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Generate puppet show names for the poster, the program or the sign over the booth: troupe names like The Sock Drawer Players and Button Eyes Theatre, story time titles like Felt Like a Story, fairy-tale shows like Jack and the Cardboard Beanstalk, plus marionette, shadow and ventriloquist acts such as The Marionette Matinee.

About puppet show names

A puppet show usually needs two names: one for the people behind the curtain and one for what happens in front of it. The company or troupe name stays the same for years and goes on the booth, the van and the booking form. The show title changes with each story and goes on the poster for the library, school, church hall or birthday party. This list has both, so you can pair them: The Sock Drawer Players present Felt Like a Story.

The list covers troupe and company names, titles for preschool story time, shows built on public-domain fairy tales and fables, names for marionette and shadow theaters, ventriloquist acts, school and library programs, a small set for church puppet teams, booth names for street fairs and festivals, online series titles and birthday-party shows.

It helps to say which kind of puppetry the audience will see. Glove or hand puppets are worn on the hand, rod puppets are moved with sticks from below, marionettes hang from strings worked from above, and shadow puppets are flat figures held against a lit screen. Older traditions such as Japanese bunraku and Indonesian wayang have their own long histories. A name like Tangled Strings Marionettes or Lantern & Linen Shadow Theater tells families what to expect before the curtain opens.

How to choose puppet show names

  • Decide first whether you are naming the troupe or the show. A troupe name such as Patchwork Players should still fit in five years; a show title such as Wave to the Whale only has to fit one story.
  • Put the form in the name when it is the selling point. Words like marionette, shadow, glove or sock tell parents and teachers what kind of show they are booking.
  • Match the title to the age of the audience. Preschool shows do well with short titles about an animal or an action, while family and festival shows can carry a joke, as in The Fox and the Grapes He Didn't Want Anyway.
  • Read the name aloud as an introduction: "Please welcome Thimble Lane Puppets." If it is hard to say or easy to mishear, shorten it.
  • Before you print posters, search the name together with your town or region. Short puns are popular with puppeteers, so another group nearby may already be using the same one.

Frequently asked questions

What is a good name for a puppet show?

A good one says who the show is for and sounds fun to say. For a company, try The Sock Drawer Players, Thimble Lane Puppets or Googly Eye Guild. For a single show, titles like Tales from the Toy Trunk, Run, Gingerbread, Run! or The Lost Mitten Mystery work well on a poster.

What kinds of puppet theater are there?

The most common forms are glove or hand puppets, rod puppets, marionettes on strings and shadow puppets shown against a lit screen. Ventriloquism is a related act in which a performer gives a voice to a figure. The list has names for each, such as Nine Strings Marionette Theater and The Talking Suitcase Show.

Can I use these names for a school, library or church program?

Yes, the list includes program names such as Puppets in the Stacks, Bookworm Puppet Theater and Good News Puppet Team. They are ideas to start from, and some may already be in use by other groups, so look around locally before you settle on one.

Does this generator name the puppets too?

No. This page names shows, theaters, troupes and acts. For the characters themselves, use the Puppet Name Generator, which is linked in the related generators on this page.

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A: 15 names

  • A Fable Before Lunch
  • A Hat for Mrs. Goose
  • A Light in the Cardboard Box
  • A Tale of Two Mice
  • A Word from My Friend
  • Aesop's Afternoon
  • After-School Puppet Workshop
  • All Aboard the Party Train
  • Alphabet Picnic
  • Ant, Grasshopper and the First Snow
  • Apron Pocket Puppets
  • Ask a Puppet
  • Ask the Wooden One
  • Assembly Day Puppet Show
  • Aunt Dot and the Talking Hat

B: 24 names

  • Back-Talk Act
  • Backlit Tales
  • Backstage Hands Puppet Theater
  • Backyard Booth
  • Balloon Day Surprise
  • Barnyard Hello
  • Beanstalk Bound
  • Bear Can't Find His Pillow
  • Bedsheet Cinema
  • Behind the Old Barn Door
  • Bicycle Cart Puppets
  • Block Party Booth

B, continued

  • Boardwalk Booth
  • Book Cart Players
  • Bookmobile Puppet Stop
  • Bookworm Puppet Theater
  • Bounce House Intermission
  • Bright Button Puppet Theatre
  • Bright Lamp Shadow Puppets
  • Bright Morning Puppet Ministry
  • Bubble Day at Duck Pond
  • Busker's Puppet Box
  • Button Eyes Theatre
  • Button Jar Puppet Troupe

