This program is sponsored by Target with support from the Target Foundation

After the Show

Saturday Puppet Workshops

Come for the show and stay for the “Make-n-Take” workshop based on that day’s puppet show theme. Workshops are a family activity offered in our classroom at 11 am each Saturday morning.

• Admission is $5/person.
• Registration for workshops are recommended and can be made in advance at the 10am show or by calling 612-721-2535 the previous week.

Saturdays, October through March

HOBT classroom available for birthday parties

Looking for something new and different to celebrate your child's birthday this year?  Bring party guests to see our regularly scheduled Saturday Puppet Show, participate in the artist led Make-n-Take workshop, and stay for a party in our classroom!

• Two times available: Attend the 10am performance and the 11am workshop followed by a one-hour room rental for your party, or attend the workshop at 11am, go to the noon performance of the show and then head back to the classroom for your party at 1pm.
• $140 for up to 10 guests (including adults); each additional guest is $9.
• If you live in Powderhorn, Central, Phillips or Corcoran the price is only $120 and each additional guest (including adults) is $7.
• We provide the room and polka dotted table coverings while you provide the refreshments and fun. Price covers 10 guests for the puppet show and Make-n-Take, plus one-hour room rental.
• Advance reservations and payment at the time of booking is required.  To make a reservation call 612-721-2535 ext. 23.

Friday Morning Puppet Shows!

Free Monthly Show for Pre-School - 3rd Grade Groups.

Once a month, October through March, we offer free puppet shows to day-care groups and classes!

These 30-45 minute puppet shows are presented in the casual setting of our lobby.

Lots of interaction and an opportunity to speak with the puppteers after the show make this a great field trip for your class or day care group.

Learn More...

February 13

Dog S.O.S.

Sandy and Blake

A dog is lost! Help rescue the poor pooch from the icIe flow on the Baltic Sea... Based on a true story. In English with some Spanish.

February 20

Serious Nonsense

Theatre of Fools

A vaudeville show for the 21st century specializing in physical comedy, magic and absurd theatrics.

February 27

Land of 10,000 Lakes: Minnesota's 150-year Connection to Water

Written and performed by Paulino Brener

What makes a shower and what keeps all the grass so green? Water of course! The water that we know so well...or do we?

March 6

Punch & Judy

Fifth of November Puppeteers

A twist of the traditional ‘Punch and Judy’ slapstick comedy celebrating old English folk tales.

March 13

Are You Thirsty?

Performed by Esther Ouray and Stacy Lee King

Come explore a myriad of questions contained in a cup of water--one of the most precious and necessary shared resources of our planet.

March 20

Ring Around the Rain Garden

Barb Tilsen, Margo McCreary and Gayla Ellis

Explore how we are part of the web of life, the way we live upon and care for Mother Earth, and how we can better protect our water resources.