Does your heart sing for strange and wondrous art? Join us online OR in-person for Nasty, Brutish & Short May 9th. Open your soul and let the good puppet vibes in!

Live in front of a studio audience, Rough House and Links Hall are pulling out all the stops to create a multi-camera puppet variety show! Combining the polish of network variety show and the rough magic of an experimental cabaret, we welcome you to the new abnormal!

See it Person

Tickets are available at linkshall.org

Online

Watch the Livestream HERE. It’s FREE to watch online. Any donation you make (suggested: $10-$15) goes to the artist and to fostering new works of puppetry in Chicago. Get your “tickets” ahead of time to support the cabaret, or donate during the stream!

Artist Lineup

Coming Soon!

Curated by Myra Su & Caitlin McLeod
Hosted by the Noah Ginex Puppet Co.
Produced by Mike Oleon. Video by Zach Sigelko.
Technical Director: Giau Minh Truong
Presented by Rough House and Links Hall

About Nasty, Brutish & Short

This late night, adult-only cabaret is packed with contemporary short-form puppet and object based theater. Providing a low-risk environment for artists to perform new and experimental work, this puppet slam fosters an artistic exchange between puppet artists of different generations and mediums.

This event is supported in part by the H. B. Henson Fund

Cover Photo Featuring "The Maricama" by Maria Cama