Crabgrass Puppet Theatre
P.O. Box 2363, West Brattleboro, VT 05303
(802) 257-2488     shows@crabgrasspuppets.com

For Immediate Release:

Crabgrass Puppet Theatre performs "Haiku, HipHop and 
Hotdogs!"

Imagine a symphony composed entirely by goldfish! Thrill to the adventures of "Fearless Flying 
Hotdogs!" Dance with the "Funky Snowman!" Crabgrass Puppet Theatre's exciting new fusion of 
poetry and puppetry includes poems by Jack Prelutsky, David McCord, Calef Brown, Beatrice Schenk 
de Regniers, and others. "Haiku, HipHop and Hotdogs" is a seamless tapestry of puppetry and 
poetry, performed by hot-dog vendors from a hot-dog cart that turns into a puppet stage. 

This isn't puppets reciting poetry Ð this show creates the world of the poem, the action of the poem, 
the emotion of the poem, blending the best of poetry and puppet theater. The poems in performance 
range from gentle strokes of the imagination Ð to wacky hilarity Ð to magical whimsy Ð to a rousing 
musical finale!
	
Co-creator Bonny Hall says, "Puppetry is a terrific medium to arouse a child's interest in poetry. The 
best poetry has the power to create pictures in our heads . . . to make us feel emotion . . . to make us 
laugh and cry. It's a small step from watching puppeteers bring a poem to life to wanting to read that 
poem . . . and then wanting to read more, and more and more."

Irish puppeteer and actor Fergus Walsh joins Crabgrass founders Jamie Keithline and Bonny Hall in 
this exciting new production. Jamie and Bonny formed Crabgrass Puppet Theatre in San Francisco in 
1982 and have delighted audiences across the nation with their whimsical humor and puppetry. Their 
performing venues have included the Detroit Institute of Art, the Smithsonian, Paper Mill Playhouse, 
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. They have been awarded two 
Citations of Excellence from UNIMA-USA, the highest puppetry award in the United States, and in 
2009, Bonny Hall was awarded a Design Commendation from the Arlyn Award Foundation for "The 
Day It Snowed Tortillas."

For more information on Crabgrass Puppet Theatre, visit www.crabgrasspuppets.com.