Emperor's New Clothes Tickets Now on Sale!

Tickets for our performances of The Emperor's New Clothes on Dec. 26th are now on sale. The shows are at 11am and 2pm, Dec. 26th at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased by calling 413-658-1126. 



Hope you get a chance to come see the show. Its a great winter break activity!


Photos by Kristin Angel

Upcoming Shows and Booking for Fall!

 We are now booking shows for the fall, and already have a couple of performances on the schedule to share with you!

9/29/2012- The Emperor's New Clothes, 2pm, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
12/26/2012- The Emperor's New Clothes, 11am & 2pm, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amhest, MA 

If you are interested in having us come perform at you location, please email us at cactusheadpuppets@gmail.com for more information. All four of our shows, The Pied Piper, Just So Stories, Little Red Ridding Hood, and The Emperor's New Clothes, are available and we also offer puppet making workshops. You can read more about the shows on our Current Touring Shows page.

CactusHead Puppets Summer Schedule

Hope everyone's summer has started off great! We have several performances lined up this summer, and and we are excited to be going to several new places.

We will be performing Little Red Riding Hood on Sunday July 8th and Sunday July 22nd at 1pm each day at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. Tickets are $5, and you can pre-order them at 413-658-1126. 

Then we are back at the Eric Carle Museum August 6-10 performing The Pied Piper at 2pm each day. Tickets are $5 for these shows too, and they can be purchased at 413-658-1126.

We also have several performances at libraries coming up. Check the list to see if we are going to be near you, and then contact the library to find out how to register to attend.
7/11/2012 - The Emperor's New Clothes, 6:30 pm, Woodbridge Town Library, Woodbridge, CT
7/13/2012- The Pied Piper, 10am Norwalk Public Library in Norwalk, CT
7/25/2012- The Emperor's New Clothes, 10:30am, Enfield Public Library, Enfield, CT
7/25/2012- The Pied Piper, 6:30 pm, Goshen Public Library, Goshen, CT
7/26/2012- Little Red Ridding Hood, 10 am Southington Public Library & Museum, Southington,CT

Hope to see you at our shows!

Emperor's New Clothes Sneak Peek

We are in the midst of our run of The Emperor's New Clothes this week, and we have several pictures of the show to share! There are still plenty of performances too if you would like to come see the show. Hope you enjoy the pictures!




The Emperor

Showing off the "new clothes"


Working at the loom


and a couple of pictures from backstage


The show runs April 16th- 21st at the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA, at 2 pm and 3pm each day. The tickets are $5, and you can order them by calling 413-658-1125.

Have a great vacation week!

The Emperor's New Clothes

We had two great sold-out shows of Just So Stories this week! Thank you to everyone who came- we had a lot of fun performing for such great audiences. 2011 has been a good year at CactusHead Puppets, and we are excited to announce our new show for April of 2012 will be The Emperor's New Clothes.

The Emperor's New Clothes.

Fashion is the most important thing to the Emperor, even more than taking care of his own kingdom. When two strangers come to town promising the most beautiful clothes anyone has ever seen, the Emperor learns a lesson in fashion he will never forget.


The show will run April 16th- 21st at the Eric Carle Museum, and be available for touring afterward. Look for posts about the making of The Emperor's New Clothes in the new year, as well as listings of our performances around the region.

Hope you are having a great holiday season, and Happy New Year!