Puppetopia 2025: Variations on Water
HERE’s Puppetopia, a two-week puppetry state of mind, returns for its fourth annual edition. Curated by HERE Co-Founder Barbara Busackino and Dream Music Artistic Director and star Alum Basil Twist, the festival presents original work.
Dream Music Puppetry presents
PUPPETOPIA 2025: VARIATIONS ON WATER
May 28-June 1, 2025
A solo puppet work by Lake Simons
Accompanied by music composed by John Dyer
Variations on Water is experimental by design. It breaks down puppetry to its most simple base, devoid of expected form and asks the viewer to imagine. Together, the audience and the performer bring forward image and story, giving equal energy to nurture a personal yet shared story. Empathy blossoms and through the abstracted imagery we find a shared story and experience. An exploration of Simon’s Raft Project (My Shapes Are In Turmoil) a full length wordless puppet theatre work.
Dates: May 28- June 1, 2025
Venue: HERE’s Dorothy B. Williams Theater (DOT), 145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY
Performances:
Wednesday, May 28th: 8:30 pm
Thursday, May 29th: 8:30 pm
Friday, May 30th: 8:30 pm
Saturday, May 31st: 4 pm and 8:30 pm
Runtime: 45 minutes
Ticket Prices: 10 for $10, $35, $50, $100
See all three Puppetopia 2025 productions—The Harlem Doll Palace, Variations on Water, and Rhynoceron—with our special $90 Festival Package!
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We understand the extreme challenges that our current financial climate presents. No matter your socioeconomic status, we want everyone to have access to groundbreaking art. There are ten tickets priced at $10 available for each performance on a first-come, first-served basis, for those in need of financial assistance. These tickets are available with the code ACCESS. Limit two tickets per patron. Subject to availability.