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To celebrate 2024’s annual World Puppetry Day, the Great Arizona Puppet Theater (GAPT) will host an all-day event on March 24th, 2024. This pay-what-you-can event, open for the public from 11 am-3 pm, will feature offerings for youth and adult audiences alongside food and refreshments. In addition to this, there will be an evening screening of Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams Vol. VII in collaboration with Reel Puppetry Film Festival. This part of the event is aimed primarily at adults and will begin at 6 pm.
“In a world of constant change, it is the storytellers that help us make sense of it all,” said Executive Director Jeffrey Lazos-Ferns. “This year, GAPT is joining the global voices of puppetry worldwide to celebrate and honor this ancient art form."
Alongside multiple puppet show performances, arts and crafts stations will open throughout the day, and puppet-making workshops will be scheduled for children and adults. Phoenix Mariachi Vive, a youth mariachi music group, will be performing. Phoenix Mayor's Office Official Historian Steve Schumacher will speak about Phoenix History projects and announce a Phoenix History Project collaboration with The Great Arizona Puppet Theater.