CONTACT

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre  
309 East 4th Street, Suite 3B,  New York NY 10009
Tel: (212) 777-3891 / info@czechmarionettes.org

The company also maintains a working studio/rehearsal space in DUMBO Brooklyn. 

TOURING REPERTORY


From one puppeteer to 15 performers, our productions fit every space and every budget. 
For more information please contact Jarmila at: 
Tel: (212) 777-3891
Email

Scroll down for full complement of shows. 
CZECH & SLOVAK TALES WITH STRINGS
with 
PUPPETEER / STORYTELLER VÍT HOŘEJŠ
  • Czech and Slovak fairy tales with marionettes
  • Storyteller interacts with 24-inch century-old marionettes.
  • Adaptable to any stage, (preferably raised, 8'x16') 
    indoors or outdoors
  • Requirements: PA system for larger audiences, 
    2 chairs
  • Recommended audience size 50-300
WINTER TALES
with
PUPPETEER / STORYTELLER
VÍT HOŘEJŠ
  • First Night Program of Holiday and Winter Tales
  • Adaptable to any stage, (preferably raised, 8'x16') 
    indoors or outdoors
  • Requirements: PA system for larger audiences, 
    chair
  • Recommended audience size 50-300
HAMLET
A musical play with live performers and marionettes
Number of performers: 5
Number of technicians: 2
Minimum stage size: Width: 25 Depth: 15 Height: 12'
Set-up time: 6 hours & lighting depending 
on local conditions
Length of performance: 1 hour 45 min. (no intermission)
Accoustic piano
Sound system required for a keyboard
Recommended audience size: 200-400 
RUSALKA THE LITTLE RIVERMAID 
Based on the Czech legend of Rusalka (and on Antonín Dvorák's opera). 
A rivermaid falls in love with a prince, follows him to dry land, but after a short period of bliss, is betrayed. As punishment for forsaking the fairy kingdom, she is doomed to hover forever over the swampslands, luring humans to death. Music represents an integral part of the play. It ranges from classical opera to jazz to rock.

  • A mini-opera in which ten performers interact with 30 marionettes.
  • Number of performers: 10 (=3 musicians; 10 musician orchestra requires additional fee and travel cost)
  • Number of technicians: 2
  • Minimum stage size: Width: 30' Depth: 25' Height: 15'
  • Set-up time: 6 hours & lighting depending on local conditions
  • Length of performance: 60-70 min. (no intermission)
  • Lighting requirements: minimum 30 elipsoidals, 24 channel board
  • Sound system required with 4 microphones and CD Player
  • Recommended audience size: 150-450
GOLEM
  • A mixed-media musical play based on a Czech Jewish legend.
  • Number of performers: 14
  • Number of technicians: 3
  • Minimum stage size: Width: 30' Depth: 40' Height: 20'
  • Minimum set-up time: 10 hours & lighting depending 
    on local conditions
  • Length of performance: 83 min. (no intermission)
  • Sound system required for a 5-piece band (keyboard, accordion, bass, trumpet, percussion, woodwinds), 2 lavaliere microphones 
  • Recommended audience size: 300-750
CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA
Adapted and directed by Vít Horejš with holiday songs in Czech, English, Hebrew, Latin & Swahili. The adaptation of Dickens' classic has Old World accents and New World inclusiveness. This toy-puppet theatre extravaganza includes a few twists and digressions, which result in an unexpected blend of English, Jewish, African, American and Czech winter rituals, customs and holiday songs. 

Performed by over three dozen marionettes by Miloš Kasal ranging in size from four to thirty inches as well as found objects and toys. The piece is still set in Old London, but with Czech accents. Imagine that the familiar tale was told to you not by an English serial novelist, but by your Czech grandmother

3 Performers
Raised stage 10'x20'
Two Classical Marionette Plays in Repertory:
JOHANNES  DOKCHTOR  FAUST
a Petrifying Puppet Comedye
or 
THE WHITE DOE
or the Piteous Trybulations of the 
Sufferyng Countess Jenovefa

  • Ageless blockbusters of the traditional marionette stage
  • Number of performers: 6-7
  • Minimum stage size: Width: 16' Depth: 8' Height: 10'
  • Set-up time: 4 hours
  • Length of performance: 60-70 min.(no intermission)
  • Sound system required with 2 multi-directional microphones 
    & CD player
  • Recommended audience size: 100-200