The Great Arizona Puppet Theater
DATE: Feb. 17 | May 11
TIME: 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
PRICE: Included with Membership or General Admission. Reservations required.
The Great Arizona Puppet Theater will be coming to the desert this year! Create a wonderful day at the Desert Botanical Garden. Enjoy an award-winning puppet show and spend time exploring our trails and the Cactus Clubhouse—our special play area for children and caregivers.
Creepy, Crawly, Wild and Wooly | Feb. 17 | Boppart Courtyard | Performances at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
This award-winning show features stories about Arizona’s endangered species including the Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake, the California Condor, Sanborn’s Long-nosed Bat and a desert tortoise. Performed with beautiful rod puppets, this show is recommended for guests 5 and older.
Old MacDonald’s Ranch | May 11 | Dorrance Hall | Performances at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.
Join us for a special Mother’s Day event. Old MacDonald has moved off of the farm and onto a ranch right here in the Sonoran desert! Come along and meet all the native Arizona animals for this silly sing-along show. After each performance, stay to make your own puppet! Puppet Making 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
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