Available in 2011-2012

Butterfly: the Story of a Life Cycle

This giant puppet theater production uses puppets of all kinds to show all the stages of the life of the Monarch butterfly.

Mammoth Follies

Larger-than-life dinosaur musical! It's the Mammoth Follies! Meet a 26-foot-long Apatosaurus! Giant singing and dancing dinosaur puppets explain the wonders of prehistoric times.

Caps for Sale 

Using the puppets and scenery from Monkey See, Monkey Do, we have honed the show down to a three-person program based on the familiar children's story Caps for Sale.  The Three Billy Goats Gruff round out the program in a show that promotes a fun and inventive way to support early reading.

Guess Who Signed the Constitution?

Find out in an original puppet musical about the great constitutional debates. Also includes "Vote with Me!"

Jemima Puddle-Duck

A delightful "puppet ballet" featuring Beatrix Potter's beloved stories of Jemima Puddle-Duck and The Fierce Bad Rabbit.  The dancing characters bring these tales to life performing with colorful full-body costumes, puppets and masks.

The Snow Queen

Hans Christian Anderson's classic story set to the music of Archangelo Corelli and danced by lively large-scale puppets including the icy and beautiful 12-foot tall Snow Queen.

Other shows

Ferdinand the Bull

The story of the bull who wouldn't fight is told by giant puppets in a narrated ballet with a larger-than-life bull, masked dancers, and specialized mechanical figures.  Includes an on-stage demonstration of conflict resolution techniques; a few easy ways to resolve problems without fighting.

Oniroku & Momotaro, the Peach Boy

Two Japanese folk tales told with life-size puppetry. Afterward, the audience gets involved as the puppeteers show what international folk tales have in common.

Peter and the Wolf / The Sound Mall

Larger-than-life puppetry, Victorian toys, and masked dancers make up this classic production of Peter and the Wolf. We also present “The Sound Mall”, focusing on the science of music and sound, to fill out the 1-hour program.

The Silly Jellyfish

The Hudson Vagabond Puppets will perform their unique blend of giant puppets, dance, and song in Under the Sea with Silly Jellyfish, written by Laurie Keane with an original score by composer Michael Minard.

Monkey See, Monkey Do

This puppet opera is based on a Spanish folk tale about a cap seller who falls asleep under a tree. Monkeys steal his caps, then imitate his every move. The peddler turns the tables on the monkeys by tossing his cap in the air, and the monkeys follow suit.