August 2, 11am show cancelled due to Park Event

THE ORIGIN OF CLOWNS

August 1-3, 8-10, 15-17

Come with Petrix the Clown and her poppet friends as she walks you through the history of fools, buffoons, and jesters over the centuries.
In ancient civilizations, pantomime was considered the highest of arts, and eventually gave way to the more widely equipped court jester, and after that, the highly improvisational medium of Commedia Dell Arte paved the way for European circus acts, French mimes, and the American big-top three-ring circus.

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Steve Taylor's

Ghouls Goblins & Giggles Show

Saturday and Sunday Only!

11am and 2 pm ONLY!

Halloween hilarity is back! Bring the whole family for Halloween hi-jinks with Magical Ventriloquist Steve Taylor. Steve's non-scary tongue-in-cheek hysterically-haywire "Ghouls, Goblins & Giggles Show" will be performed live at the Marie Hitchcock Balboa Park Puppet Theater October 25 and 26, 2025 at 11am and 2pm each day. 
Popular Puppet Theater entertainer Steve Taylor returns to delight and enchant your whole family with his eye-popping comedy magic, a surprise "magical marionette" appearance, audience participation and ventriloquist dummy Rudy O'Riley comically reviews "Trick or Treating" safety tips. Magic, marionettes and ventriloquism will combine to enchant your "little ghouls" and "boos," and excite their anticipation about this favorite time of the year, Halloween.

Endorsed by classic "monsters," here's what they're saying; "So funny, it drove me batty!" (Dracula), "I howled with laughter!" (Wolfman) and "The whole thing kept me in stitches!" (Frankenstein). 

So, don't get "tricked," instead experience a real "treat" of fun by making memories with your whole family at Steve Taylor's "Ghouls, Goblins & Giggles Show" October 25 and 26 2025 at 11am and 2pm each day at The Marie Hitchcock Balboa Park Puppet Theater in San Diego. 
Reserve your tickets today.

Appropriate for the whole family aged 3 to 103. Hauntingly hilarious!

Steve Taylor has been a professional performer since the age of eight. He has performed shows in every major American city and all 50 states. He has been a featured performer on America's Got Talent, Comedy Central, The Magic Castle and at Disneyland. As his audiences have learned, "You Can Trust A Taylor To Keep You In Stitches!"

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 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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