
The International Puppet Slam - NYC
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY come see artists from around the world show off their best short-form puppetry for adults! Their acts may be short, but their travels were not. Ages 18+
Duygu Bayar Ekren with Kiowa Hammons - Who Dares
rike - I'm A Fool to Want You
Jakub Jelínek - NEXT LEVEL
Maisie O'Brien - The Artist
Zlata Godunova - Olga of Kyiv
Vape Kid Jr. - Enter the Cool Zone
Lagassé - Lagassé
Emmanual Elpenord - Choose Your Own Adventures of Turtle Boy
Masashi Kadoya - Crumpled Paper
Host Toybox, America’s Favorite Cartoon Witch
Stage Manager Sarah Samonte
Producer & General Manager Brenna Ross
Artistic Director Heather Henson
Puppet Slam Network Coordinator Lindsey Ball
Poster Design Mike McCauslin
Performers
A Brief History
The International Puppet Slam is the result of a yearslong partnership between the Puppet Slam Network, Shimokitazawa International Puppet Festival Festival in Tokyo, Japan, and the Skupova Plzeň Festival in Plzen, Czech Republic to present some of the first International Puppet Slams and now we’ve come home to New York City!
The way the partnership worked was that each partner sent one performer and one producer to the puppet slam in each city. In Tokyo, Deborah Hunt and Christine Papalexis represented Puppet Slam Network USA. In Plzen, Vanessa Valliere and Brenna Ross represented PSN-USA.
Both Masashi Kadoya & Yoko Yamaguchi and Jakub Jelinék & Jakub Hora represented Tokyo and Plzen respectively at all 3 slams!