UConn Winter Puppet Slam Coming Next Weekend

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry and the UConn Puppet Arts Program will present the 2016 UConn Winter Puppet Slam on Saturday, Feb. 20

The UConn Winter Puppet Slam will feature short works by professional puppeteers and performers begins at 8 p.m. in UConn’s Studio Theatre.

Performers will include Papel Machete (Puerto Rico); Great Small Works (Brooklyn); Kim Mikenis (Hamden, CT); and Zach Dorn (Florida), as well as new works for puppet and object theater by students and faculty from UConn’s School of Fine Arts, including object performance by Printmaking Professor John O’Donnell, new video animation by Digital Media and Design students; works-in-progress by Puppet Arts Program students. There also will be an appearance by UConn’s Rolling Tones a cappella group. The UConn Winter Puppet Slam is supported by the Puppet Slam Network.

UConn Puppet Slams have been taking place since 2008, with the support of the Network.

The UConn Winter Puppet Slam is free and open to the public. The event will take place in the Studio Theatre located at 820 Bolton Rd, Storrs.

For directions to the Studio Theatre, visit crt.uconn.edu/directions/. These performances are recommended for mature audiences. For more information, call the Ballard Institute at (860) 486-8580 or email us at bimp@uconn.edu.

Photo credit: UConn School of Fine Arts.