The Puppet Company: Tall Tales

Celebrate our 9th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival -- and our nation’s 250th birthday -- with a show full of American fairytales, folk songs, clever scenery, and a large cast of "bigger than life" puppets!
Our puppet host, Clem the singing prospector, will share some great American tunes as he spins stories from our colorful past.
Meet:
- Ol' Stormalong
- Johnny Appleseed
- Pecos Bill
- John Henry
- Paul Bunyan
Based on the stories that traveled from coast to coast, these American yarns enchanted immigrants for generations. Are these heroes for real or not? That’s for you to decide.
Performance takes place on the lawn outside the library.
Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park, CA, 94025
www.menlopark.gov/puppetry
About The Puppet Company:
The Puppet Company performs at libraries and festivals around California. When not on the road, their productions can be found at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, where Puppet Company founder Randal J. Metz is the Director of the park’s Storybook Puppet Theater, the longest-running children's puppet theater in the United States. Metz is the author of several books, including Enchanted Strings: Bob Baker Marionette Theater, A Century of California Puppetry: How the West was Strung, and Children's Fairyland (Images of America series).
About the Summer Puppetry Festival:
We’re presenting our 9th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival! Menlo Park celebrates the art of puppetry in its many forms, with a series of puppet shows and related events featuring beloved performers from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Drop in for one event, or join us for the entire series.
Performances:
June 28 | Pop & Go Puppets | Belle Haven Library
July 9 | The Puppet Company | Menlo Park Library
July 26 | Fratello Marionettes | Belle Haven Library
July 30 | Puppet Art Theater | Menlo Park Library
Aug. 23 | Possibly Puppets | Belle Haven Library
Other events:
June 9 | The Science & Psychology of Muppet Design | Menlo Park Library
July 18 | Shadow Puppet Workshop (Ages 8-Adult) | Belle Haven Library