Arts and Entertainment

  • 11/15 "Shadows Around the World" at 1 and 3pm

    As part of its first-ever Fall Puppet Performance Series, the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut will present Shadows Around the World by Connecticut-based puppeteer (and UConn Puppet Arts Program graduate) Jim Napolitano of Nappy’s Puppets on Saturday, November 15, 2014. There will be two showings, at 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., in the Ballard Institute Theater located at 1 Royce Circle in Storrs Center.

    Shadows Around the World is a dynamic display of the variety of shadow puppet styles from around the world, and exciting stories from different cultures and storytelling traditions.

    Ticket costs: Adults: $10; Students: $7; Kids: $5

    There will be a limited number of seats. Tickets will be sold in advance through the Connecticut Repertory Theatre Box Office located in the lobby of the Nafe Katter Theatre at 820 Bolton Rd, Storrs, CT 06269. Tickets may be purchased in person at the box office, by calling (860) 486-2113, or online at: https://itkt.choicecrm.net/templates/UCRT/index.php?prod=bimp. Tickets may also be purchased at the Ballard Institute on November 15. For more information about this and other shows, visit bimp.uconn.edu or call (860) 486-8580. 

    For more information, contact: Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at (860)486-8580 or bimp@uconn.edu