Started in 2024, Schoolhouse Puppets brings giant puppetry, parading arts, and community creativity to rural southern Appalachia.

We are a group of puppeteers, artists, performers, tinkerers, and creatives from Madison County, NC.

We maintain a community studio, lead parades and performances, offer workshops, and host an annual Winter Solstice Lantern Walk in downtown Marshall, NC. We are completely volunteer-run and donation-funded.

We love collaborating with local artists and organizations, and we get a lot of support from our friends at Street Creature Puppet Collective in Asheville, NC (thank you, creatures!).

Schoolhouse Puppets is an established 501 (c) (3).