Join me at Sea Goat Farm Makers’ Space for a second fun afternoon of puppetry and crafting! In “Huey Hedgehog Needs a Friend”, Huey Hedgehog is in a spot of trouble. Can he find a friend to help him out?

After the show kids can create their own needle felted Hedgehog! This event is suitable for ages 6 and up. Please use parental judgement for how independently your child can work with a felting needle.

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I’m so excited to be offering this class at the Sea Goat Farms Maker’s Space! It is the first of two offered in December.

Join me for a fun afternoon of puppetry and crafting! I will present “Little Mouse Needs a Winter House”, a sweet seasonal puppet play. Will Little Mouse find just the right winter house? We’ll find out!

After the puppet show, make your very own needle felted little mouse to take home! This event is suitable for ages 6 and up. Please use parental judgement for how independently your child can work with a felting needle.

Sign up here!

Just in time for Easter! Wet felt an egg and then stitch a little chick to go inside. Reserve your spot here. Bring a bag lunch and a drink if you wish.

Please join me for my March puppetry performance! Door opens at 11:00am, show at 11:30. Weather permitting after the show, for those who bring picnics, we’ll go across the street to the Schwan Lake Open Space, spread the picnic blanket and enjoy our food. If raining or inclement, picnic will be in studio.

The puppet show this month, “Badger’s Birthday,” is an original animal tale. Franklin Fox wants to help get ready for the party, but he just seems to keep causing trouble! A wise friend helps sort the situation out.

Purchase tickets on my tickets page.

Love to see this show but can’t make the date and time? Host a performance at your home, community group, private event, celebration or school! Contact me at here for more info.

I’m including information here to make finding my studio and parking easier. Tiny House Theater Studio is located in the 17th Avenue Artist Studios, across the street from the Simpkins Family Swim Center. Enter the complex using the driveway next to the fire station. Drive all the way back past City Auto Body then turn left. You will see Building 3, and Tiny House Theater, straight ahead.

Come by Spring Hill and check out the fun! I’ll be doing a puppet story circle a little after 11am. Free!

Join me for a First Friday original story performance, "Little Mouse Finds His Friends." A little mouse doesn't give up and finally finds friends. After the puppet show, make a little needle felted mouse to take home! Get tickets here.

Tiny house Theater is located in the 17th Avenue Artists Studios complex, across the street from Simpkins Swim Center. Enter driveway next to fire station. Drive all the way back. Turn left. Tiny House Theater is straight ahead in Building 3.

Puppet time for your little one and you! This unique circle time features singing, storytelling, poems and nursery rhymes brought to life through puppetry arts. Puppetry rich in story and song supports language development in this wonderful stage of early childhood. Imagine, play and connect with your child. This is a warm-hearted and supportive atmosphere for adults and a joyful social experience for our youngest children.

Class meets 5 Wednesdays, March 4-April 1, 9:00-10:00am

Location is 17th Avenue Studios, 980 17th Ave, across from Simpkins Swim Center. Enter driveway next to fire station, drive all the way back and turn left. Straight ahead is Building 3 where Tiny House Theater is located!

Register with Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation now here: www.cityofsantacruz.com/register

Please join me for my February puppetry performance! Door opens at 11:00am, show at 11:30. Weather permitting after the show, for those who bring picnics, we’ll go across the street to the Schwan Lake Open Space, spread the picnic blanket and enjoy our food. If raining or inclement, picnic will be in studio.

Love to see this show but can’t make the date and time? Host a performance at your home, community group, private event, celebration or school! Contact me at here for more info.

The puppet show this month, “The Bremen Town Musicians,” is a beloved Grimm’s tale. Using their wits and courage, four animal friends find a new life together after each suffers disappointment.

Purchase tickets on my tickets page.

I’m including information here to make finding my studio and parking easier. Tiny House Theater Studio is located in the 17th Avenue Artist Studios, across the street from the Simpkins Family Swim Center. Enter the complex using the driveway next to the fire station. Drive all the way back past City Auto Body then turn left. You will see Building 3, and Tiny House Theater, straight ahead.

Tiny House Theater is so excited to be partnering with Many Souls Gallery to present an original story puppet show, “Trouble in Greenwood Glen.” While the friends in Greenwood Glen are going about their jobs caring for the forest and each other, one of them is busy making extra work for everyone! Will Wise Ravens’s advice help solve the problem?

