Magic Mirror is back after its special 40th Anniversary run in 2023! This production was the first show founders Christopher Piper and Allan Stevens worked on as the Puppet Co. Meet Toad, a young person destined for greatness in this mash-up story with lots of familiar fairy tales! Join us on this journey of dragons, monsters, and spirits of the woods.

Starring Ingrid Bork, Lee Gerstenhaber, and Mollie Greenberg. Co-directed by Elizabeth Dapo and Maggie Rocha.

Recommended ages 5+. Run time approximately 50 minutes.

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Magic Mirror is back after its special 40th Anniversary run in 2023! This production was the first show founders Christopher Piper and Allan Stevens worked on as the Puppet Co. Meet Toad, a young person destined for greatness in this mash-up story with lots of familiar fairy tales! Join us on this journey of dragons, monsters, and spirits of the woods.

Starring Ingrid Bork, Lee Gerstenhaber, and Mollie Greenberg. Co-directed by Elizabeth Dapo and Maggie Rocha.

Recommended ages 5+. Run time approximately 50 minutes.

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Celebrate 50 years of Allan Stevens’s Pinocchio! A young puppet goes on a journey to become a real boy. First seen on stage at the Smithsonian Puppet Theater, the Puppet Co. is delighted to bring the original rod-puppets back to the stage to tell Carlo Collodi’s tale. 

Starring Cate Ginsberg, Andrew Quilpa, and Penny Russell. Directed by Ingrid Bork.

Recommended ages 4+. Run time approximately 50 minutes.

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Beech Tree Puppets features meaningful stories, artfully told with hand-crafted puppets and sets and plus the use of simple instruments and beautiful singing. Beech Tree Puppets has performed hundreds of shows in schools, libraries and public spaces all over the greater DC region, including The National Theater in DC, the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and at the Durant Arts Center in Alexandria with the National Puppetry Guild.

Ingrid and Ole Hass infuse Beech Tree Puppets with their professional experience in the performing and visual arts. Both hold Masters Degrees in Opera Performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Ole also holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from UMD in College Park and Ingrid earned a BA in Studio Art from Smith College. Since moving to the Washington DC area in 1998, they have sung and acted with many of the great performing institutions in classical music around the area. Ingrid has been teaching art and music classes for children of all ages for 20 years.

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Beech Tree Puppets features meaningful stories, artfully told with hand-crafted puppets and sets and plus the use of simple instruments and beautiful singing. Beech Tree Puppets has performed hundreds of shows in schools, libraries and public spaces all over the greater DC region, including The National Theater in DC, the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and at the Durant Arts Center in Alexandria with the National Puppetry Guild.

Ingrid and Ole Hass infuse Beech Tree Puppets with their professional experience in the performing and visual arts. Both hold Masters Degrees in Opera Performance from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Ole also holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from UMD in College Park and Ingrid earned a BA in Studio Art from Smith College. Since moving to the Washington DC area in 1998, they have sung and acted with many of the great performing institutions in classical music around the area. Ingrid has been teaching art and music classes for children of all ages for 20 years.

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Bixby the Cat makes some valentines for his pal-entines!

Bixby the Cat programs feature soft hand puppets and original music, along with plenty of chances for the audience to sing and dance along to help Bixby "Try, Try again."

Starring:
Ingrid Bork
Mollie Greenberg

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Bixby the Cat makes some valentines for his pal-entines!

Bixby the Cat programs feature soft hand puppets and original music, along with plenty of chances for the audience to sing and dance along to help Bixby "Try, Try again."

Starring:
Ingrid Bork
Mollie Greenberg

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Bixby the Cat makes some valentines for his pal-entines!

Bixby the Cat programs feature soft hand puppets and original music, along with plenty of chances for the audience to sing and dance along to help Bixby "Try, Try again."

Starring:
Ingrid Bork
Mollie Greenberg

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Penny Russell is one of the Puppet Co.'s favorite Teaching Artists.

Penny Russell (she/hers) is a Puppeteer, Musician, and Teaching Artist based in Prince George’s County, MD. She is a Master Teaching Artist with Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts and teaches Music, Drama, Puppetry, and Self-Advocacy through the Arts to children and adults on the autism spectrum for ArtStream. Penny studied Folklore and Mythology at the University of Maryland, College Park where she received degrees in Sociology and English. She has performed for Wolf Trap, The Kennedy Center, Adventure Theater, the Puppet Co., and the National Theater among others; and has presented workshops for the National Science Teachers Convention, Virginia STEM and Library Conference, Wolf Trap, The Kennedy Center, The Actor’s Center, and schools across the country. Penny volunteers in her community (Warm Nights, Community Café, Yard Dramas) and beyond (International Guest House, The Iona Community, Mt Harmony Drama); and was an original cast member of “Am I Welcome?”, an LGBT+ puppet show about inclusion. She loves connecting and communicating through the arts; and believes that the arts are for everyone.

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Penny Russell is one of the Puppet Co.'s favorite Teaching Artists.

Penny Russell (she/hers) is a Puppeteer, Musician, and Teaching Artist based in Prince George’s County, MD. She is a Master Teaching Artist with Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts and teaches Music, Drama, Puppetry, and Self-Advocacy through the Arts to children and adults on the autism spectrum for ArtStream. Penny studied Folklore and Mythology at the University of Maryland, College Park where she received degrees in Sociology and English. She has performed for Wolf Trap, The Kennedy Center, Adventure Theater, the Puppet Co., and the National Theater among others; and has presented workshops for the National Science Teachers Convention, Virginia STEM and Library Conference, Wolf Trap, The Kennedy Center, The Actor’s Center, and schools across the country. Penny volunteers in her community (Warm Nights, Community Café, Yard Dramas) and beyond (International Guest House, The Iona Community, Mt Harmony Drama); and was an original cast member of “Am I Welcome?”, an LGBT+ puppet show about inclusion. She loves connecting and communicating through the arts; and believes that the arts are for everyone.

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