Nasty, Brutish & Short: A Puppet Cabaret — 15th Anniversary Show!

Chicago's longest running puppet slam, Nasty, Brutish & Short, turns 15 this year! Join us for a special anniversary show featuring contemporary short-form puppet and object theater by artists across our history. 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.

For this show only, we are offering a limited number of “Select" Admission tickets, which include a reserved seat plus a little gift bag of NBS + Rough House merch! As with all our shows, we also offer a DONATION-BASED livestream if you cannot join us in-person.

TICKETS*

$35 - “Select” Admission — incl. reserved seat + swag bag

$17 - General Admission

$10 - Student/Industry Admission

(*A per ticket processing fee will be added by the venue at checkout.)

…OR DONATE HERE and watch the Livestream!

CURATORS:

Myra Su + Caitlin McLeod

HOSTS:

Noah Ginex Puppet Company + Mr. & Mrs. Wednesday Night

FEATURED ARTISTS:

Madigan Burke

Jabberwocky Marionettes

Caitlin McLeod

Michael Montenegro

Mike Oleon

ZAHAHA

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