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THE 2024 AUSTIN PUPPET INCIDENT

DECEMBER 7 | 7:00 P.M. | DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER

The Austin Puppet Incident, (a co-creation of Trouble Puppet Theater Co. & Glass Half Full Theatre) presents Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams, a film series featuring short films from national puppet artists. 

The Austin Puppet Incident is celebrating its 15th year of presenting short works of puppetry for adults with an evening of puppet films, a live auction of puppets crafted by the artists of Trouble Puppet and Glass Half Full Theatre, and surprise guest artists and revelry.

The Austin Puppet Incident is an annual event of puppetry for adult audiences, featuring short pieces for adult audiences using a variety of puppetry techniques including shadow, hand and rod, tabletop, object and physical theater. This year’s Incident is a showcase of PUPPET FILMS featuring naughty, heartbreaking, harrowing, hilarious and always original stories through the medium of animated objects, from the catalog of Handmade Puppet Dreams from Heather Henson’s Green Feather Foundation. Films featured include 

The Austin Puppet Incident is a joint creation of Glass Half Full Theatre and Trouble Puppet Theater Company.

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Event Details

• Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024
• Time: 7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.
• Venue: Dougherty Arts Center
• Website: https://events.humanitix.com/the-2024-austin-puppet-incident

Ticket Information

• Cost: Sliding Scale $10.00 - $20.00

Presenter Details

• Name: Glass Half Full Theatre

Our Mission:

Glass Half Full Theatre (Puppetry of Objects & Ideas) innovates performance structure and audience experience with original works featuring both humans and puppets to address complex problems through an optimistic lens.  Our bilingual performances spotlight the Latinx community, crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries towards the heart of the imagination, where artists and audiences examine how oppressive power structures work and how they can be overcome.

Our Vision:

To contribute to a sustainable, equitable community framed by a dynamic understanding of multicultural stories and the communities they uphold.

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