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Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts

5938 Skillman St. Dallas TX 75231

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Declared “one of the finest puppet companies in the world” by Observer theater critic Elaine Liner, these professional masters of marionettes and handlers of hand puppets have been pursuing the art of fine puppetry since 1973. Boasting one of the country’s largest collections of antique marionettes, the troupe works in tandem with the Dallas Children’s Theater to put on some of the craziest puppet shows you’ll ever see outside your dreams. (They also fabricate custom puppets, if you have a recipient in mind who wouldn’t be totally creeped out by becoming a dummy.)








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  • 2007 | Best Shows With Strings Attached

    For almost 35 years Kathy Burks has designed and produced puppet shows that make high art of non-human figures brought to life with strings, rods and hands. From a collection of puppets and marionettes that goes back to the early 1900s, Burks and her expert puppeteers make the characters so real that children in the audience, given the chance for post-show Q&A, will often address the puppets directly, completely ignoring the black-clad actors holding them. Magical shows such as Frog... More »

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