Puppets & Prose
A reading series that brings the literary and theatre worlds together.
A Literary Salon with a puppet twist
Do you love going to literary readings and salons, hearing writers and poets read their poems, essays and fiction?
Do you love watching puppets? Have you ever wanted a puppet to read a poem to you?
Well this is the literary reading series FOR YOU! The evening includes writers & storytellers alongside special puppet guests sharing their new work.
Puppets & Prose started in 2020 as a national collaboration between Rogue, the LA Guild of Puppetry and PEN America which resulted in 39 short films that brought together visual artists and emerging writers across the country.

April Line-Up
Jonathan JosephsonRafeal Clements
Elmer & Buck
Amanda Fletcher
Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera
Reading of “Fire Horse” by Chil Kong
Reading of “The Uncatchable Spot of Red Light”
by Jessica Fleitman

Open Submissions for April & May:
Submissions for April are due March 22 for the theme of "April Fools".
Submissions for May are due April 26 for the theme of "Mental Health Awareness/AAPI Heritage Month."
Submit Here!
2026 Dates
Theme: April Fools
Theme: "Mental Health Awareness/AAPI Heritage Month"
Location:
The Valley Rellics Museum
7900 Balboa Blvd.
Lake Balboa, CA 91406
Hangar C 3 & 4
(Entrance on Stagg St.)
7900 Balboa Blvd.
Lake Balboa, CA 91406
Hangar C 3 & 4
(Entrance on Stagg St.)
Special thanks to the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and the Valley Relics Museum for supporting this Puppets & Prose.

PHOTOS & Video
Check out the 39 videos created for Puppets & Prose during 2020 at our Youtube Channel!
QUESTIONS
literary(at)rogueartists.org
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