C: 31 names

  • Cafeteria Stage Puppets
  • Call Number Puppet Corner
  • Candle Stub Shadow Puppets
  • Cardboard Studio
  • Carpet Square Theater
  • Carved Smile Marionettes
  • Cereal Box Stage Company
  • Chapter One Puppet Troupe
  • Children's Church Puppet Hour
  • Choir Loft Puppets

C, continued

  • Cinderella's Glove-Puppet Ball
  • Clap If You See the Cat
  • Classroom Curtain Club
  • Clothespin Marionette Club
  • Cobblestone Puppet Stage
  • Color Train Show
  • Confetti Puppet Revue
  • Control Bar Cabaret
  • Corduroy Curtain Players
  • Cotton Ball Cabaret

C, continued

  • Count the Hands Show
  • County Fair Puppet Barn
  • Craft Drawer Puppet Theatre
  • Craft Stick Playhouse
  • Criss-Cross Applesauce Theater
  • Crooked Seam Puppet Company
  • Crossbar Marionette Company
  • Cupcake Caper
  • Curbside Puppet Comedy
  • Curtain Rod Productions
  • Cut-Paper Kingdom

D: 6 names

  • Dancing Feet on Strings
  • Dangling Feet Marionette Show
  • Drama Club Puppet Night
  • Driftwood Puppet Wagon
  • Dueling Duet
  • Dusk Hour Shadow Plays

E: 2 names

  • Elastic Band Puppet Company
  • Evening Screen Stories

F: 24 names

  • Fable Table Theater
  • Fables on a Stick
  • Fairground Glove Puppets
  • Fairy Tales in Felt
  • Faith & Felt Puppet Team
  • Family Night Puppet Theater
  • Family Service Puppet Players
  • Featherboa Puppet Revue
  • Fellowship Hall Puppet Troupe
  • Felt & Fable Puppet Company
  • Felt Feed
  • Felt Forecast

F, continued

  • Felt Friends Live
  • Felt Like a Story
  • Felt Tip Troupe
  • Fifth Grade Shadow Puppet Festival
  • Five Frogs on a Felt Log
  • Flashlight Theatre
  • Fleece Piece Theatre
  • Foam & Fleece Players
  • Fox Says Please
  • Friends of the Library Puppet Show
  • Front Porch Puppet Theater
  • Fuzz & Friends Online

G: 15 names

  • Garage Studio Puppets
  • Giggle Box Show
  • Glad Hands Puppet Ministry
  • Glue Gun Troupe
  • Goldilocks and the Three Sock Bears
  • Good Morning from the Puppet Desk
  • Good Morning, Garden
  • Good News Puppet Team
  • Goody Bag Puppet Theater
  • Googly Eye Guild
  • Googly News Tonight
  • Grace Notes Puppet Team
  • Grandpa Ned's Knee Show
  • Green Glove Puppet Theater
  • Gus and the Suitcase Parrot

H: 20 names

  • Hallelujah Hands
  • Hand Over Hand Puppets
  • Hand Puppet Help Desk
  • Hand Up, Voices Down
  • Hands in the Lamplight
  • Hands of Praise Puppet Team
  • Hansel, Gretel and the Trail of Buttons
  • Happily Ever After Hours
  • Happy Birthday, Hedgehog!
  • Harvest Fair Puppet Wagon

H, continued

  • Hatbox Puppet Theatre
  • Hay Bale Playhouse
  • He Started It Ventriloquy
  • Hello, Hands!
  • Hem & Haw Puppet Co.
  • Hinge & String Marionettes
  • Hooray Day Playhouse
  • Hop, Skip and a Puppet
  • Hot Glue Heroes
  • Huff, Puff and a Curtain

I: 2 names

  • Ice Cream Social Puppets
  • It Wasn't Me Ventriloquy

J: 2 names

  • Jack and the Cardboard Beanstalk
  • Joyful Noise Puppets

K: 7 names

  • Kindergarten Curtain Premiere
  • Kindness Counts Puppet Crew
  • Kitchen Table Puppet Works
  • Knee-High Puppet Company
  • Knee-Side Chat
  • Knock Knock, Who's Behind the Curtain?
  • Knock on Wood Comedy Act

