• The Village Puppeteers At Your Event

Puppetry is an excellent way to enhanse any event.  From summer festivals to school assemblies, puppetry is fun and brings joy to the faces of kids and adults alike.  The Village Puppeteers tour their productions anywhere.  Their portable theater is attractive, fits almost any indoor space and sets up very quickly.  If you are looking for a way to make your special event more memorable, then The Village Puppeteers are what you are looking for.

  • Lost In Storyland performance description and performers bio's

Internationally acclaimed puppeteers riff on classic fairytales in Lost In Storyland, a comical romp with puppets for the whole family featuring a cavalcade of kooky characters brought to life by the expert manipulation of The Village Puppeteers.  The crazy antics of Puss'N Boots, the Three Little Pigs, Rumpelstiltskin, Rapunzel, Humpty Dumpty, Little miss Muffet, the Itsy-Bitsy Spider and a host of other characters come to life and are a delight to audiences of all ages.

The Village Puppeteers have been bringing their brand of puppetry to West Michigan for five years. Originally from Chicago, designers, creators and performers, Mike Schwabe and Larry Basgall are award winning artists and have worked in the field of puppetry since the 1970's.

As Artistic and Producing Directors for Hystopolis Productions, of Chicago, Mike Schwabe and Larry Basgall created many popular productions for children and adults alike. Schwabe and Basgall have also worked with Spiffy Pictures as puppet designers, builders and performers for Jack's Big Music Show on the Noggin Channel. More recently the two worked severel months in London as part of the Spiffy Pictures team filming Walt Disney's Bunnytown currently playing on Playhouse Disney.

  • Workshops

The Village puppeteers offer workshops and presentations
on the art of puppetry for all age levels.

Whether you need a puppet making workshop for youngsters
or lectures and master-classes in the art form for scholars,
The Village Puppeteers have the right program for you.

Our artists are specialists in the field of puppetry
and they are experienced instructors able to bring
a meaningful program in the art to any age group
regardless of their level or ability.