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THE CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATRE (CAMT) is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of traditional and not-so-traditional puppetry. As new immigrants from Prague, we wanted to create a theatre company based on the well-known marionette traditions of Central Europe, where puppetry has a strong and creative history.
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HISTORY
Our first New York season in 1990 began with JOHANNES DOKCHTOR FAUST, a Petrifying Puppet Comedye with a cast of sixteen antique Czech puppets discovered by director, Vít Hořejš at the Jan Hus Church, nestled in the heart of Manhattan’s Czech neighborhood. Faust received an enthusiastic response, and was also the lead production featured in the 1994 Obie Award-winning Faust Festival in SoHo.
Since founding the company in 1990, we have created over a dozen original productions and garnered accolades from the press and dedicated audiences aged 5 to 105. Many of our projects have been presented at our favorite venue, New York’s renowned La MaMa Experimental Theatre.
We have performed around the world in Poland, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Pakistan. In the U.S. we?ve brought our shows to more than 30 states, at venues including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the World Trade Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, the Smithsonian Institution, the Antonín Dvořák Festival in Spillville, Iowa, the Heart of the Beast in Minneapolis, the Lowell Folk Arts Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Bohemian National Hall in New York City.
Since founding the company in 1990, we have created over a dozen original productions and garnered accolades from the press and dedicated audiences aged 5 to 105. Many of our projects have been presented at our favorite venue, New York’s renowned La MaMa Experimental Theatre.
We have performed around the world in Poland, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Pakistan. In the U.S. we?ve brought our shows to more than 30 states, at venues including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the World Trade Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, the Smithsonian Institution, the Antonín Dvořák Festival in Spillville, Iowa, the Heart of the Beast in Minneapolis, the Lowell Folk Arts Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts, and Bohemian National Hall in New York City.