GUEST ARTIST SERIES: Puppetry
Open Eye Theatre welcomes Full Moon Puppet Arts
FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW
November 13 – 15, 2025
Hosted by Liz Howls
Featuring works by Michael Grace & Lizz Windnagel, Dominique Herskind, Talia Smigielski, Kris Moua, Mary Jo Nikolai, and Sarah Frechette
Join us under the full moon for an adult, rowdy puppet slam. Featuring performances by some of the most innovative Twin Cities puppetry artists and live music between acts!
The Twin Cities longest-running adult puppetry slam RETURNS!
Join us under the full moon for an adult, rowdy puppet slam! Featuring performances by some of the most innovative Twin Cities puppetry artists!
Since 2008, FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW has been performing puppet slams throughout Minneapolis. Selected artists will perform 10 minute original puppet shows to an audience encouraged to howl at the moon and cheer on each show!
The Artists & Their Shows
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“Planet of Star and Moon”
By Michael Grace and Lizz Windnagel
Moon and Star try to decide what to do today. Will they eat Pizza? Will they call another planet? Who knows!
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"1969"
By Dominique Herskind
This show is about three real letters Dominique’s grandma saved from a male suitor of hers. And these letters. Are. HORNY.
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"Portal-Trench: A Puppet Play"
By Talia Smigielski in collaborationwith performers Allison Holiday and Kristin Tyborski, musician Emily Kastrul, designer and maker Caitlin Hargarten, and textile artist and idea gal, Sarah Baeverstad
PORTAL-TRENCH: A PUPPET PLAY highlights one mother’s exploration of her ‘mothering-time’ as a durable, deep- pocketed and cosmically-connected coat. Portal-Trench presents our protagonist with an unexpected respite that appears at just the right moment, scattering her throughout the space-time continuum while offering her the healing- chance to chat with a few fellow travelers from her past. Expect staged- puppet time travel vis-a-vis fragments of the artist’s memory resurrected as textile, shadow, object, sound, movement, and music!
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"Where Flowers Bloom"
By Kris Moua
Devout Christian parents refuse to honor their child's chosen name. After falling into an illness-induced coma, a shaman is summoned to search for their child's soul. Will it be enough to heal her and bring her back?
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"Toilet Rat"
By Mary Jo Nikolai, Eva Cone Adderley, Josh Conway, Zarra, Willis Bowman, Kurt Hunter and Lelis Brito
Finding a live rat in the toilet turns from an urban nightmare to a viral event.
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"Carnival Spirit"
By Sarah Frechette with cantastoria by Ceili Clemens, outside eye Madison J. Cripps, & music by TBD
Welcome to the CARNIVAL SPIRIT hosted by the Zeit Geist a Spirit with the ability to freeze a moment or someone's essence in TIME. Does she keep them for her amusement or devour them? Only Time will tell who is really pulling the strings.
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TICKETS
$18 — General Admission
A limited number of Pay What You Can tickets will be available at the box office starting at 6:15pm each night.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Ages 14 and up. This show is geared for adults and not recommended for children.
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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Thursday 11/13, 7:30pm OPENING
Friday 11/14, 7:30pm
Saturday 11/15, 7:30pm CLOSINGRUN TIME: Two hours with 15 minute intermission
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ACCESSIBILITY
Contact us at 612-874-6338 or boxoffice@openeyetheatre.org for accessibility information and requests. Learn more.
COVID PRECAUTIONS: This show is masking-optional.
FULL MOON PUPPET SHOW is supported by:
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
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