Santa Monica Puppetry Center

1014 Broadway         Santa Monica CA 90401         310 656-0483

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• Puppetry Center Open Every Day During Winter Break !

• Puppetry Class Starts January 8

    The Puppetry Center is the perfect inexpensive, multi-age and non-denominational destination for the holidays.   Now in our 12th year the Center has been a favorite for local folks and visitors alike.  This year shows will be held Every day at 2:00 p.m. during the winter break  {December 20- January 4) with a sing along and free treats after every show!

    Puppetry Class   For many years folks have been asking about learning puppetry  or ventriloquism so we are happy to announce the start of puppetry class, meeting every Thursday (Starting January 8, 2009) from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.   Intended for everyone age 9 and up, the course will cover everything related to this multi-layered art form including construction, voices, marionettes, ventriloquism, history, performance technique, music and lots more. We will have some very special guest teachers and puppet related films and videos. The class is free to all members of the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry.

    For more Information or to sign up, call the Center:  310 656-0483      

Holiday Show Times

December 20 – January 4  -- Every Day at 2:00 p.m.

 Including Christmas and New Years Day 

Schools, groups and BIRTHDAY celebrations are welcomed.

The Center is now located at 1014 Broadway - 7 blocks from the Third Street Promenade

Reservations/Information 310 656-0483 

 

LA Weekly Names

 
 

Steve Meltzer

  
 

 
 

Best Master of Puppets

 
       

       "It's not hard to picture what Steve Meltzer must have been like as a little boy. The puppeteer, who mans the box office before jumping onstage to work the puppets for Puppetolio! every weekend, has a big, goofy grin and exudes the energy of an 8-year-old inviting you to play in his room. Puppetolio! is delightfully old-fashioned, a low-tech puppet show with Meltzer's zany cast of stringed characters and really corny jokes that add up to the equivalent of being tickled for an hour.
 Meltzer's show might be a throwback, but the kids in the audience laugh like little loons. "I love all the modern technologies, but my experience has taught me that humans haven't really changed all that much. We still love to gather together and find the common joy of any kind of fantasy or illusion. In this tech-saturated time, I wish the purveyors of pop culture would realize that 'low-tech' can actually be a selling point."
                                                             Libby Molyneaux 

 

  
 

 
 

Year Round Show Times

Wednesdays, Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays at 2:00 p.m.

Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.

All Seats - $7.50

 Suggested for all ages, 3 & up.

Schools, groups and BIRTHDAY celebrations are welcomed.  

Reservations/Information  

310 656-0483