About the Puppet Co.
Our Mission
The mission of the Puppet Co. is to present professionally produced puppet theater reflecting excellence in both performance and visual experience as a means to excite the public about the potential of puppetry.
Our Method
As a Center for Exploration of the Puppet Arts, the Puppet Co. brings professional puppetry performances to its audience along with supporting puppetry education through classes, workshops, demonstrations, publications, and exhibitions.
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Puppeteers Maggie and Willow perform Peter and the Wolf for Montgomery County Parks Playhouse Junior Program. (2023)
Our Impact
Our puppet theater uses hand puppets, rod puppets, body puppets, marionettes, and shadow puppets to stage both original works and traditional children’s stories. The Puppet Co. Playhouse at Glen Echo Park is one of the few theatres designed exclusively for puppet shows and is the only year-round theater between New York and Atlanta dedicated entirely to the art of puppetry. This unique Washington D.C. area resource brings wonderful music and literature to life for students, teachers, and parents through live, fully-staged productions of some of the finest children's theater in the country. The Puppet Co. has approximately 20 productions in our Legacy repertory, including classics such as “The Wizard of Oz” and “Cinderella," and has been debuting new productions since 2021. In 2022, over 16,500 people attended a show or event at the playhouse!