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Festival Schedule
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Lineup Announcement for the Chicago Women of Color Puppetry and Performing Arts Fringe Festival 2025
Week 1
Mon, Jan 20 (on Martin Luther King’s Birthday)
4pm
- “In Black” Film by Jacqueline Wade
6pm-6:30pm
- Reception
6:30pm-8:30pm Opening of the festival Celebration in theatre
Hosted by Jacqueline Wad
- Meghna’s performance
- Sam’ Lewis Performance
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
- Jo JB Performance
- Steven Widerman Performance
8:30pm-10:30pm
- Dance Party for the opening of the festival
Tuesday, Jan 21
7:30pm-8:20pm
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
8::20pm-8:30pm
- Mixer
8:30pm-10:30pm
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams Screening
- Talk Back
Thursday, Jan 23
7pm
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
8:30pm
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
Week 2
Fri, Jan 31
Opening The Wonderland Puppet Theater Exhibition for the Festiaval
6:30pm Opening of The Wonderland Puppet Theatre Exhibition
7pm- 8pm Film
- In Black
8:30pm-9:30pm
- I love Stories - by Charlie and Friends
9:30pm-10pm
- Mixer
10pm-11:30pm
- Slam hosted by Steven
Sat, Feb 1st
12pm-1:30pm (Workshop)
- Vision Board with Lisa Marie
1:30pm-2:30pm (Workshop)
- Steven’s mask making Workshop
3:30pm-4:30pm
- Steven’s Variety performance with marionette puppets
4:45pm-6:15pm (Films)
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
6:30pm-7:30pm
Short Works
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (Object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
8:30pm-9:30pm
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
9:30pm-10pm
- Mixer
10pm
- Cabaret Burlesque
Sun , Feb 2
12pm-1pm
- Echo in Healing
- ( Booking signing with Regina Hall for her book Pieces of Me))
1pm-2:30pm
- BIPOC Bodies in White Spaces of Puppetry and Beyond
2:30pm-3:30pm
- jo JB
- Ecdysiast by Dante Ingram
3:30pm-4:30pm
- Networking
4:30pm-5:30pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE
6pm-7pm
Short Works
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
- Prairie Stories by Lisa Knasiak, storyteller
7pm-8:30pm (films)
- My Mother the Clown
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations
- The Gold Fish Casino
8:30pm -9pm
- Networking
Week 3
Fri, Feb 7
7pm -8:15pm Smaller Works
- My Flesh (Arkay)
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
8pm-8:30pm
- Networking
8:30pm Installation and Meet the Artist Holly
- Home Is Not where the Heart Is
- (Installation on what it feels like to have a house fire?)
Sat, Feb 8
10am-2pm Workshop
- Workshop: learn how to build backpacks with Holly for giant puppets for shows, parades and protest marches
2:30pm-3:30pm film and questions with Jeghetto
- Just another lynching by Jeghetto with questions afterwards and showing the puppets with Jeghetto
3:30pm -4:30pm
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
5pm-6pm
- Jim Crow the Puppet by Jeghetto
6:30pm-7:30pm
Smaller Works
- My Flesh (Arkay)
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
8pm-9pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE
9:30pm-9:45pm film and questions with Jeghetto
- Just Another Lynching by Jeghetto with questions afterwards and showing the puppets with Jeghetto
10pm-10:30pm
- Networking
10:30pm-11:30pm
- Slam hosted by Steven
11:59pm
- Cabaret Burlesque
Sun; Feb 9
10am-12pm
- Workshop with Alex teaching filmmaking with puppets
12pm-2pm
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams and talk (check price)
2pm-3pm
Film and discussion afterwards with Jeghetto
- Just Another Lynching by Jeghetto with questions afterwards and showing the puppets with Jeghetto
3:30pm-4:30pm
- Consuewella Tryptic in MOVE
4:45pm-5:30pm
- Jiim Crow the Puppet by Jeghetto
6pm-7pm
- jo JB
- Ecdysiast by Dante Ingram
7:30 pm-8:30pm
Smaller Works
- My Flesh (Arkay A)
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
9pm
Jim Crow the Puppet by Jeghetoo
- Dance Party
Week 4
Sun, Feb 16
4pm
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
- Prairie Stories by Lisa Knasiak, storyteller
Week 5
Fri, Feb 21
7pm-8pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- Ari on Aricama's Board Game by Maria Camia
8:30pm-9:30pm
