Puppet Parlor
Basil Twist‘s annual puppet celebration returns to HERE for three nights in December! Featuring Joey Arias performing songs from his new Christmas album, Tau Bennett premiering a gorgeously grotesque character from his show Medicine Men, and downtown ventriloquist Sophie Becker. With live music by Jono Mainelli.
Supported by The Puppet Slam Network.
Location: HERE’s DOT Theater, 145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY
Performances:
December 17, 2025 at 7:00pm
December 18, 2025 at 7:00pm
December 19, 2025 at 7:00pm
HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry Program, under the artistic direction of Basil Twist, with producing direction from HERE co-founder Barbara Busackino, is one of few programs in the country to grow and commission contemporary adult puppet works, particularly works that feature live music as a collaborative element. Dream Music seeks to secure the future of puppetry by providing increased development and performance opportunities to puppet artists, and by collaborating with artists from other disciplines to develop new puppetry techniques. In addition, Dream Music brings to New York the most excellent of international puppetry, reflecting on Twist’s roots at the École Supérieure Nationale des Arts de la Marionnette in Charleville-Mezieres, France. Dream Music was inaugurated with the premiere of Basil Twist’s OBIE-award winning Symphonie Fantastique in 1998 and the opening of the Dorothy B. Williams Theatre, an intimate space created specifically for intimate puppetry. HERE’s Dream Music is also proud to house the Griff Williams Puppetry Collection. The 6 antique marionettes of Harry James, Griff Williams, Cab Calloway, Arturo Toscannini, Ted Lewis and Paul Whiteman were all performed with The Griff Williams Orchestra in the 1930s & 40s throughout America’s big band era. They have a permanent home outside the Dorothy B. Williams Theatre at HERE.
Puppet Parlor is made possible with the support of the Puppet Slam Network.