The Robert Rogers Puppet Company, a premiere touring repertory puppet theater, was established in 1980.  Since then, it has presented a wide-ranging array of plays throughout the United States and around the world.  Specializing in plays for young people, the troupe has created and utilized hundreds of beautifully crafted string, hand and rod puppets for performances in theaters, concert halls, museums, festivals and schools.

   The repertoire has included well known musical pieces such as Carnival of the Animals, Peter and the Wolf and the unique Erroneous Encores for performances with symphony orchestras; adaptations of Just So Stories, The Nightingale and Stone Soup, and original productions such as Hobnobbin' Goblins, and The Bugtown Follies.

   From the workshop - located in Castle Creek, New York, about three hours outside of New York City - have sprung a vast array of characters and stories which have delighted audiences far and wide, from the Indianapolis Children's Museum to the Beijing Children's Palace.

After two and a half decades and thousands of performances, the staging of each new production; the making of each new puppet, is still an exciting challenge.  Every place of performance - whether it's an elementary school in Danbury, Connecticut, or the Kinski Palace in Prague - is regarded with equal importance, and every audience member, a potential new friend.

   Puppetry is both a visual and a performing art, by which puppeteers can express themselves in the workshop as well as on the stage.  The Robert Rogers Puppet Company does both and has long been known and respected for the beautiful craftsmanship and style of its puppets, the stories they dramatize and the extraordinary way they are "brought to life."

 

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