Uncanny Valley Puppet Slam

An evening of short puppetry performances for grown-ups

Featuring puppeteers from the Hudson Valley, NYC, and beyond, Uncanny Valley is Newburgh's first-ever puppet slam, presenting an eclectic mix of puppetry styles and performances at Safe Harbors' Lobby at the Ritz each spring and fall. 

Taking inspiration from the worlds of vaudeville and cabaret, and from experimental theater, art, music, and dance, puppet slams are curated short-form puppetry acts for adult audiences that can be humorous, dark, thought-provoking, or all of the above.

Uncanny Valley is presented in association with Dov Manley.

Read about Uncanny Valley in Chronogram.

Safe Harbors' Performing Arts & Community Programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Uncanny Valley Puppet Slam is supported by a grant from the Puppet Slam Network.

  • A man stands on stage operating a puppet on strings. The puppet wears a bright green outfit an sits at a table.
  • A man stands behind a large puppet wearing a mic. The puppet resembles a frog and wears an elegant pink dress and feather hat and has eye-catching pink lipstick and long eyelashes.
  • A woman stands onstage in front of a white backdrop with drawings of animals and other creatures. She holds what appears to be a bird in a nest, and there's a sign on the right that says "Earth Timeline"
  • A person carefully holds a vibrantly colored puppet onstage
  • Three people stand on stage, one of them in the center puts a sock puppet through a laundry basket.