L: 13 names

  • Lantern & Linen Shadow Theater
  • Late Night with a Sock
  • Laundry Basket Puppet Theatre
  • Lemonade Stand Sock Show
  • Library Card Puppet Club
  • Library Lap-Time Puppets
  • Light Behind the Screen
  • Lips Sealed, Mostly
  • Little Lights Puppet Ministry
  • Little Red Wagon Puppets
  • Long Shadow Puppet Company
  • Loose Thread Puppet Company
  • Lunch Bunch Puppet Troupe

M: 16 names

  • Make It with Mittens
  • Make-a-Puppet Monday
  • Marionettes at the Mill
  • Market Day Puppets
  • Maypole Puppet Players
  • Midnight at the Pumpkin Coach
  • Miss Mabel's Mouthy Mitten
  • Moon, Spoon and Raccoon

M, continued

  • Moonbeam Mitten Puppets
  • Moonlit Screen
  • Moth & Lamp Shadow Plays
  • Moth-Eaten Mitten Productions
  • Mouse Finds a Button
  • Musical Chairs Mayhem
  • Mustard Seed Puppets
  • My Partner Does the Talking

N: 3 names

  • Nimble Fingers Puppet Theater
  • Nine Strings Marionette Theater
  • Not Moving My Lips

O: 9 names

  • Oak Peg Marionettes
  • Odd Sock Opera
  • Once Upon a Glove
  • Once Upon a Lap
  • One Sock, Two Sock
  • One-Minute Puppet Fables
  • Open Door Puppet Ministry
  • Over the River to Grandmother's House
  • Overhead Projector Opera

P: 45 names

  • Pajama Storytime Puppets
  • Paper & Pin Shadow Theater
  • Papier-Mache Parade
  • Parable Players
  • Party Bag Puppets
  • Party Hat Puppets
  • Pass the Parcel Puppet Party
  • Patchwork Players
  • Pavement Puppet Players
  • Peek Over the Curtain
  • Peekaboo Stage Company
  • Pew & Curtain Puppets
  • Picnic Blanket Matinee
  • Pin the Tail Comedy Hour
  • Pincushion Playhouse

P, continued

  • Pipe Cleaner Players
  • Pizza Party Matinee
  • Pom-Pom Puppet Parade
  • Porridge Problems
  • Potluck Puppets
  • Professor Pockets and Friend
  • PTA Night Puppet Revue
  • Puddle Jumpers
  • Pulled Strings Playhouse
  • Puppet Bake-Along
  • Puppet Book Club Live
  • Puppet Booth on Main
  • Puppet Craft Corner
  • Puppet Field Trip
  • Puppet Lab at the Library

P, continued

  • Puppet Mail Monday
  • Puppet Pals Podcast
  • Puppet Pals Reading Program
  • Puppet Questions, Puppet Answers
  • Puppet Science in Five Minutes
  • Puppet Sing-Along Sessions
  • Puppets & Picture Books
  • Puppets at the Branch
  • Puppets Explain Everything
  • Puppets in the Park
  • Puppets in the Stacks
  • Puppets on the Green
  • Puppets Read the Comments
  • Puppets Under the Big Oak
  • Puss in Boots Steps Out

Q: 2 names

  • Quack, Moo, Peekaboo
  • Quilted Curtain Puppet Company

R: 11 names

  • Ragbag Revue
  • Rainbow Cake Tales
  • Rainy Day Window Show
  • Rapunzel Lets Down a Rope of Yarn
  • Read-Aloud Puppet Theater
  • Reading Room Revue
  • Red Riding Hood Takes the Long Way
  • Rejoice Puppet Team
  • Ribbon & Rod Puppet Theatre
  • Rumpelstiltskin Spins Again
  • Run, Gingerbread, Run!

S: 49 names

  • Saturday Morning Sock Pals
  • Sawdust & Sequins Puppets
  • Scrap Basket Puppet Theater
  • Screen of Wonders Shadow Show
  • Seaside Booth Puppets
  • Second Floor Story Puppets
  • Second Opinion Comedy
  • Seeds, Sprouts and Sock Worms
  • Shadow Garden Theater
  • Shadow Puppet Supper Club
  • Shadowbox Story Theater
  • Shadows on the Gym Wall

S, continued

  • Shapes on Parade
  • Shelf Life Puppet Theater
  • Shepherd's Stage Puppets
  • Shoebox Stage Puppets
  • Sidekick in a Suitcase
  • Sidewalk Curtain
  • Silhouette Street Theatre
  • Sing Along with the Sock Birds
  • Six Candles and a Sock
  • Sleeping Beauty Oversleeps
  • Slow and Steady Wins Again
  • Small Desk Sock Theater

