Summertime Saturday Puppet Shows:
An Hour of Clown
by BreakFAST Puppets
presented by the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry and the Mansfield Downtown Partnership
The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut is excited to present its 2025 Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series with free, outdoor, family-friendly puppet shows on three Saturdays in July and August at 11:00 AM on Betsy Paterson Square in Downtown Storrs.
July 12: An Hour of Clown by BreakFAST Puppets In this fun-filled production created and performed by UConn Puppet Arts alum Anthony Sellitto-Budney, join Hour the Clown, who carries their life on their back but keeps encountering hilarious problems and mishaps. Enjoy a variety of stunts, tricks, juggling, and puppetry in this funny, nonverbal, and interactive clown show. Recommended for all ages.
Founder and Co-Artistic Director of BreakFAST Puppets Anthony Sellitto-Budney (they/them) is a graduate of the UConn Puppet Arts BFA Program, and a prolific puppeteer currently touring across the United States to great acclaim. Their approach to art and life often overlaps artistically and scientifically, using concepts from both fields of study. Sellitto-Budney is constantly creating, performing, and devising new work for both children and adults.
Reservations are not required. Chairs will not be provided, and audience members are encouraged to bring their own blankets and seating. Seating space will be first come, first served. In case of rain, the shows will take place in the Ballard Institute Theater at 1 Royce Circle in Downtown Storrs.
The Summertime Saturday Puppet Show Series is co-sponsored by the Mansfield Downtown Partnership and supported by a generous gift from Phillip Mairorana in memory of his wife Theresa Mairorana, and by UConn Gives donations by Ballard Institute supporters.
MAKE A DAY OF IT!
Enjoy breakfast before the performance or lunch afterwards at one of the 20+ restaurants in Downtown Storrs, all within an easy 7-minute walk of the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry! See what’s cooking here.
Pictured: Nautical Bowls (34 Wilbur Cross Way, next to Action Packed in the June Salamy Krisch Courtyard)
PARKING is available in the Downtown Storrs Parking Garage, which is FREE for your first 2 HOURS, and just $1/hour thereafter. The garage is about a 2-minute walk to the Ballard Institute & Museum of Puppetry.