Baffo Box Show by Modern Times Theater

LYNDON - The Upright Steeple Society, in partnership with Catamount Arts, presents Modern Times Theater’s Baffo Box Show, at York Street Meeting House, in Lyndon, on September 26th, at 3:00 and 7:00pm.

Performed in a one-of-a-kind suit stage (yes, a stage made out of a suit), this bonkers kid-friendly show packs classic hand puppetry, Dadaist ventriloquism, and stand-up comedy into a cardboard box and then delivers it, with impeccable timing, live on stage.

Inside the box are the Baffos — two slapstick chaps who keep the sun, moon and everything else running on schedule. From the moment the lid opens, audiences are captivated as the Baffos juggle and dance their way through the day’s chores, despite the undeniable evidence that their world is changing.

The Baffo Box Show is a daring work of puppetry and object manipulation, full of beautiful images, junk music sonatas, and Modern Times Theater’s unique brand of all ages comedy. This re-envisioning of classic hand puppet forms is digital entertainment as it was meant to be: two hands, ten fingers, and no camera tricks.

Puppeteered by Justin Lander and directed by Rose Friedman, the Baffo Box Show is supported by a 2022 Family Grant from the Jim Henson Foundation.

Modern Times Theater has been making and touring puppet shows and variety acts and creating public community events since 2007. They pursue a radically divergent model of art making, creating venues in unlikely locations, and revitalizing the historic, run-down, and defunct. Working in populist theater forms, they seek to reinvent and reimagine classic American entertainment.

Co-founders Rose Friedman and Justin Lander are a husband and wife duo, producers for Vermont Vaudeville, founders of the Civic Standard and alumni of the Bread and Puppet Theater.

Learn more or buy advance tickets to the Baffo Box Show, September 26th, at York Street Meeting House, by visiting www.catamountarts.org, calling 802-748-2600, or stopping by the Catamount Arts box office on Eastern Avenue in St. Johnsbury. Tickets will also be available at the door. Children 5 years old and under attend free.