The circus is coming! The circus is coming! Bread and Puppet Theatre's circus, that is. On Friday, September 1st, Town Hall Theater will present the first show of Bread + Puppet's annual tour at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont.
The arts organization has acquired a neighboring property in Glover with a massive barn that is expected to be used for puppet, prop and set storage, as well as an archive and rehearsal and performance space. Bread and Puppet has launched a half-million-dollar fundraising campaign to fund the expansion.
Bread & Puppet Press is pleased to announce the release of the 2023 calendar, Elka’s Calendar. 2023 marks the 60th year since the founding of Bread & Puppet Theater by Peter and Elka Schumann in New York City in 1963. Elka, founder of the Bread and Puppet Press in 1984, passed away at the age of 85 on August 1, 2021. The Bread & Puppet calendars were one of Elka’s favorite projects. She greatly enjoyed the process of deciding on the theme, finding or asking Peter to draw or carve the images, sequencing the images to the months of the
An international theater company known for its combination of music, dance and slapstick will visit Wells College in Aurora for a performance on Wednesday, Sept. 14.