Huge Puppets Come To Life

January 9, 1997

The Catskill Puppet Theatre, whose huge puppets have startled and amused visitors to Guild Hall's galleries through the holidays, will bring a live puppet show to the cultural center on Saturday, with large-scale puppets on a fully decorated stage.

The company will present "The Willow Girl," a tale geared for both children and adults, at 1 p.m. It is a story of a young Chinese girl who immigrates to the American frontier only to face discrimination along with the flurry of other new immigrants and different cultures. The heroine, however, has special gifts and is able to communicate with a mysterious spirit inhabiting a graceful willow tree.

The exhibit of puppets and puppet-related art on view in Guild Hall's galleries will end following the performance on Saturday.

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