Food for the Gods is about the killing of black men; Exodus addresses the current refugee crisis; Blind is a solo work about disability. These may not sound like typical subjects for puppet shows, but little about the La MaMa Puppet Festival fits most audiences’ preconceptions about the art form, as I explain in my article on the festival for TDF Stages, These Puppet Shows Aren’t For Kids. Below are photographs from some of the 27 puppet shows in the festival, some as short as five minutes, none longer than 75.

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Food for the Gods

Exodus

Federico Restrepo with his first-ever puppet, Loca 7

puppets in storage at the La MaMa archives

Ralph Lee, puppet artist

Blind

Everything Starts From A Dot by Nekaa Lab / Sachiyo Takahashi

Don Quixote Takes New York

Food for the Gods

Tian Wen: Heavenly Questions for Modern Times

Wunderkammer

While You Are Out