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Hosted by Daniel Polnau Music by The Controversial New “Skinny Pill” A cabaret of puppet shows by the Twin Cities puppet community, with popcorn, booze and live music.  Come see puppets…

PuppetLab 2015 – Week 2: Basement Creatures, Dust HOBT’s new artist incubator PuppetLab is back, and celebrating 5 years of radical, genre-expanding, boundary-pushing work. Join us in the Avalon Theater…

PuppetLab 2015 – Week 1: Princess Bari, Cellula HOBT’s new artist incubator PuppetLab is back, and celebrating 5 years of radical, genre-expanding, boundary-pushing work. Join us in the Avalon Theater…

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Ada/Ava Manual Cinema Saturday September 27th, 7:30pm Performance at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre – 1500 E. Lake St., Mpls     More information and tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/772355…

Skeletons in the Closet Gustavo and Julie Boada Saturday September 27th, 10am and 12noon Family friendly – part of the HOBT Saturday Shows for Kids Series Performance at In the…

The Mysterious Metamorphosis of Mr. Krank Toybox Theatre and Cripps Puppets Friday September 26th, 5pm Performance at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre – 1500 E. Lake St., Mpls More…

Love is… Performed by Larry Hunt Thursday September 25th, 8pm Performance at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre – 1500 E. Lake St., Mpls More information and tickets available…

  On-time Circus Performed by Margo McCreary and Company Thursday, September 25th, 3:30pm Family friendly Performance on the Midtown Greenway – just east of Chicago Ave. More information at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/772291 Part…

Erupting volcanoes, agriculture gone rogue, and a river of humanity that winds around Neglect… all on stage? Mad Munchkin Productions’ exciting new work uses puppetry, mask, movement, and original music…

Have you ever wondered nervously how to go about asking that pretty boy or girl to dinner and a movie? Does your stomach ulcer ping every time you think about…

January 2014

We’ll be hosting a food drive for PuppetLab this year. See below show descriptions for more details!  PuppetLab is a bold program at HOBT that supports emerging puppet artists in…

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Halloween Lobby Spectacular! Created by Fortuna Puppet Theater October 25 and 26, 2013 An intimate shadow show, and a ghoulish delight, just in time for Halloween! Join us for this…

Created by Daniel Polnau September 13-15, 20-22, and 27-29 at 8pm. Tickets: $10. Age: 17+ In the words of Strombolli, master of ceremonies, mixer of elixirs, swami of sideshows and…

March 8-10, 2013 I have filthy habits Eben Kowler Two siblings and an explorer cross paths in a terrarium. Weather patterns and behavior trends emerge, as three performers follow their…

March 30, 2013 · 9pm Come celebrate: Céline Dion’s Birthday Francisco Goya’s Birthday Vincent Van Gogh’s Birthday MC Hammer’s Birthday National Doctor’s Day (US) National Cleavage Day (South Africa) The day…

A full length work by Annie Rollins for the shadow theatre mixing traditional Chinese and North American styles to present the story of a Grandfather shadow puppeteer in China’s dying…

Puppet Lab: March 1-3, 2013 Lepus Nacht, A Night in the Warren by Benjamin Brockman A glimpse into a postapocalyptic landscape, in which the Lepus play and investigate with unending curiosity…

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Shota and the Star Quilt December 27-29, 2012 Performed by Julie Boada and Esther Ouray Weaving together traditional folktale values with modern concerns for the urban environment and green issues.

November 7-18, 2012 In the Heart of the Beast partnered with New Native Theater and Bedlam Theater for this debut performance,a romp through the end of the world as we…

October 2012

PuppetLab: March 9-11, 2012 The Pollen Road Reed Ellis Aubin A talking plant detoxes and journeys to find roots and a vanishing language, while a farmer loses ground. Check out…

PuppetLab: March 2-4, 2012 Melting Mary Parker and Marg Rozycki Evangeline and Angela grapple with how the world transforms. They examine questions of stress, sacrifice, relationship to the world at…

by Z Puppets Rosenschnoz February 18-26, 2012 The world’s only puppet rock yoga opera for families in search of calm. The epic tale of a sea captain discovering the secrets…

by Blair Thomas February 11-12, 2012 High art meets low when the words of early 20th Century poets are given voice in this cabaret of wooden puppets, rolling paper scrolls…

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February 11, 2012 For the Love of Puppets, a cabaret of puppet shows by the Twin Cities puppet community, with food, drinks & live music!

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