Talking Hands founder Anna Sobel is a Fulbright Fellow who studied puppetry in India and now performs with her own cast of hand made, one-of-a-kind puppets.

With its mission to promote knowledge about Latino culture, Teatro SEA stages bilingual plays in its downtown theatre.

This little-known local treasure produces several puppet shows a year in the Cottage, a listed historic house in the state of New York.

The two-person, many-puppet cast performs 45 minute marionette shows based on popular children's stories, and on Saturdays and Sundays at 4:30 p.m., the performers play for a private audience.

The Manhattan Children's Theatre has been entertaining New Yorkers with its adaptations of literary classics since 2002. Performances are on Saturdays and Sundays at 12:00 and 2:00 pm.

For younger children (ages 1-4) Hostak has a musical show, in which she appears in character (options include train conductor, clown, rag doll and Cinderella, among others).

These interactive mystery tours engage children with drama, clues, and problem solving. Eight or more professional actors (and some mystery writers) act out a scenario, which ends in a murder.

Marcia the Musical Moose is an entertainer whose performances are designed for children ages 1-7.

Vital Children's Theatre's musicals run between 40 minutes and one hour, are performed by adults and are suitable for children ages 2-12.

With Literally Alive children not only get to watch but participate in the creation of theatre.