Puppets Take Manhattan in August for First-Ever Puppet Week NYC
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International Puppet Fringe Festival Returns, Featuring 40+ Puppet Troupes and Diverse Programming
Exhibitions Debut at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Education Center and the Museum of the City of New York
New York, NY — The inaugural Puppet Week NYC, highlighting New York’s rich and diverse puppetry communities, will take place during the second week of August 2021 with a full roster of events and activities. The International Puppet Fringe Festival, New York’s only international fringe festival dedicated to puppetry, returns August 11 with 40+ performances by some of the leading puppet makers and troupes from around the world. Organized by Teatro SEA, Grupo Morán (The Morán Group) and The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Education Center, the festival will include live performances held at La Plaza at The Clemente Center in the Lower East Side, as well as virtual performances, workshops and film screenings. During Puppet Week NYC, Puppets of New York companion exhibitions will open downtown at The Clemente Center and uptown at the Museum of the City of New York.
“With the arts and entertainment industries bringing back live performances, as New York City reopens, we’re thrilled to support the Puppet Fringe Festival and the first-ever Puppet Week NYC,” said the Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, Anne del Castillo. “The festival celebrates the diversity and rich cultural experiences that define our city. Thanks to the ingenuity of our small and independent theatres and organizations, festivals like this can continue to thrive!”
Rich puppetry traditions from around the world converge in New York, where talented puppeteers and troupes have developed an artform that is distinct to the city. As the city brings back live events and performances, Puppet Week NYC will kick off with the International Puppet Fringe Festival’s puppet celebrity red carpet. Beloved puppets and iconic puppeteers will make their entrance along with members of the audience. The festival will also honor Center for Puppetry Arts founder Vincent Anthony, and will include appearances by Lamb Chop, Mallory Lewis and Leslee Asch.