NYSPF 2026 - Kayfabe
Schedule
Wed, 17 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 18 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
The Theater at Innovation Square | Rochester, NY
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Wednesday, June 16 7PMThursday, June 17 7PM
**This performance is in Rochester, NY**
This performance is made possible by Five Star Bank
KAYFABE is a puppet wrestling entertainment spectacular written, directed, and designed by Josh Rice, presented by the New York State Puppet Festival. Table-top puppetry meets pro wrestling meets a rock show! High art meets low art meets Samuel Beckett! This frenetic frenzy of puppet wrestling action is an absurdist meta-fictional love letter to professional wrestling and puppetry.
Philosopher Roland Barthes wrote, "the function of the wrestler is not to win; it is to go exactly through the motions that are expected of him." What is expected of a puppet when the persona of Dr. Kiss, and the tropes and trappings of the professional wrestling world are thrust upon them, as they barrel toward their destiny as the main event of PuppetMania?
Expect the unexpected when form meets function, when reality and fantasy collide, when the lines between real and fake blur-this is Kayfabe.
https://www.joshriceprojects.com/kayfabe
Appropriate for all audiences.
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Where is it happening?
The Theater at Innovation Square, 131 Chestnut Street,Rochester, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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