Bread & Puppet welcomes the public to our Annual Political Leaf Peeping, where we will celebrate the glorious fall landscape and the completion of another summer season with an afternoon of music, puppet shows and potato pancakes. The event will take place Sunday, October 6th at the Bread & Puppet farm in Glover, VT.

The program begins at 2 pm and will include Sacred Harp singing and the opening of the autumnal landscape for political viewing. Bread and Puppeteers of the past and present will regale you with cantastorias, songs and puppet shows performed around the property. At 3pm the company will then perform a brand new show, Gray Lady Cantata #9 directed by Peter Schumann. The Museum of Anti-Modern Art will also be open for viewing of Schumann’s latest painting series. Finally, the afternoon will conclude with the serving of the traditional political leaf peeper’s dinner: potato pancakes with fresh applesauce.

About Gray Lady Cantata #9: In the late 60’s through the mid 1970’s, Peter Schumann created a series of shows in response to the Vietnam war called “The Gray Lady Cantatas”. The shows featured the iconic gray lady puppets moving through vignettes both dreamlike and brutal. This new version, Gray Lady Cantata #9, directed by Peter Schumann, uses texts from Palestinians living through the war in Gaza, and, like the older versions of the show, is a meditation on grief, war, and resistance.

The Bread & Puppet Museum—showcasing one of the largest collections of giant puppets in the world—and the Museum Store—featuring a selection of new and old posters, books, and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press—will be open throughout the afternoon.

Tickets are $10 each. Each ticket provides access to all performances happening during the day. We ask that you purchase tickets ahead of time. However, it’s central to our philosophy that our performances are as accessible as possible and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Admission by cash donation for kids 6 and under. You can purchase tickets on our website at: https://breadandpuppet.org/book-tickets-for-upcoming-shows

Gray Lady Cantata #9 plays Sunday October 6th at 3 p.m. at the Bread & Puppet Farm, 753 Heights Rd/Rt. 122 in Glover, VT.

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Background Information about Bread and Puppet:

Bread & Puppet Theater is an internationally celebrated company that champions a visually rich, street-theater style of performance art filled with music, dance and slapstick. Its shows are political and spectacular, with huge puppets made of paper maché and cardboard. Founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side, the theater has been based in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont since the early 1970s.