Our first show of the Fall 2025 Season will feature the debut performance of Peter and the Wolf, a new shadow puppet production by Dan Butterworth!

Tickets are $7 each. Purchase online. We also accept cash, credit and debit cards at the door. All tickets are non-refundable unless we cancel the event.

Come early and join us for our Sock Puppet Workshop featuring Olga and Jenny (PLEASE NOTE - this workshop is NOT included with show admission).

What happens when Harold, a young village boy, discovers a dragon in the mountains? Can Harold convince the villagers that the dragon just wants to be friends?

Tickets are $7 each. Purchase online. We also accept cash, credit and debit cards at the door.

Click HERE to purchase tickets to the Shadow Puppet workshop happening after the show. The workshop is limited to 15 participants so we recommend buying tickets online in advance.

“Dusty & Dott Live!” Dott (like the polkadot), and her dog Dusty (like the dust), want YOU to become part of the pack! Hoowwwll! This girl n’ dog duo, seen on PBS, are taking their act “on the road” to celebrate what humans (and talking dogs?) do best, creating the perfect story!

Tickets are $7 each. Purchase online. We also accept cash, credit and debit cards at the door.

Though English in origin, Jack has become a true American folk hero. Jack and the Beanstalk focuses on Jack and his many adventures: from Jack B. Nimble, Jack Horner, Big Jack and Little Jack to the popular Jack and Beanstalk.

Tickets are $7 each. Purchase online. We also accept cash, credit and debit cards at the door.

CARE AND SHARE WILL BE AT THE SHOW COLLECTING NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS. Please consider donating.

Set in the eighteenth century and featuring a dozen lavishly costumed 30” marionettes, this production of Cinderella is a Tanglewood Marionettes showpiece.

Tickets are $7 each. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

Humpty Dumpty is finally off the wall and back together again with all his friends! Humpty still engages in many risky tricks, but he is finally succeeding with the help of the audience. Humpty even teaches kids a few tricks they can immediately show off!

Tickets are $7 each person, cash, or charge. No refunds.

Please join us before the show at 1:15 for our Sock Puppet workshop. Each puppet is $10 and we ask that a parent assist with their child’s creation. See our Workshops page for more information.

Join us for Tilly, the Terrible Swede, a show for the whole family featuring marionette puppets, live performances, and most importantly- a bicycle!

All shows are held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

Tickets are $7 each. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

The Dandelion’s Wish is based on a children’s book by Fatima Sambo Schoenfelder who also directed this show. Book signing to follow performance.

All shows are held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

Tickets are $7 each. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

You can purchase The Dandelion’s Wish by Fatima Schoenfelder by clicking HERE (Amazon) or HERE (Barnes and Noble).

Photo credit - Richard Termine

We will be joined by Care and Share who will be collecting non-perishable food items. Please consider donating!

Replete with clever stage illusions and lighting effects, An Arabian Adventure is a fast-paced, action-packed drama that is especially good for older children.

Running time: 40 minutes. Recommended grade levels: Appropriate for 1 - 6; best for 3 - 6

All shows are held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT. Tickets are $7 each. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

Please join us before the show at 1:15 for our Sock Puppet workshop. Each puppet is $10 and we ask that a parent assist with their child’s creation. See our Workshops page for more information.

“The Legend of the Banana Kid” features 20 of our hand-crafted glove, mouth and rod puppets, and a slew of flying and twirling styrofoam bananas. 

Length of show: approx. 45 minutes
Recommended audience: ages 4 and up

All shows are held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

Tickets are $7 each. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

Oma says that knitting is not just pom pom hats and sweaters. Oma's knitting contains whole stories! This new family show by Shoshana Bass and Jana Zeller is an intergenerational tale that revolves around Grandma or “Oma."

Oma is for audiences Pre-K - 4th (ages 4 - 9/10)

All shows are held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

Tickets are $7 each. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

***PLEASE NOTE THIS SHOW STARTS AT 3PM unlike our other shows***

Pumpernickel Puppet shows are presented with a cast of colorful puppet characters, audience participation, live voices and sound effects and fast paced scripts that not only entertain, but stimulate children's imagination and creativity.

Performance is approximately 40 minutes and is appropriate for children ages three and up.

The show will be held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

All tickets are $7. We accept cash, check and are now able to accept credit and debit cards!

Hansel and Gretel is based on the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, and features melodies from the Humperdinck opera. The colorful set is in the shape of a giant story book; as the pages turn, each new and exciting scene is revealed.

Running time: 45 minutes. Recommended grade levels: Appropriate for K - 6; best for 1 - 6

We will have Care and Share representatives at the show so please bring non-perishable food items for donation.

All shows are held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

Tickets are $7 each. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

“Marvelous Metamorphoses” unravels to present bizarre and beautiful transformations in our world like caterpillar to butterfly, polliwog to frog, and more!

