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Upcoming events

    • April 17, 2026
    • April 19, 2026
    • Unicoi State Park and Lodge, Helen, GA

    That Puppet Palooza

    That Puppet Palooza

    Celebrate Puppetry in the Park at That Puppet Palooza!
    April 17-19, 2026
    Unicoi State Park and Lodge, Helen, Georgia

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    • October 02, 2026
    • October 03, 2026
    • Puppet Pizzazz & Sawyer Yards Art Complex, Houston, TX

    Southwest Regional HOT (Heart of Texas) Puppet Festival

    October 2-3, 2026

    Calling on all puppetry enthusiasts to save the first weekend in October 2026 for Hot Puppets, a Southwest Regional Festival to be held at the Sawyer Yards artist complex in Houston. Get ready for several exciting puppet shows, workshops, and parties!

    The festival will begin at 5:30 pm on October 2. Participants will meet at Puppet Pizzazz, owned and operated by Greg Ruhe. Attendees will sign in and get name tags while enjoying beverages and appetizers, and puppetry entertainment. The participants will follow a parade of giant puppets to the Sawyer Yards Art Complex for the first puppet show. After the puppet show, participants will return to Puppet Pizzazz for a party including dinner and puppetry entertainment.

    The following day Saturday, October 3 will run from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm at Sawyer Yards Arts Complex. The day will include morning coffee and pastries, lunch, three workshop sessions and two puppetry shows and a puppetry store. The group will meet up again at Puppetry Pizzazz for another party including a dinner and puppetry entertainment.

States/Provinces: Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming

REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Christine Papalexis
REGIONAL TREASURER
-Position Open-

GUILDS

Arizona

Phoenix Guild of Puppetry
Founded 1959, Chartered 1962
President: Connie Galeener
Newsletter: The Punchline

California

Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry
Founded 1956, Chartered 1957
Co-Presidents: Taylor Bibat & Perry Daniel
Newsletter: Puppet Life

Orange County Puppetry Guild
Chartered 1961 & 1978
President: Lorene Gilleland
Newsletter: Strings ‘n’ Things

San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild
Founded 1954, Chartered 1960
President: John Arnold
Newsletter: SFBAPG

Hawaii

Hawaii Puppetry Guild
Chartered 1978
Contact: RoxAnne Lawson

Puppeteers of America
310 East 38th St, Suite 127
Minneapolis, MN 55409

612-821-2382
office@puppeteers.org