Chicago pulls strings to become international puppetry hub

Plexus Polaire’s showing of "Dracula: Lucy’s Dream" at the Studebaker Theater, on Jan. 18. | Photo courtesy of Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

By Paulina Czupryna  Medill Reports  According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, a puppet is “a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand.”  Puppeteers might disagree. They can debate the definition for hours — a “common joke,” said Elaine Petkovsek, […]