West Fulton Puppet Festival 2016

posted Jun 28, 2016
West Fulton Puppet Festival Professor Tinkers

A scene from last year's festival.

This looks like something a bit different: The West Fulton Puppet Festival returns to Schoharie County July 8-9. Organizers say the schedule includes both national and regional puppetry artists in a series of family-friendly shows. And it's free.

Festival blurbage:

The Festival showcases a diverse range of puppet styles with dynamic and entertaining performances for the whole family. The program features two artists featured on the bill at last year's Festival; Peter Russo and Joanna Simmons' with their new show Professor Tinkers and the Improbable Journey Home, in which we re-join Professor Tinkers who, having found the location of the rare Red Elephant from a common House Fly, embarks upon a magical journey through space and discarded debris as she tries to find her way home to feed her cat, Percy; and Andy Gaukel with Treespective- an interactive puppet installation. Joining them are Crabgrass Puppet Theatre's The Pirate, The Princess and the Pea, a thrilling voyage chock full of sea monsters, sharks and side-splitting action; Ivy Vine Players Puppet Theater with Grian MacGregor's delightfully intimate A One Woman Show with a Cast of 75, and The Gottabees's Squirrel Stole My Underpants, the magical adventure Sylvie and a mischievous squirrel. Plus, a musical performance by storyteller and singer-songwriter Story Laurie featuring wondrous and witty tales.

Here's the festival schedule -- it includes performances that Friday evening, and then throughout the day on Saturday.

The festival is in a park in West Fulton, a hamlet in the town of Fulton -- the town is pretty much right in the center of Schoharie County.

screengrab: West Fulton Puppet Festival / Chris Haag

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