The show will be held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

All tickets are $7. We accept cash, check, credit and debit cards.

OompaPossum Puppets presents the classic tale of The Three Little Pigs. This shadow puppet show is performed with a script as twisty as a pig’s tail. The Three Little Pigs prove that with hard work, collaboration and compassion, they can do anything.

45 min. Indoor performance.

Join us after the show for a free children’s paper workshop!

The town of Hamelin has a rat problem, and there's only one person who can help! CactusHead Puppets brings the story of The Pied Piper to life in this comedic, updated adaptation of the traditional folktale.

Show length- 40 min. plus Q&A after the show.

Carnaval del Mundo is a unique experience in puppet theater: a true World Carnival of music, dance, and magic. A parade of characters to delight viewers of all ages moves from the highly decorated stage up in the air and right out into the audience.

http://butterworthproductions.org/

A (semi) original story from Lionheart Puppets, Jack Tuesday: Fairy Tale Investigator is a fun-filled mystery starring several favorite story-time characters.

This show is suitable for ages 4-11.

We will be collecting non-perishable food items for Care and Share so please bring something to donate to this great cause.

All tickets are $7. We accept cash, check and are now able to accept credit and debit cards!

A terrible drought has overtaken the land, and all the world has turned brown and lifeless. The Dragon King is ruler over all things water, and the people are beginning to wonder why he has not brought the life-giving rains in such a very long time. 

Running time: 50 minutes

The show will be held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

All tickets are $7. We accept cash, check and are now able to accept credit and debit cards!

Pumpernickel Puppet shows are presented with a cast of colorful puppet characters, audience participation, live voices and sound effects and fast paced scripts that not only entertain but stimulate children's imagination and creativity.

All performances last approximately 30 - 40 minutes and are appropriate for children ages three and up.

The show will be held at the East Lyme Community Center, 41 Society Rd, Niantic CT.

All tickets are $7. We accept cash, check and are now able to accept credit and debit cards!

***DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS PRESENTATION BY TANGLEWOOD MARIONETTES WILL BE SLEEPING BEAUTY, NOT THE DRAGON KING AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED***

In this retelling, a painted story book opens to reveal each scene. Beautifully hand-crafted marionettes are brought to life by a master puppeteer as the dramatic events unfold.

Running time: 40 minutes

Tickets are $7 each, CASH OR CHECK ONLY at the door.

Come one, come all, to a circus like no other! Encounter magnificent creatures from the wilds of your imagination as their quirky human caretaker tries to teach them new tricks.

Tickets are $7 each. Purchase online. We also accept cash, credit and debit cards at the door. All tickets are non-refundable unless we cancel the event.

Humpty Dumpty is finally off the wall and back together again with all his friends! Humpty still engages in many risky tricks, but he is finally succeeding with the help of the audience. Humpty even teaches kids a few tricks they can immediately show off!

Tickets are $7 each person, cash, or charge. No refunds.

The East Lyme Puppetry Project invites families young and old to enjoy Tanglewood Marionettes’ classic fairytale “Cinderella” and to help re-stock Care and Share of East Lyme’s shelves by bringing food donations to the show.

All tickets are $6.00 plus a canned good or cash donation to Care and Share.

Follow an adventurous princess as she journeys to Mystery Mountain to visit the Great Green Dragon. Presented with large colorful hand puppets and live voices and sound effects.

Come join us at Sir George and the Dragon by Pumpernickel Puppets on Sunday! Tickets at the door are $6.00 each person.

Paper Heart Puppets’ Showcase Presentation of I Love Tacos!, a trilogy of original Mexican fun-and-folktales that celebrates both tacos and the place where they were created. Each story is packed with humor, adventure and colorful characters, so get ready for magical Qeutzal birds, taco monsters, the mystery of the volcano rabbit and his ultimate salsa and more!

All tickets are $6.00 per person

Join the East Lyme Puppetry Project on Sunday, February 24 at 1:00p.m., at the East Lyme Community Center for Tanglewood Marionettes’ performance of An Arabian Adventure and help re-stock Care and Share’s shelves by bringing a food donations to the show.

The 45 minutes performance is perfect for families of all ages and includes a pre-show puppet demonstration and a post-show “meet the marionettes” activity.

All tickets are $6.00 plus a canned good or cash contribution.

Little Chucky heads into the Wild West to outwit outlaws! Armed with a fistful of bananas, he enters town on his trusty goat for a showdown with Big Bad Bart and his gang of bandits. (please note that there are no guns in this show). The Legend of the Banana Kid features 20 hand-crafted glove, mouth and rod puppets – and a slew of flying and twirling styrofoam bananas.

All show tickets $6.00 at the door.