Let’s get ready to PUPPPPPPETTTTT. Join us online OR in-person for Nasty, Brutish & Short September. Strap in, hydrate, and brace yourself for one puppety ride.

Live in front of a studio audience, Rough House and Links Hall are pulling out all the stops to create a multi-camera puppet variety show! Combining the polish of network variety show and the rough magic of an experimental cabaret, we welcome you to the new abnormal!

See it Person

Tickets are available at linkshall.org

Online

Watch the Livestream HERE. It’s FREE to watch online. Any donation you make (suggested: $10-$15) goes to the artist and to fostering new works of puppetry in Chicago. Get your “tickets” ahead of time to support the cabaret, or donate during the stream!

Artist Lineup

Steven Widerman
Sam Lewis
Alice Wedoff
Rocio "Chio" Cabrera
Dana Kroop
Honglan Huang, Joann Yu
Dream Eaters Performance Collective
Kevin Michael Wesson

Curated by Myra Su & Caitlin McLeod
Hosted by the Noah Ginex Puppet Co.
Produced by Mike Oleon. Video by Zach Sigelko.
Technical Director: Giau Minh Truong
Presented by Rough House and Links Hall

About Nasty, Brutish & Short

This late night, adult-only cabaret is packed with contemporary short-form puppet and object based theater. Providing a low-risk environment for artists to perform new and experimental work, this puppet slam fosters an artistic exchange between puppet artists of different generations and mediums.

This event is supported in part by the H.B. Henson Fund

Cover Photo Featuring The Noah Ginex Puppet Company