006
$5
PUNCH
is back in 2012! And we're going back to Jimmy's 43 for an awesome
night. One of the only general slams in the city, we'll have a variety
of acts and puppet styles to share this President's Day!
Great Small Works Soiree #Brooklyn
Sunday, February 19th at 7:30 PM
Great Small Works studio
20 Jay Street, Room 214, DUMBO
Brooklyn, NY 11201
917-319-8104
Free
Soirees
are work-sharing evenings in the Great Small Works studio. Bring your
developing poem, puppet, monologue, song, somersault, dance, photograph,
film, painting, political analysis. Or come to see what others are
working on. Join us for a glass of wine.
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