S, continued

  • Small Talk, Tall Tales
  • Snack Time for Snail
  • Snip, Snap, Story
  • Sonshine Puppet Team
  • Speak for Yourself!
  • Splinters of Wit
  • Spring Showcase Puppet Play
  • Sprinkles the Puppet Party Show
  • Steeple Street Puppets
  • Still Lips Show
  • Stitch & Story Puppet Theater
  • Stone Soup for Everyone

S, continued

  • Story Path Stage
  • Story Rug Minutes
  • Story Time in Sock Town
  • Storybook Forest Tales
  • Storytime Puppet Parade
  • Storytime Stream with Sock
  • Streamers and Strings Party Show
  • Strings Attached Marionette Show
  • Suitcase Stage Puppets
  • Summer Fete Puppet Booth
  • Summer Reading Puppet Kickoff
  • Sunday School Puppet Stage
  • Sunflower Festival Puppets

T: 186 names

  • Tabletop Troupe
  • Tales from the Toy Trunk
  • Tangled Strings Marionettes
  • Tanglefoot Puppet Troupe
  • The Apple Festival Puppet Stage
  • The Arguing Armchair
  • The Armful of Friends Troupe
  • The Art Room Puppet Project
  • The Backyard Birthday Puppet Show
  • The Balloon Animal Rescue
  • The Bandstand Puppet Show
  • The Beanbag Chair Theater
  • The Behind-the-Couch Players
  • The Big Bad Wolf Says Sorry

T, continued

  • The Big Day Parade
  • The Big Mouth Puppet Troupe
  • The Birthday Bear Forgets
  • The Birthday Dragon's Picnic
  • The Birthday Puppet Bash
  • The Birthday Wish Workshop
  • The Birthday Wishes Puppet Show
  • The Blanket Fort Broadcast
  • The Bobbin & Thread Players
  • The Book Nook Puppet Show
  • The Bookshelf Broadcast
  • The Borrowed Voice Revue
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf Twice
  • The Brave Little Tailor's Boast

T, continued

  • The Busy Bee Buzz
  • The Button Who Rolled Away
  • The Cake and Curtain Show
  • The Card Stock Shadow Players
  • The Cardboard Curtain Company
  • The Carousel Corner Show
  • The Chatterbox Trunk
  • The Circulation Desk Show
  • The Clothesline Curtain Club
  • The Corner Booth Comedy
  • The Couch Cushion Channel
  • The Counting Caterpillar Show
  • The Crow and the Pitcher Puzzle
  • The Curtain Call Critters

T, continued

  • The Dancing Scarf Parade
  • The Dancing Strings Playhouse
  • The Elbow Room Puppeteers
  • The Elves and the Shoemaker's Busy Night
  • The Emperor's New Felt Suit
  • The Enormous Turnip Tug
  • The Farmers Market Marionettes
  • The Festival Field Troupe
  • The Finger Family Theater
  • The Flannel Board Players
  • The Fox and the Grapes He Didn't Want Anyway
  • The Friendly Monster Tea Party
  • The Frog Prince Learns Manners
  • The Fuzzy Interview Show
  • The Fuzzy Logic Puppet Lab

T, continued

  • The Gazebo Glove Puppets
  • The Gentle Strings Company
  • The Gingerbread House Mix-Up
  • The Glass Slipper Shuffle
  • The Glowing Screen Players
  • The Goose and the Golden Eggs
  • The Green Screen Glove Show
  • The Hallway Hand Parade
  • The Hand Shadow Hour
  • The Hand-Me-Down Players
  • The High Wire Marionette Revue
  • The Homeroom Hand Puppets
  • The Homework Helper Puppets
  • The Hush-a-Bye Hedgehog

T, continued

  • The Interrupting Puppet Act
  • The Jointed Jig Marionettes
  • The Kitchen Counter Puppet Show
  • The Lamplight Shadow Troupe
  • The Lap Talker Comedy Hour
  • The Last Slice Show
  • The Lion and the Mouse: A Small Favor
  • The Little Learners Puppet Stage
  • The Little Red Hen Bakes Alone
  • The Living Room Birthday Matinee
  • The Living Room Puppet Report
  • The Lost and Found Puppet Players
  • The Lost Mitten Mystery
  • The Magic Bean Bargain

