Blair Thomas (back of head) and Jeanette Delaney work together in Thomas's intensive workshop for the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Credit: Kimzyn Campbell “Did they have puppets ...

Brian Henson’s Puppet Up!, will play for a limited eight performances only at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre. This is no ...

ermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Lamb Chop. Just about everyone has a favorite puppet that they watched and adored as a young child, a puppet that sang songs and taught lessons and looked cute on TV.

Inside one second-grade class, students are about to bring some new characters to life through a crash course in puppet-making. But this puppet workshop isn't just about kids showing off their ...