32nd Halloween Extravaganza

Barebone's 32nd annual puppet extravaganza continues the tradition of community collaboration to create a fabulous live arts spectacle! We'll present four performances in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis.

The show's co-directors, Stu Bennett and Katie Burgess, have provided this description conveying the inspiration and themes behind the show:

Up in Smoke
The world is on fire. Wildfires ravage the land. Fascism reigns- imprisoning those dearest to us and tearing at the fabric of our communities.
Will we find each other in the smoke? Can we hold this grief together? What will we envision for our futures standing in the ashes? Coughing up the remains of our dreams for what the future used to hold...
We must make space to breathe. Oxygenate hope. Exhale, find our ground in resistance.
Join your breath with ours and sing. Witness the next generation rise up against the fascist state. Burn brighter. Let your weeping soothe this land. Let yourself be renewed by the pools that gather those tears.
Together, we will learn that survival itself is now resistance. And we will survive together.