Puppet Show
The Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater was established in 1947, located in beautiful historic Balboa Park, San Diego California. The Puppet Theater was originally part of the California Pacific International Exposition in 1935. The Exposition was organized to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. The theater still runs weekly live performances for thousands of guests each year.
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Halloween Haunts!
October 18-20
Come have a good time at the theater with the happiest of Halloween displays! You don't know who you will meet along the way!
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HallowMovies!
The return of Vintage Halloween movies at the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater in Balboa Park!
Join us Fridays and Saturdays starting October 4 at 7 PM for double headers each day!
Let’s throw in a little bit of Roger Corman on October 18th and 19th with Little Shop of Horrors and Night the Blood Beast!
Then we take a break from for one week to celebrate Halloween the way we know how and come back November 1st and 2nd with encore performances of The Wretched, 2020's top movie of the year!
We look forward to sharing screams and chills and thrills as we show off some of our favorite movies for the Halloween season new!
Tickets $10 ! Get them online in advance at balboaparkpuppets.com or in person at the box office 20 minutes before showtime!
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Halloween Party, Ninja Kitty Princess Musical and Puppet Show!
October 26 and 27
3PM ONLY!
TICKET PRICES $10 FOR THIS SHOW!
Come To Mr. Ryan's Music and Books Spooktacular Event filled with music, Puppets and fun! Dress up in your favorite Costume and get ready to enjoy a magical performance!
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Dia de los Muertos/Marie Hitchcock Birthday Celebration
November 2-3
Celebrate Marie Hitchcock's Birthday as well as those who came before and a puppet show that needs help from the audience!
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Encore Performance!
Leo and the Magic Jacket
November 8-10, 15-17
Tickets are $7 General Admission, $5 Senior/Military for this show
Leo thinks he's going to have a bad day when he finds out he can't wear his favorite jacket to school. Will he be able to turn things around and have a good day after all?
Magic Jacket Productions
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Peter Pan
November 22-24, 29-December 1
Fly away on a magical journey with Peter Pan and Tinker Bell. Second star to the right and straight on til morning is where you will find Never Neverland. A fantastical Island filled with pirates, wild animals, and tons of adventure! Based on the novel by James Matthew Barrie
Steven Fletcher Puppeteer
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December Nights
Free shows December 6-7 in the Evening
Daytime Sing along with our puppet crew
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Steve Taylor's Magical Marionettes
December 27-29
11am and 2 pm ONLY!
TICKET PRICES FOR THESE SHOWS ARE $10 GENERAL ADMISSION AND $7 SENIOR/MILITARY
Steve Taylor's "Magical Marionettes" Back By Popular Demand!
After a World-premiere engagement in May 2023, Marie Hitchcock's apprentice Steve Taylor returns to The Marie Hitchcock Balboa Park Puppet Theater with his family-friendly comedy "Magical Marionettes Show" to celebrate the holidays!
You'll delight at the antics of "Charlie and his precocious puppy Daisy," "Ellie The Water-Squirting Baby Elephant," "Kiddie Kong Shredding his Rock & Roll Guitar," and "Bones and his Skeleton Back-Up Singers The Craniums!" Plus, ventriloquist dummy Rudy O'Riley will make an appearance AND a new marionette creation will be premiering in December, "Skittles, the Jovial Juggling and Unicycling Clown!"
Magical Ventriloquist Steve Taylor has been delighting and enchanting audiences for over 55 years nationwide and has been a featured performer at Disneyland, on Comedy Central, on America's Got Talent, and at The Magic Castle in Hollywood. His "Magical Marionettes" feature the same clever and comical shenanigans that his audiences have come to love from his comedy magic and ventriloquism!
Future Shows not Ticketed yet
Pumpkin Dance and Spooky Hollow Shadow Puppetry October 11-14
Halloween Haunts, October 18-20
Mr Ryan's Ninja Kitty Princess, October 26-27
Dia de los Muertos/Marie Hitchcock Birthday Celebration, November 1-3
Peter Pan, November 22-24, 29-December 1
December Nights Free shows December 6-7
Steve Taylor's Magical Marionettes, December 27-29
Looking for a Gift of Puppetry? Buy a Gift Ticket! Gift Tickets are for our General Admission or Senior/Military Admission! Ticket is good for our regular shows! Special Events and Adult Events are not included!
$5 General Admission, $4 Senior Military
Gift Certificates are also available at our Box Office!
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Workshops!
Want to know the difference between Hand, Marionette, Shadow and Full Body Puppetry?
Want to learn how to write a story?
Want to get away from the crazy world and do something creative?
Bring out the wild and crazy?
Then our workshops are for you!
San Diego’s Balboa Park Puppet Guild
is going to offer beginning workshops in
Puppetry in 2024!
If you are interested, please email us at
balboaparkpuppets@yahoo.com
for more information!
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