Proud Two-Time Recipient of a
Jim Henson Foundation Grant

 

Dixon Place
161A Chrystie Street
Between Rivington & Delancey
New York, NY 10002

PUPPET BLOK features new works of puppetry, animation, music, and other innovative styles of performance by emerging and established artists from the NYC area. Branching out of Dixon Place's own mission statement to focus on experimental works, PUPPET BLOK provides an all-encompassing venue for alternative modes of storytelling.

if you are interested in submitting to Puppet Blok, please contact Leslie Strongwater (leslieATdixonplace.org).

wednesday, september 29 at 7:30pm, $12

puppet bloK gets PUNCHed!

PUNCHNYC’s most consistent slam re-teams up with Dixon Place’s Puppet Blok for a special puppet extravaganza. Curated by Drama of Works’s Gretchen Van Lente.

thursday, september 30 at 7:30pm, $12

Innovative storytelling featuring Sibyl Kempson, Amanda Villalobos, Maggie Robinson & Leat Klingman. Curated and hosted by Leslie Strongwater.

wednesday, october 27 at 7:30pm, $12

the rainbow connection: richard hunt, gay muppeteer

Jessica Max Stein’s multi-media performance about the exciting, tragically short life of queer Muppet performer richard hunt. Includes behind-the-scenes Muppet footage!

wednesday, december 15 at 7:30pm & 9:30pm, $12

hudson to china

Concrete Temple Theatre’s spectacle with projections, puppetry, theatre, & live music parallels the journeys of three beings seeking China. Co-created by Renee Philippi & Carlo Adinolfi; original music & sound by Bob Goldberg; peformed by Carlo Adinolfi, Diana Chang, Bob Goldberg, Zdenko Slobodnik.