- jo JB music
- Ecdysiast by Dante Ingram
9:30pm-10:30pm
- Jadesola Jazz and Soul
10:30pm-11pm
- Mixer
11pm
- Slam (puppet and spoken word slam) Steven and Leah
Sat, Feb 22
11:30am-12:50pm (Workshop)
- Vision Board with Lisa Marie
1pm-2:05pm (Films)
- My Mother the Clown
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations
- The Gold Fish Casino
2:15pm-3:45pm
- "Black Girl, Brown Soul” by Desiree McCray
4pm-5pm
- Andrew Kaplan Musician
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
7pm-8pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- Maria Reads a Book: Ari’s Anger Eating Dragon by Maria Camia
8:30pm-9:30pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE by Jacqueline Wade
10pm-11ppm
- Andrew Kaplan Musician
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
11pm-11:30pm
- Mixer
11:30pm
- Cabaret Burlesque
Sun, Feb 23
12pm-1:30pm (film)
Film
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
2pm-3pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- Maria Reads a Book: Ari’s Anger Eating Dragon by Maria Camia
4pm-5pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE
5:30pm-7pm
- "Black Girl, Brown Soul” by Desiree McCray
7:15pm -8:15pm
- Andrew Kaplan Musician
- Mumia Abu-Jamal (object puppetry) by Jacqueline Wade
8:30pm-9:30pm
- Gathering dance party Mixer
Week 6
Fri, Feb. 28
7pm-8pm
- “He Worked Hard, The Story of James, “Jim” Lewis” by Samuel J. Lewis, II
- Prairie Stories by Lisa Knasiak, storyteller
8:30pm-9:30pm
- I love Stories (Charlie and Friends)
10pm-11pm
- Una Judge - The One That Got Away by Sheila “Strawberry” Gaskins
- Maria Reads a Book: Ari’s Anger Eating Dragon by Maria Camia
11:30pm
- Slam hosted by Sam, Steven and Leah
Sat, March 1
12:30pm-2pm (Workshop)
- BIPOC Bodies in White Spaces in Puppetry and Beyond (All are welcome to attend)
2:30pm -3:30pm
- Steven’s Variety Show
4pm-5pm
- “He Worked Hard, The Story of James, “Jim” Lewis” by Samuel J. Lewis, II
- Prairie Stories by Lisa Knasiak, storyteller
6pm-7pm
- Fish Sermon, A Puppet Ballet 2024 by Leah Lara
- Meghna’s Cantastoria
8pm-9pm
- Una Judge - The One That Got Away by Sheila “Strawberry” Gaskins
- Maria Reads a Book: Ari’s Anger Eating Dragon by Maria Camia
9:30pm -10pm
- Mixer for everyone
10pm
- Cabaret Burlesque performance in theatre
Sun , MARCH 2
11am-12:30pm (Workshop)
- Vision Board with Lisa Marie
1pm-2:30pm (Film)
- In Black by Jacqueline Wade
- Brad Brewer’s Film
3pm -4:30pm (Films)
- My Mother the Clown
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations
- The Gold Fish Casino
5pm-6pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE
6:30pm-7:30pm
- Una Judge - The One That Got Away by Sheila “Strawberry” Gaskins
- Maria Reads a Book: Ari’s Anger Eating Dragon by Maria Camia
7:30pm Mixer
Week 7
Saturday, March 15
11am-12pm (Film)
- My Mother the Clown
- Maria Reads a Book: F*cked Flower’s Flight Into Speedy Vibrations
- The Gold Fish Casino
12:15pm-1:30pm (Film)
- In Black by Jacqueline Wade
- Brad Brewer’s by Brad Brewer
6pm-7:10pm
- Agape Love Train by Yolanda Sampson
7:30pm-8:20pm
- Jadesola adu Jazz and Soul
8:30-9:20pm
- “He Worked Hard, The Story of James, “Jim” Lewis” by Samuel J. Lewis, II
- Prairie Stories by Lisa Knasiak, storyteller
9:30pm-10:30pm
- Agape Love Train by Yolanda Sampson
Midnight
- Cabaret Burlesque performance
Sunday, March 16
11am-12pm
- Steven Variety Show
2:30pm-3:40pm
- Agape Love Train by Yolanda Sampson
4pm-5pm
- I Love Stories with Charlie
5:30pm-6:30pm
- Consuewella Triptych in MOVE
7pm-8:30pm (films)
- Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams
8:30pm Closing of Festival Event
- Meghan, Nicole, Sam, Steven. Jacqueline, Leah, Jo and on
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Festival Artists whose work is in the festival:
Jo Schaffer
Sheila Gaskins
Marcellus Burt
Steven Widerman
Nate Puppets
Jeghetto from JEGHETTOS ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Special Collection from Handmade Puppet Dreams Screening
Andrew Kaplan
Maria Camia
Holly Lammert
Leah Lara
Brad Brewer
Samuel J. Lewis, II
Jacqueline Wade
Meghna Chandra
Lisa Knasiak
Sarolta Vay
Jadesola adu
Arkay A
Desiree McCray
Dante Ingram
Yolanda Sampson
Alex Griffin
Charlie Minors
Lisa Marie Thomas
Regina Hall
Mike Africa
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