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302 W. Latham St. Phoenix, AZ 85003

602-262-2050

http://www.azpuppets.org

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302 W. Latham St. Phoenix AZ 85003

2012 | Best Puppet Theater

So, you're looking for a place to hold your kid's birthday party that won't also make you want to slit your own wrists before you get to the cake-cutting part. Ta-da! Time to consider Great Arizona Puppet Theater. Once you do, you'll discover why the word "great" appears in their title, because this neat nonprofit (in business since 1983!) thrills young audiences with old-timey entertainment that still delights. Ancient fairy tales get a once-over, as do twice-told Native American stories... More »
2007 | BEST DOWNTOWN BUILDING TO POKE YOUR HEAD INTO

In recent months, we've heard about at least two local historic Mormon churches abandoned to the bulldozers. That makes us more grateful than ever to the Great Arizona Puppet Theater, and the folks who restored it. If you watch HBO's Big Love, you might think some sort of divine intervention (or at least comic relief) led to a group of people who pull a lot of strings coming to own the former Second Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but really, all it took was... More »
2007 | BEST LATE-NIGHT HAND JOBS

God bless Great Arizona Puppet Theater. God bless them, we say! Not every arts group respects the intelligence and imagination of our children, perpetuating a low-tech, time-honored performance tradition, yadda yadda yadda, while also embracing the goofy child inside the crude, boozy adult audience. (Okay, not very far inside.) Every now and then, GAPT hosts a Puppet Slam for adults, and high jinks ensue. The last one we went to had a pirate theme. Pirates are really cool because they're... More »
2005 | BEST ENTERTAINMENT FOR KIDS, STRINGS ATTACHED

We all know that the mass media dangle the strings of our little ones' minds -- must we utter the word Barney to make our point? But there are alternatives to the onslaught, and they're fun ones. Since 1983, the nonprofit Great Arizona Puppet Theater has been thrilling young audiences all over the state with its year-round performances. Puppet shows would seem to be passé in this age of Xbox, but a look-see at any of the shows proves otherwise. With their enduring theme of Arizona as... More »
2004 | BEST OFF-THE-WALL GIFT SHOP

Looking for some political party favors? Get your hands on the "Axis of Evil II" finger puppet set, packing tiny versions of Bush, Ashcroft, Cheney and Rumsfeld. The first "Axis of Evil" set -- more global, just as terrifying -- partners Dubya with Saddam, Kim Jong-il and Khamenei. Shopping for kids? More inspiring (and less frightening) finger puppets include "The Revolutionaries" -- Che, Gandhi, Mandela and Trotsky -- and "Great Artists" (Monet, Kahlo, van Gogh and Dal’), as well as... More »
2003 | BEST CHILDREN'S THEATER

Established in 1983, this theater is housed in a beautiful, renovated downtown church. With a repertoire of more than 50 different fairy tales and original puppet plays, the Great Arizona Puppet Theater tours throughout the state, performing shows and teaching workshops for kids and teachers. The troupe serves more than 400 schools and preschools in the state, and offers private parties for groups and birthdays. We love the theater because of the amazing skills of the puppeteers. Each... More »

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Great Arizona Puppet Theater

302 W. Latham St. Phoenix, AZ 85003

602-262-2050

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2012 | Best Puppet Theater

2007 | BEST DOWNTOWN BUILDING TO POKE YOUR HEAD INTO

2007 | BEST LATE-NIGHT HAND JOBS

2005 | BEST ENTERTAINMENT FOR KIDS, STRINGS ATTACHED

2004 | BEST OFF-THE-WALL GIFT SHOP

2003 | BEST CHILDREN'S THEATER

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