The Long Island Puppet Theatre & Museum was built especially for the children of Long Island. It is a cultural center dedicated to the art of puppetry, theatre, beauty, and quality family entertainment. It is a place where fantasy comes alive. This intimate puppet theatre, the first of it's kind, conceived from a dream, brings the hearts of children of all ages into a world of of imagination; an experience of a lifetime.
Expressions And Beyond
The Long Island Puppet Theatre is a living canvas of the artist & muralist Roman Valdes.The Cuban artist has expressed himself not only through his paintings, designing, decorating, acting, dancing, writing, gardening, collecting objects of beauty, but he also has created the only puppet theatre & puppet musem on Long Island.
It Takes More Than Puppets On Strings
To Keep A Theatre & Museum Moving
Dedication and hard work are not just quite enough.
Eliza Valdes, co-founder, and director of The Long Island Puppet Theatre & Museum, uses her know-how to do so. This beautiful and fascinating woman of many wonderful talents has created the largest puppet museum in the country, and one of the very few beautiful puppet theatres in the world. How does she do it? As a business woman, a macrobiotic counselor, or a Feng Shui consultant? These are definitely some of her talents that make up the secret of her success, but most of all: it is the her love for all the children, her husband Roman Valdes, and his dream: that is what it really makes it work!