West Art is honored to host the famous Bread + Puppet theater in their Lancaster debut!

Puppet show! Puppet show! Bread & Puppet Theater is excited to announce that we will kick off our 61st year by traversing the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard with a brand-new play created with our director, Peter Schumann, for the exact moment at hand. Of the show–The Hope Principle Show: Citizens’ Shame and Hope in the Time of Genocide–director Peter Schumann says, “The imminent end of the capitalist empire, colonizing and genociding as the whole world looks on in horror, attacked by a flock of cranes migrating from Palestine to replace the shit inside the White House with genuine bird droppings. Frogs, caribou, dancing bears, bicycling chickens make up the rest of the cast.”

This will sell out. TICKETS HERE!

The company will play cities from Rutland, VT to Washington, DC, with the full tour schedule available at BreadAndPuppet.org/Tour. After the show Bread & Puppet will serve its famous sourdough rye bread with aioli, and Bread & Puppet’s “Cheap Art” – books, posters, postcards, pamphlets and banners from the Bread & Puppet Press – will be for sale.

What to expect at the show:

>> Doors will open at 3:30 . The show will start at 4.

>> Buy tickets HERE. This will sell out!  

>> We will have beer from Our Town Brewery for sale, along with a few non-alcoholic options. This is not BYOB.

>> Parking may be available in the small lot across the street. Beyond that, there’s parking available around Buchanan Park and F&M College in the blocks surrounding West Art.  Please walk or bike if you’re able!

>> Seating: This will be a seated show with perhaps a bit of standing room.

>> Our space is ADA accessible, and we will do our best to accommodate any specific needs.