THE BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER

Formed by Peter Schumann (1934), a German refugee then living in lower Manhattan, the company took its name from the dark homemade bread that they shared with audiences after each performance and from the use of stick puppets. The spectacle-styled pieces are usually narrated by someone who controls the sound, while the puppets, usually quite large, often require several people to manipulate them. I have seen them work in churches as well as outdoors, with and for both adults and...