Puppets & Prose

Puppets & Prose

A Literary Salon with a puppet twist

bringing the theatre and literary worlds together

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Do you love going to literary readings and salons, hearing writers and poets read their poems, essays and fiction? Do you love watching puppets? Have you ever wanted a puppet to read a poem to you?

Well this is the literary reading series FOR YOU! The evening includes writers & storytellers alongside special puppet, musical, and performance artists guests sharing their new work.

Where did this start?

Puppets & Prose started in 2020 as a national collaboration between Rogue, the LA Guild of Puppetry and PEN America which resulted in 39 short films that brought together visual artists and emerging writers across the country. Watch those films on our Youtube Channel!

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2026 Dates

TBD FALL 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026 - past
Wednesday April 8, 2026 - past

Location

The Valley Rellics Museum
7900 Balboa Blvd., Lake Balboa, CA 91406
Hangar C 3 & 4 (Entrance on Stagg St.) 

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Sponsors

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