Brer Rabbit and Friends at the Center for Puppetry Arts
Thirty years ago, the Center for Puppetry Arts opened its doors and became the first puppetry center in the United States. Brer Rabbit and Friends was the very first show.
This month the Center is celebrating their 30th season with — you guessed it — Brer Rabbit and Friends. Pretty neat.
We invited the puppeteers over for a photo shoot at the Wren’s Nest to promote the show. It opens September 30th. You should go.
Note the Wren’s Nest admission sign from circa 1938: Adults, 26¢ and Children, 10¢.
Was a quarter not enough? Two bits weren’t going to get the job done? Greedy.
It’s cool that the puppeteers chose to take pictures on this part of the porch.
Joel Chandler Harris penned many of the Brer Rabbit stories in the exact same spot.
Close enough.
Since I’m on a deal making kick — if you see Brer Rabbit and Friends at the Center for Puppetry Arts, hang on to your ticket stub, bring it to the Wren’s Nest, and get a tour of the house for a mere 26¢ one dollar.
For tickets, check out Brer Rabbit and Friends at the Center for Puppetry Arts.
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Amelia Trace Lerner
Program Director
Lain Shakespeare
Executive Director
3 Comments to Brer Rabbit and Friends at the Center for Puppetry Arts
So did the center open 30 years ago, or 70 years ago? Or did it open in 1978 and do puppet shows based an additional 40 years in the past?
Sorry if that was unclear. The Center for Puppetry Arts opened in 1978. Its first show was Brer Rabbit and Friends.
Since then, it’s become the largest puppetry center / museum / place in the country. It’s internationally renowned and will house Jim Henson’s puppets in a new wing. I think they’re doing a capital campaign for it either right now or soon.
I went to go see the show yesterday and had a great time! The cast was quite talented and it was better than I had even expected. You really should go (even if you don’t have children). There were several people besides my family without kids in tote.