Rough House Theater’s annual creepy attraction has become a sought-after gig in Chicago’s puppetry community. White birds as an omen of death, anyone?

Chilling installations and puppet art combine in a spooky Halloween peep show with Rough House Theater.

3D printing came in handy for the puppets, too. The pilot of the series was entirely handmade, with Roy Ambriz describing how much of it evolved, particularly with puppet parts being 3D printed.

Most of the masks and puppet parts are molded of carbon graphite, a kind of rigid foam that makes them light and durable. Some have a set of wires to move the mouth and other parts, like the ...

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre has brought Mem Fox book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge to life, as Bec Bradley makes her mainstage directorial debut with the special intergenerational friendship story.

Most of the masks and puppet parts are molded of carbon graphite, a kind of rigid foam that makes them light and durable. Some have a set of wires to move the mouth and other parts, like the ...

Most of the masks and puppet parts are molded of carbon graphite, a kind of rigid foam that makes them light and durable. Some have a set of wires to move the mouth and other parts, like the ...

Most of the masks and puppet parts are molded of carbon graphite, a kind of rigid foam that makes them light and durable.

In 1997, audiences in Minneapolis saw something no one ever had: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats.