Reed fused Balinese tradition with Bay Area experimentation, building a globally recognized shadow-theater company.

“Scene of Souls in Hell” (19th century), donkey skin; Shaanxi, China (all images courtesy Museu do Oriente) LISBON — Asian shadow theater is catnip for those with energetic imaginations. Its ...

A huge humpback whale is among the mysterious creatures inhabiting String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools.” Courtesy of String and Shadow Puppet Theater String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s ...

Experience shadow puppetry by firelight! Witness scenes from the dramatic epic Ramayana, complete with scenes of battles, trickery, and the natural world, performed by masters of Tholpavakoothu, a ...

Olympia Family Theater, closed by COVID-19 for two years, has announced it will welcome audiences back in March. Meanwhile, the theater is welcoming a new partner: String and Shadow Puppet Theater.

What happens when you bring together three visionary Bay Area theater creators who have never worked together before? In the case of “Sojourner ZY,” you get a futuristic space fantasy full of liquid, ...

QUILCENE — String & Shadow Puppet Theater will bring three highly imaginative spectacle performances to the Quilcene Lantern this weekend. Formed in 2020, the theater group has produced an original ...

Alice Irvin has been fascinated by puppets since she was a child, and now the 2023 Dell’Arte graduate is sharing that passion with a free shadow puppet show — accompanied by live music — tonight at 8 ...

Set sail for a magical adventure with Sinbad the Sailor and the Oregon Shadow Theatre, starting tonight at the Northwest Puppet Center. "The Adventures of Sinbad" tells the story of the famous ...

String and Shadow Puppet Theater’s “Ship of Fools,” about a trio of red-nosed fools on an epic journey, is “our biggest show yet,” String and Shadow’s Donald Palardy III told The Olympian. The company ...