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Its a Mad Mad Puppet World

Playhouse Puppet performance returns for a 5th and final year. Puppet Slams are a nationwide performance
form of short puppetry acts for adult audiences. There are over 100 of these type events happening across the country just like this one.
The Playhouse event is sponsored by the National Puppet Slam Network and will feature puppet mayhem from Portland
and the Bay Area with live music all in a fast-paced Caberet format.

This years show use the theme of Its a Mad Mad Puppet World as a take-off point for our performers to play in this wonderful form.
You will see everything from hand puppets to shadow puppets to giant puppets to object puppetry along with some mask performance
and live actors. Featured performers for this year include Black Cat Shadows, Dupres Puppets, AC/DC Puppets, and of course the

Indestructible Professor Willikers with special guests Tim Giugni and friends from Portland, award-winning puppeteer Mary Nagler
from Vancouver, Washington as well as Sebastopol company Independent Eye and joined by local performers Laura Munoz, Sarah McKinney
and Pratik Motowani. Live music will be provided by Gregg Moore and special guests. It will definitely be a raucous night of wild antics with
a wide range of puppet styles and moods from comic to dark and beautiful. The show is recommended for adult audiences with sets
by Lush Newton and James Hildebrant.

The performances are sponsored by Playhouse Arts and the Puppet Slam Network which is a national network of short form puppetry
performance www.puppetslam.com. The Puppet Slam Network is a great resource with over 100 Slams across the country and internationally.

The Playhouse folks are excited to be part of the nationwide fun. Funding made possible in part by the Puppet Slam Network www.puppetslam.com