The Little Theatre
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New York State Puppet Festival

Puppets on Film

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | 7:00pm

Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 6:30pm

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$10 General Admission
Little Member passes, discounts, and vouchers are not applicable for this screening. | Tickets available online in advance, at our box office during open hours, or at the door (if available).

Accessibility at this Screening

• Hearing Amplification (accessibility device or hearing loop)

Prepare for something awesome with the New York State Puppet Festival (NYSPF) “Puppets on Film” Short Film Program, highlighting emerging puppetry and traditional techniques to tell immersive and engaging stories. The festival has curated a short film program to challenge the conventional wisdom of what puppeteering on film can be.

  • Linda Wingerter – Misophonia (9 mins)
  • Rebecca Manley – Table Manners (3 mins)
  • Genevieve Anderson – Too Loud a Solitude (18 mins)
  • Julie Elkins – Playing Possum (13 mins)
  • Sifiso Mabena – Above All (5 mins)
  • Charlotte Lily Gaspard – Being and Becoming (7 mins)
  • Manual Cinema – Future Feeling – (8 mins)
  • Kayfabe (trailer) – (1 min)

Featuring a live, post-film Q&A with puppeteers and filmmakers, including:

  • Pilar McKay (Curator of Puppets on Film at the New York State Puppet Festival and Moderator)
  • Linda Wingerter (Filmmaker of MISOPHONIA)
  • Emma Wiseman (Puppeteer and Adjunct Professor at the U of R)
  • Josh Rice (KAYFABE director/producer and Producing Artistic Director and Curator of the New York State Puppet Festival)
  • More panelists to be announced!

About the New York State Puppet Festival
The New York State Puppet Festival brings live puppetry to the region in a biannual theatre festival – this year June 18 to 20, 2026 in Perry, New York.

Support for the New York State Puppet Festival and Shake on the Lake is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support by the Arts Council for Wyoming County, The Mary Conable & Norman Gayford Charitable Fund, the Conable Family Foundation, the Ralph C . Wilson Arts & Cultural Initiative, and the Puppet Slam Network.

Similar to Rated PG-13 | Approx. 60 mins | Comedy, Drama, Puppetry | Various

All shorts are in English or have English subtitles.