After the puppet show, there will be a crafting session. Make a small felt ladybug friend of your own to take home!

Visit the tickets page for show and craft tickets.

Many Souls Gallery is located at 13120 Central Avenue, Boulder Creek, CA, 95006.

Please join me for my January puppetry performance! Door opens at 11:00am, show at 11:30. Weather permitting after the show, for those who bring picnics, we’ll go across the street to the Schwan Lake Open Space, spread the picnic blanket and enjoy our food. If raining or inclement, picnic will be in studio.

Love to see this show but can’t make the date and time? Host a performance at your home, community group, private event, celebration or school! Contact me at here for more info.

The puppet show this month, “Shingebiss,” is a Chippewa Native American wisdom tale. A little duck shows the value of cheerfulness, self-confidence and perseverance.

Purchase tickets on my tickets page.

I’m including information here to make finding my studio and parking easier. Tiny House Theater Studio is located in the 17th Avenue Artist Studios, across the street from the Simpkins Family Swim Center. Enter the complex using the driveway next to the fire station. Drive all the way back past City Auto Body then turn left. You will see Building 3, and Tiny House Theater, straight ahead.

The fifth of my series of Makers Classes for the 2019-2020 school year is Saturday, January 18. We will be making felt finger puppet birds. Join me at my studio and make your own little friend for home or classroom! I’ll have many colors of felt available, plus lots of shades of pearl cotton for sewing. The pattern is included so you can make a whole flock of birds later at home if you want! 

What: Join me at my studio and make a felt finger puppet bird.

When: Saturday, January 18, 10:00am-12:00noon

Where: Tiny House Theater Studio, 992 17th Avenue, which is Building 3, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

I’m in the 17th Avenue Studios complex, which is 980 17th Avenue, directly across from Simpkins Swim Center. Enter the driveway by the fire station. Drive all the way back past City Auto Body. Turn left. Straight ahead is “Building 3” and Tiny House Theater.

Cost: $40.00. Reserve your spot here! Bring a water bottle or drink if you wish.

Who: age 12 and up

Questions? Contact me here

Please join me for my December puppetry performance! Door opens at 2:00pm, show at 2:30. Weather permitting after the show, for those who bring picnics, we’ll go across the street to the Schwan Lake Open Space, spread the picnic blanket and enjoy our food.

Love to see this show but can’t make the date and time? Host a performance at your home, community group, private event, celebration or school! Email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com for more info.

The puppet show this month, Fresh Baked Acorn Cakes, is a simple, spirit lifting tale I learned this past summer at Puppet Boot Camp. An old man and his wife receive a gift after an amazing thing happens at their little cottage in the woods.

Purchase tickets on my tickets page.

Join me at my studio and make a pair of beautiful roving angels. They make a simple holiday gift or can be used as an accent on a package or a tree decoration. This is a very simple process that can even be done by children with some help from their loving adult. Reserve your space on my classes page.

Love to take this class but can’t make the date and time? Host an angel party at your home, community group, private event, celebration or school! Email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com for more info.

Please join me for my November puppetry performance! If you didn’t catch the show at the Satellite in Felton last week, you can see it here. Door opens at 4:00pm, show at 4:30. Weather permitting after the show, for those who bring picnics, we’ll go across the street to the Schwan Lake Open Space, spread the picnic blanket and enjoy our food.

Love to see this show but can’t make the date and time? Host a performance at your home, community group, private event, celebration or school! Email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com for more info.

The puppet show this month, Wold Gnome’s Surprise, is an original story. Wold Gnome wonders if the folk in Old Oak Forest are ready for winter. Muver Gnome has a good idea for how to help their forest friends. In the end, the forest folk have a good idea, too!

Purchase tickets on my tickets page.

Downtown Felton Association would like to invite you to a magical afternoon of theater. Tiny House Theater will be here to delight us with the show "Wold Gnome's Surprise" Wold Gnome wonders if the folk in Old Oak Forest are ready for winter. Muver Gnome has a good idea for how to help their forest friends. In the end, the forest folk have a good idea, too!

Downtown Felton Association will provide free snacks. Click on the link to purchase your tickets:)

https://www.tinyhousetheater.com/tickets

Please join me for my October puppetry performance! Door opens at 4:00pm, show at 4:30. After the show, for those who bring picnics, we’ll go across the street to the Schwan Lake Open Space, spread the picnic blanket and enjoy our food.