T, continued

  • The Marionette Matinee
  • The Media Center Matinee
  • The Missing Birthday Crown
  • The Mitten Street Puppet Troupe
  • The Moral of the Story Show
  • The Mud Puddle Musical
  • The Multipurpose Room Players
  • The Musicians of Bremen Hit the Road
  • The Nap Mat Matinee
  • The One-Person Double Act
  • The Overdue Puppet Show
  • The Page Turner Puppet Show
  • The Pajama Parade
  • The Paper Moon Shadow Show
  • The Parade Route Puppet Float

T, continued

  • The Party Popper Players
  • The Pied Piper's Parade
  • The Pier End Puppet Show
  • The Pocket Stage Puppeteers
  • The Pop-Up Puppet Booth
  • The Present That Got Away
  • The Princess and the Very Small Pea
  • The Puppet Weather Report
  • The Pushcart Show
  • The Quiet Please Puppet Show
  • The Rainbow Scarf Show
  • The Reading Buddies Puppet Hour
  • The Recess Revue
  • The Rod & Glove Players

T, continued

  • The Schoolhouse Puppet Guild
  • The Sharing Bench
  • The Shoemaker's Secret Helpers
  • The Silver Thread Marionettes
  • The Sky Is Falling, Says Hen
  • The Sleepover Puppet Special
  • The Sleepy Owl Story Hour
  • The Sock Desk
  • The Sock Drawer Dispatch
  • The Sock Drawer Players
  • The Sock Puppet Cooking Hour
  • The Spare Sock Society
  • The Spinning Wheel Surprise
  • The Story Corner Puppet Club

T, continued

  • The Straw, Stick and Brick Show
  • The Street Corner Storytellers
  • The Street Fair Sock Show
  • The String Section Marionettes
  • The Striped Tent Players
  • The Stuffing Room Players
  • The Surprise Party Puppets
  • The Tailgate Puppet Theater
  • The Talking Suitcase Show
  • The Thank-You Note Show
  • The Third Grade Puppet Players
  • The Three Pigs and the Big Felt Wolf
  • The Tissue Paper Sunset
  • The Tortoise, the Hare and the Finish Line
  • The Traveling Trunk Show

T, continued

  • The Treasure Trunk Tales
  • The Troll Under the Table
  • The Two-Sock Talk Show
  • The Ugly Duckling's Big Day
  • The Unraveled Sweater Troupe
  • The Unwrapping Show
  • The Very Wiggly Morning
  • The Village Green Glove Show
  • The Voice Thrower's Variety Show
  • The Wagon Wheel Show
  • The Walking Wood Company
  • The Waving Hands Troupe
  • The Webcam Puppet Workshop
  • The Wiggle Room Puppet Company

T, continued

  • The Wiggle Wood Puppet Show
  • The Winter Market Puppet Hut
  • The Wisecracking Case
  • The Wishing Candle Show
  • The Wobbly Tooth Show
  • The Wolf Who Wanted a Hug
  • The Wooden Spoon Players
  • The Yawning Puppet Hour
  • Thimble Lane Puppets
  • Thread & Timber Marionette Theatre
  • Three Bears, One Chair
  • Three Billy Goats and One Grumpy Troll
  • Throwing My Voice and Missing
  • Tiny Proscenium Puppets

T, continued

  • Tiny Tales for Tiny Chairs
  • Tiny Tots Puppet Time
  • Tiptoe Marionettes
  • Tom Thumb's Tall Adventure
  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse
  • Town Square Glove Hour
  • Treasure Hunt Birthday Play
  • Trunk Full of Voices
  • Turtle Takes the Bus
  • Twelve Dancing Princesses on Strings
  • Twilight Screen Puppets
  • Twine & Timber Puppets
  • Two Heads Are Funnier
  • Two Left Hands Puppet Co.
  • Two Voices, One Chair

U: 1 name

  • Up Pops a Friend

V: 3 names

  • Vacation Bible School Puppet Crew
  • Voice in the Box
  • Voices Everywhere Comedy Show

W: 12 names

  • Wake Up, Mister Moon
  • Wave to the Whale
  • Wednesday Glove Workshop
  • Where Is Bunny's Button?
  • Whistlestop Puppet Wagon
  • Who Ate the Frosting?
  • Who Lives in the Mitten?
  • Who Said That?
  • Wire & Whimsy Marionettes
  • Wobblewood Puppet Company
  • Wood You Believe It?
  • Wooden Knees Marionettes

Y: 2 names

  • Yarn Barn Puppets
  • Young Authors Puppet Festival