[The Ballard Institute will present three shows on Saturdays in July, including (left to right): July 11: SpinS by Janoah the Jester (photo credit: Arthur Fink); July 18: Sing-A-Long with Nappy’s Puppets (photo credit: Nappy’s Puppets); July 25: Fairies of the Seasons by Talking Hands Theatre (photo credit: Dominic Sanders)].
July 11: SpinS by Janoah the Jester | A wildly dizzying whirl of juggling, giggling magic, movement, and puppetry, with a pajama-clad unicyclist playing with clothes-pin towers, erratic toothbrushes, and piles of props in a solo circus that will create gargantuan grins.
July 18: Sing-A-Long with Nappy’s Puppets | Join in the fun as famed Connecticut puppeteer Jim Napolitano of Nappy’s Puppets presents some of the silliest sing-a-long songs known to mankind.
July 25: Fairies of the Seasons by Talking Hands Theatre | Talking Hands Theatre presents this magical puppet show set on a handmade dress that twirls as the year turns. Beautiful fairy puppets and hand-felted animals invite the audience to move, sing, and help the fairies find their way back to the season where each one belongs.
Reservations are not required. Chairs will not be provided, and audience members are encouraged to bring their own blankets and seating. Seating space will be first come, first served. In case of rain, the shows will take place in the Ballard Institute Theater at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs.
The Summertime Puppet Show Series is co-sponsored by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership and supported by generous UConn Gives donations by Ballard Institute supporters.