Get Real!
Pinocchio entertains and teaches some valuable lessons.

If you've only seen the Disney cartoon, you haven't seen "Pinocchio."

This production predates the formation of the Puppet Co., built by Allan Stevens to be performed at the Smithsonian Institution, it has been delighting audiences for more than 25 years. The puppets have been featured in books and the cover of "The Puppetry Journal."

Pinocchio and Gepetto

What's "Pinocchio" About???

Half life-size rod puppets, performed in the Italian “Comedia del Arte” style, tell Carlo Collodi’s story of what it means to be “real”. Share the trials and tribulations of the little live puppet as he finds in one adventure after another that the “easy way” isn’t always the right way. Called by Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater, “ One of the most exquisite productions to ever grace our theater.”