House of the Exquisite Corpse 2023
Face the third reign of puppet theater terror this year at the House of the Exquisite Corpse. We have six new immersive acts of puppet horror that are guaranteed to shock, scare, astonish, and delight.
Dates: October 13-31 every Thur, Fri, and Sat
Location: Steppenwolf’s Merle Reskin Garage Space - 1624 N Halsted
Times: Ticketed entries begin at 7 p.m. and are scheduled every 15 minutes. Shows conclude by 10:30 p.m.
*Recommended for 13 years old and up.*
The Press
If you want to move beyond schlock and shock into an elevated horror experience this October, look no further than House of the Exquisite Corpse—A Haunted Puppet Anthology!
- Kimzyn Campbell, Chicago Reader
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This year, Rough House’s Halloween peep show/puppet theater anthology is inspired by the book “Our Homes and How to Keep Them Healthy,” published in 1883 by Robert Brudenell Carter. A team of top Chicago puppet theater artists have each selected different chapters, like “The Evils of the Common Closet” and “The Dangers of Dust,” to unleash and lay open their darkest creative impulses.