A puppet wrestling entertainment spectacular!

Table-top puppetry meets pro wrestling meets a rock show; high art meets low art meets Samuel Beckett! Kayfabe, a 60-minute frenetic frenzy of puppet wrestling action, is a semi-autobiographical meta-fictional love letter to professional wrestling written, directed and designed by aspiring wrestler and inspired puppet artist, Josh Rice.

Kayfabe explores how the ritual of performance bleeds into reality and how reality bleeds into performance. Expect the unexpected when form meets function, when reality and fantasy collide, when the lines between real and fake blur—this is Kayfabe.

*This project is the recipient of a 2024 Jim Henson Foundation Production Grant and a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grant.

A work-in-progress showing of Kayfabe will take place at the Playhouse as part of our Barnstormer Series.

Location: Lucille Lortel White Barn Center 

as part of our *NEW* Barnstormer Series

Recommended for ages 13 and up.

Tickets: $20