More Pied Piper Show Times!

We have added a few more show times to our upcoming week of Pied Piper performances at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art! Our schedule is now:

1pm on Sunday 8/5
11:30 am & 2pm on Monday 8/6
2pm on Tuesday 8/7
2pm on Wednesday 8/8
2pm on Thursday 8/9
11:30 am & 2pm on Friday 8/10

 Tickets are $5, and you can buy them at 413-658-1126. Hope these added times allows more people to see the show!

Emperor's New Clothes Sneak Peek

We are in the midst of our run of The Emperor's New Clothes this week, and we have several pictures of the show to share! There are still plenty of performances too if you would like to come see the show. Hope you enjoy the pictures!




The Emperor

Showing off the "new clothes"


Working at the loom


and a couple of pictures from backstage


The show runs April 16th- 21st at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA, at 2 pm and 3pm each day. The tickets are $5, and you can order them by calling 413-658-1125.

Have a great vacation week!

Little Red Ridding Hood Starts Next Week!

Just a reminder that you can see our new show, Little Red Ridding Hood Aug. 8-13 at 1pm each day at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA. Tickets are $5, and you can pre-order them at 413-658-1126. Hope to see you there!

Little Red Ridding Hood

We are pleased to announce our next new show, Little Red Ridding Hood! Shows will be August 8th-13th at the Eric Carle Museum, and then it will be available for touring performances afterwards. We are in the script writing process now, but will soon have pictures of the puppets in progress to share. Mark your calendars, we hope to see you at the show!

Just So Stories Performance Pictures

Last week's Just So Stories performances were a big success! We had a great time performing, good audiences each day, and we really enjoyed answering questions and sharing how the puppets worked after the shows. We have several pictures from the show to share with you.


How The Rhino Got His Skin






The Beginning of The Armadillo




How the Camel Got His Hump



Hope you liked the pictures, and check back soon for news about our next new show and upcoming performances this summer!

Just So Stories

We are pleased to announce we have started working on our new show, Just So Stories! We have selected three of the classic Rudyard Kipling stories for the show, and will be performing How the Camel Got His Hump, The Beginning of the Armadillos, and How the Rhino Got His Skin. Shows will be April 18th- 22nd at the Eric Carle Museum. Mark your calendars and look for more posts about the making of the show!

Pied Piper Performance Pictures

These are a few photos from our performances of The Pied Piper at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. We had a blast performing, and the audiences really loved the show too. The show itself was half an hour, and then we did about 10 minutes of Q & A and demonstrating how the puppets work. The photographer said she was laughing too hard during the show to take clear pictures, but these came out very well.
Enjoy the peek at the show!



The rats and the banana slide.

Rats are tempted by the cheese costume.


The Mayor unveils his moon ladder plan.


Photos by Kristin Angel

Hello!

Welcome to our blog! CactusHead Puppets is a new puppet company based in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. We are hard at work on our up coming production of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Check back soon for more information about the show and pictures of the puppet making process.