1. The Bread and Puppet Summer 2009 Program begins July 3rd and runs through August 30th. Come see us at the farm!

2. The Dirt Cheap Money Circus and Pagaent is every Sunday from July 5th to August 30th at 3 pm. The shows will either be in the Circus field or the Paper Mache Cathedral depending on weather.

3. The Lubberland National Dance Company will perform every Friday from July 10th to August 28 at 8 pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral at the farm. The 27 Dirt Cheap Money Dances is the first show to be performed of the summer, and the second program is The Dirt Floor Theater Dances respectively. All shows are by donation.

4. Shape Note Sings are every Tuesday at 7:30 pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral and are open to the community.

5. Open Community Printing at the Bread and Puppet Press Print Shop, every Thursday, starting July 9th from 9:30 am - 12 pm. Please join us for printing banners, posters, flags and more!

7. Experimental Theater Lab on Thursday mornings 10am - 12 pm.

8. Kid Dance and Show Making Workshops! If you have kids who would like to be apart of the circus or dance shows, please, give us a call at 525-3031 to find out more details. We are planning to have these two workshops throughout the week, and want to figure out what the best time is for families and puppeteers alike to meet. Give us a call if you are interested.

9. Bread and Puppet's Dirt Cheap Hansel and Gretel will be performed on July 3rd at 8 pm in the Paper Mache Cathedral. A single night showing at the farm- not to be missed!

10. VOLUNTEER INFO. *Note- if not sure about rehearsal, call ahead, as some Saturday's may be a different schedule because of parading.*
To be in the Circus: 3pm Rehearsal at the farm on Saturdays, 9 am Rehearsal and 3pm show on Sunday's. Wear white on show day.
Parking Help: Come on Sunday's at 2pm. Wear white.
Kitchen Help: Sunday's 11am or any time before dinner. To be in Lubberland Dance Co: 4pm Rehearsals on Friday's.
To be in Circus Band: 9 am full show Rehearsal Sunday's, with band rehearsal to follow and 3pm show on Sunday's. Wear white on show day.
To be in Parades: Come 45 min before the following parades-
Fri, July 3rd, Montpelier 6 pm
Sat, July 4th Cabot 11 am
Barton 2 pm
Sat, July 11th Burlington 4:15 pm (WE NEED A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS HERE!)
Sat, July 18th Lyndonville 10 am
Irasburg 7 pm
Sat, Aug 8th, Craftsbury 1 pm

Special Volunteer Shows to note:
Wed, July 22nd, Circus at Montpelier Library 2pm
Sat, July 25th, Circus band at Glover Day, 11 am
Thurs, Aug 27th, Circus at Vermont Law School

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Cheap Art Philosophy

The Cheap Art movement was launched in 1982 by the Bread and Puppet Theater in direct response to the business of art and its growing appropriation by the corporate sector. With this fact taken into account art becomes:
"political whether you like it or not…"
Cheap Art hopes to reestablish the appreciation of artistic creation by making it available to a wider audience and inspire anyone to revel in an art making process that is not subject to academic approval or curatorial acceptance.
Why? "Because art is food…", reads the Why Cheap Art manifesto. Cheap Art ranges in price from 5 cents to 50 dollars.
Anyone can participate!

Street Theater Workshops

Papiermache offers lessons in state-of-the-arts street theater technology
1) how to launch precision attacks on war and capitalist megalomania
2) how to get the quickest, cheapest response to horrifically expensive dilemmas
3) how to make cardboard politicians, picture stories (cantastoria), hand puppets, and giants for rallies, parades, etc..
If you are interested, please feel free to contact us and we will try to come to your group with a subversive lesson or two.