Summer Puppetry Festival: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

It's the first performance of our 8th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival! Join us for a classic tale from a classic puppet company.

A six-foot wizard, an enchanted broom, an impish imp and a magical cat make for a mesmerizingly different version of the sorcerer’s tale!

Randal Metz of The Puppet Company joins us to bring this story to life through hand, rod, and body puppets.

About The Puppet Company:

The Puppet Company performs at libraries and festivals around California. When not on the road, their productions can be found at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, where Puppet Company founder Randal J. Metz is the Director of the park’s Storybook Puppet Theater, the longest-running children's puppet theater in the United States. Metz is the author of several books, including Enchanted Strings: Bob Baker Marionette Theater, A Century of California Puppetry: How the West was Strung, and Children's Fairyland (Images of America series).

About the Summer Puppetry Festival:

We’re presenting our 8th Annual Summer Puppetry Festival! Menlo Park celebrates puppetry in its many forms, with a series of puppet shows and related events featuring beloved performers from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Drop in for one event, or join us for the entire series.

Performances:

| June 29 | The Puppet Company | Belle Haven Library |
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| July 27 | Fratello Marionettes | Belle Haven Library |
| Aug. 10 | Steve Chaney & Corny Crow | Belle Haven Library |
| Aug. 22 | Bob Baker Marionette Theater | Menlo Park Library |
| Aug. 24 | Luce Puppet Company | Belle Haven Library |

Other events:

| June 9 | Author talk: A Century of California Puppetry | Menlo Park Library |
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| June 24 | Documentary: I Am Big Bird | Menlo Park Library |
| July 22 | Mini-puppet workshop (Ages 4-7, with adult) | Belle Haven Library |

This free program series received funding support from the Friends of the Menlo Park Library.

Sunday, June 29, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Belle Haven Library, 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park, CA, 94025

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