The slam on March 9 was a wonderful success with two sold-out shows and a fantastic line-up of performers. A few pictures from the night follow:

Jeanine Padgett and Jim Sheehan's "Vent"

Alex Vernon and Sarah Olmsted Thomas' "Milo the Magnificent"

Kevin Sherry's "The Rat"

Kevin Sherry in "The Rat"

Sarah Arroyo, Jessie Poole and Dan Friedman in "Coffee Bar" directed by
Colette Sears 

Matthew Thurber's "Alice the Goth"

Melissa Sharlat and Scott Shuster's band Umami!

Our surprise guest and a mere mortal.

As spring approaches, the puppets keep multiplying like randy rabbits! New performers are popping up like crocuses! March’s Puppet Slamwich includes performances by man of wonders David London, new critters and stories by the prolific Kevin Sherry and shorts by Jim Henson grantees Jim Sheehan and Jeanine Padgett.  Sarah Olmsted Thomas and Alex Vernon bring their vaudevillian verve to the Black Cherry stage for the first time with “Milo the Magnificent.” An ensemble of young puppeteers, under the direction of Colette Searls, presents a crowd pleaser from their winter show “Fabulous Presto!” Brooklyn-based cartoonist and crankie storyteller Matthew Thurber tells a tale made just for his Charm City stop with “Alice the Goth!” If that doesn’t make your heart race, 80’s cover band Umami will keep you revved up!  

Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 7pm and 9:30pm at Black Cherry Puppet Theater, 1115 Hollins St., Baltimore MD 21223. Tickets are $7, and can be purchased by clicking here for Brown Paper Tickets. Tickets will also be sold at the door, thirty minutes before each show. Seating is general admission and limited. 

Call to Puppeteers & Performers for March 9th Slam!

Hello Lovely People, Puppeteers and Performers!

May this message find you in the best of spirits and good health!

This here before your very eyes is the official call for performers for our upcoming Puppet Slamwich! at Black Cherry Puppet Theater in Baltimore. The slam is scheduled for Saturday, March 9, 2013

If you are interested in performing, please let us know by emailing Valeska: valeskapopuloh@yahoo.com

If you have friends or know of performers who create puppetry-related work, please share this call with them! Our slam's diversity and vitality results from the great network of puppeteers that keeps growing thanks to word of mouth and folks like you! 

Many thanks, best wishes to you all!

Puppet Slamwich 10: Worlds Collide! January 19, 2013

Our January slam "World's Collide" brought performers from Frederick to Washington DC, from shadow puppet space age ritual to comedic object theater. Thanks to all of our wonderful performers, our great audience and the foot-stomping, heart-breakingly beautiful gypsy jazz sounds of Orchester Prazevica!

January 19th Puppet Slamwich!

January PUPPET SLAMWICH! 

A series of puppetry and performance for Adult Audiences

Saturday, January 19, 2012

7PM and 9:30PM

Tickets Available soon @ Brownpapertickets.com

or at Door 30 minutes before showtime!

 Worlds Collide! at January’s Puppet Slamwich! An alien shaman encounters the last native man of his tribe in “Ishi’s Brain,” a puppet adaptation by Lisa Krause and Eamon Espey of Espey’s recently released graphic novel.  Fantasy slams into Truth as virtual lovers meet in the flesh in Hideous Puppet Pile’s “Internet Dating” (pictured).   Puppets duke it out with papercuts as DC’s Patch Players share the stage with the side-splitting, scissor wielding Eric Avery.  And Charm City’s rousing Slovak gypsy jazz ensemble Orchester Prazevica help all of us lift off!

APOCALYPSE Puppet Slam II TOMORROW!

Apocalypse Puppet Slam II 

This Saturday December 22nd

Doors at 7pm Show at 7:30pm

$10

General Seating/Tix at Door

@ Black Cherry Puppet Theater

1115 Hollins St

Batlimore, MD 21223

Apocalypse Puppet Slam!!! Sat. November 10th!

Saturday November 10th! One Show Only!!! doors 7:30 show 8pm

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TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW!!!
via Brownpapertickets.com

• The Mayan cosmic calendar is grinding to a halt next month, which obviously means that the world is coming to an end. Please come join some of the finest puppeteers in Baltimore as they puppetize the impending APOCALYPSE. Performers include: Kevin Sherry-Seven Gods meet before and after the Apocalypse Porch Puppets- "Nothing ever happens on my Block" Adam Goode and Otterside Productions "How I met your Monster' Conner Kizer's new play "Baptism" Comedy with Charlotte Benedetto Daniel Friedman and Jessie Poole with "Red" Hosted by the Mayan God of calendars and stuff.