No Strings Marionette Company: "The Hobbit"

Family Performance

Date: Wednesday & Thursday, October 18 & 19, 2023
Time: 3:45 pm
Location: Doctorow Center for the Arts, 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter

Tickets Purchased Ahead: $25 adults/$20 seniors/$7 students
At the Door: $30 adults/$25 seniors/$7 students

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets for Wednesday, October 18

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets for Thursday, October 19

Or call our box office at 518 263 2063 or email boxoffice@catskillmtn.org

(Note: Online ticket sales close 5 hours prior to performance time. After that, please call 518 263 2063 or email boxoffice@catskillmtn.org and leave a message for our box office team. One of us will return your call or email to purchase tickets. Or, you may purchase tickets at the door.)

Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit who wants to be left alone in quiet comfort in his home in The Shire. But the Wizard Gandalf comes along with a band of Dwarves and draws Bilbo into their quest. Based on the book by J.R.R. Tolkien, in No Strings Marionette Company's adaptation of this stirring adventure fantasy, puppeteers adeptly animate marionettes, life-size body puppets and amazing puppet hybrids.

Puppeteers Dan Baginski and Barbara Paulson have toured America together for over sixteen years. Their traveling stage transforms any space into an intimate theater, where the seamless blend of movement, music and masterful manipulation captivates young and old alike.

With puppeteers in full view, the audience sees how the puppets are brought to life. These Vermont artisans lovingly hand craft the marionettes, props and scenery, whether for an original tale or an adaptation of a classic. Shows begin with an interactive song featuring audience members, and finish with demonstrations sparked by the audiences' curious questions.