Chicago's longest running puppet slam, Nasty, Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret (NBS), is an evening of contemporary short-form puppet and object-based theater for adult audiences. 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 performance is for adult audiences. Doors: 7:30pm. Show: 8pm.

TICKET TIERS
$35 - Patron Admission — incl. reserved front row seating
$17 - General Admission
$10 - Student/Industry Admission
(*A per ticket processing fee will be added by the venue at checkout.)

Our Patron level tickets include select front row seating and help sponsor more reduced/industry level tickets. As with all our other shows, we also offer a DONATION-BASED LIVESTREAM if you cannot join in-person.

DONATE HERE to support NBS & watch the NBS Livestream!

CURATORS:

Myra Su + Caitlin McLeod

HOSTS:

Noah Ginex Puppet Company

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Honglan Huang

Theatre Nobody

Sion Silva + Rachel Hartmann

Misa Sourour

Flora & Fauna

Val deGroot

Lily Cox

Claire Saxe

NBS is presented by Rough House Puppet Arts & funded in part by a grant from The Puppet Slam Network.