Love to see this show but can’t make the date and time? Host a performance at your home, community group, private event, celebration or school! Email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com for more info.

The puppet show this month, Pixie Trouble, is an original story. In Greenwood Forest, everyone is getting ready for All Hallows Eve. After trouble catches up with them, can the pixies find their way to the celebration?

Purchase tickets on my tickets page

• Saturday, October 19, 2019

• 10:00 AM 1:00 PM

• Tiny House Theater (map)

Join me at my studio and make your own needle felted figure! Make a boy or girl in any kind of costume you want. I’ll have my laptop on hand to google images. Bring something to drink, and a bag lunch if you like.

Saturday, October 19, 10:00am-1:00pm

Tiny House Theater Studio

980 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

$60.00, includes up to 1 oz of wool roving and pipe cleaners

age 12 and up

Questions? email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com or text 831-535-8838 and i’ll call you back :)

Please join me for my very first puppetry performance at my new studio! Door opens at 4:00pm, show at 4:30. After the show, for those who bring picnics, we’ll go across the street to the Schwan Lake Open Space, spread the picnic blanket and enjoy our food.

Love to see this show but can’t make the date and time? Host a performance at your home, community group, private event/celebration or school! Email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com for more info.

The puppet show this month, The Apple Elf, is a story I learned from my puppetry teacher, Suzanne Down. An old woman harvests apples from her beloved trees, and solves a mystery as well.

Purchase tickets on my tickets page

Join me at my studio and make your own needle felted animal! I’ll have many of my animals on display, as well as magazines with animal images and my laptop available for googling the animal you want to make :)

Saturday, September 21, 10:00am-12:00noon

Tiny House Theater Studio

980 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

$40.00, includes up to 1 oz of wool roving and pipe cleaners

age 12 and up

Questions? email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com or text 831-535-8838 and i’ll call you back :)

Hello dear puppet friends of Jana, Josh, Julia and Koa!

Please check back for the rescheduled date for this performance!

I’ll be performing the story of Shingebis, a wise little duck who Old Man Winter can’t beat.

Fireside Gate opens at 4pm, show at 4:30, supper immediately following the show.

We’ll roast sausages over the fire, and I’ll make a baked bean casserole, salad, and cornbread with pasture butter. Please bring the type of sausage your family prefers for roasting, as well as buns if you want them. I’ll provide condiments like ketchup, mustard, etc.

Looking forward to our event!

Wold Gnome wonders if the folk in Old Oak Forest are ready for winter. Muver Gnome has a good idea for how to help their forest friends. In the end, the forest folk have a good idea, too!

As a finale for this family friendly Halloween gathering, I’ll be performing a puppet show for you all!

4 animal friends look for a place to call home for the winter. Halloween magic helps them find the perfect place. A story for all ages :)

Stop by and visit with me and my puppets during Open Studios this Sunday!

I’ll have lots of puppets out and I’ll be working on some new puppet friends.

I hope to see you!

Come support Jacob’s Heart, our local source for children’s cancer support services, at their 20th anniversary carnival in the Watsonville City Plaza on sunday

i’ll be there on the green with my puppet basket and my story apron!

https://www.jacobsheart.org/carnival/

I’ll be there with my story apron and my puppet basket. Hope to see you there!

This is my last Puppets in the Garden of the summer! Look for my Puppets and Supper performances in the coming months, or maybe host one yourself at your home, community group or school! Email me at tinyhousetheater@gmail.com for more info.

The puppet show this week, The Apple Elf, is a story I learned from my puppetry teacher, Suzanne Down. An old woman harvests apples from her beloved trees, and solves a mystery as well.

The freshly prepared, organic supper this week is “turkey pot pie” soup, mixed greens and arugula salad with vinaigrette, bread from Companion Bakeshop and pasture butter and apple cobbler with ice cream!

Garden gate opens at 4:30 with a garden friends scavenger hunt. Show starts at 5:00pm, supper immediately following the show.

This is a zero waste event!

The puppet show this week is a Grimm’s tale. The Three Billy Goats Gruff encounter an obstacle on their way up the mountain, and they each find their way around it to get to the summertime meadow.

The freshly prepared, organic supper this week is white bean soup with dry farm tomatoes, mixed green and arugula salad with vinaigrette, bread from Companion Bakeshop and pasture butter.

Garden gate opens at 4:30 with a garden friends scavenger hunt. Show starts at 5:00pm, supper immediately following the show.

This is a zero waste event!