I feel that this place is wonderful adventure to explore. I love the fact of they family friendly, kids love them & also great place to have live kids entertainment for a couples setting. I specifically love that part. Not only was deemed a national historical land mark of the USA. Oh by the way did you know yhat in 1929 it was church.

The puppet show was great and they took the time to answer questions about how the puppets work. The tour after the show was informative and cool. Lots of history here. Really cool experience.

This was my first experience with adult puppet theater, and I wont return.I am fairly sure that the childrens puppet theater is much better than last nights adult puppet slam! There were eight different acts. I enjoyed two of them, the ones by the professional visiting puppeteer from back east. The rest were either lame, bad, just okay, or much too long. However, the pink kitten and cathead puppets that were the MCs, were incredible. Beautiful old building with some interesting puppet displays. Glad we went once, but wont return.

Visited while on a school field trip, my daughter and I absolutely loved it. Staff was friendly and items in the gift shop were reasonable priced. The puppet museum was awesome too

Today we attended the theater on a field trip. At first I thought I wasnt going to like the show. It was pretty slow going at first I thought (almost like a low budget show) but ended up being pretty cute. The kids really enjoyed it. We broke off into 3 groups for the tour and I kinda felt rushed through everything. I myself after having been there probably wouldnt go again since its such a small venue. Unless they were advertising a specific new show. Its nice to experience at least once though. I also enjoyed the woman who did the introduction on the little piano to get the kids ready for the puppet show. I gave 4 stars instead of 3 because the artistry & talent of the puppeteer was REALLY fascinating to see. The puppeteer we had today was from Poland & has been doing it for a few decades I think. The puppets were really cool too (very detailed) and he made all of them!!! Very interesting!

Wonderful! Every time Ive gone the show was fantastic!!! Recently went to Cinderella and the ball and other activities! My daughter loved it.

Fun place and great puppets. A lot to see and definitely something different to do than the normal. Great shows and worth visiting in az for sure

Great venue. Great artists. Great people. Great shows. Been bringing my kids for about 4 years. They love it. Also, they are learning to think creatively, how to be a good audience members and appreciators of the arts.

Shows are extremely creative and entertaining. I have come here on numerous occasions since I was a kid and they never disappoint. Staff here is truly one of a kind. You can tell they love what they do.

Sweet little puppet theater in an old church building. The kids enjoyed it, though it is pricey for the length of show. Little ones can sit up front for a better view!

Bring your kids. Is very much fun for everyone

Very cool space for this kind of activity. Small, relatively intimate. No chairs for the kids but it works well. One-woman puppet show was very well done, considering all the characters, voices, songs in the repertoire. Bravo!

So much fun. Went to a childrens performance and it was great. My grands, 3 & 5, live coming here.

These guys do a great job with organizing and presenting the shows. My daughter and I have caught almost every show in the last year, and she has fun each time. The special events are also tons of fun for the kids. After the show, shell spend a little time making a puppet at their craft table before well go across the street to the friendship garden to feed the fish and then finish up at the park next door. Being near downtown, there are also a lot of great restaurants and cool shops nearby to check out. It makes for a very fun Saturday afternoon.

A little creepy and mysterious! So fun. The puppet show was amazing, I see why they win awards. Its in a dark refurbished church with puppets everywhere in glass. Perfect for kids. Magical experience and a great show.

Great venue if you are looking for something unique. Came here for a birthday party. Never knew it was there. Interesting museum attached. Theater was fun. Kids loved it. The room after for the party was spacious. Good grounds. Great staff. Clean facilities.

This was so fun! The puppeteer who did the Rapunzel show was fantastic! The building is really cool too. It is a historical building so you get to experience a lot here.

Fun for toddlers and young children. Interactive

Lasted for 45 minutes. The young kids had a mat they could sit on in front. A small theater and a nice gift shop. Everyone there quite knowledgeable.

Took my 3 year old daughter to See Jack and The Beanstalk. It is a very family oriented environment. She loved the show. She thought the Giant was hilarious!

Great entertainment, these people are truly great at what they do. From its rustic appearance to its great puppeteers, youll leave this place with a memory that last forever.

If you have very little ones, this place is perfect. There is a section for kids to make their own little puppets, a tiny museum esque section, and carpets for the kids to hang out on during the show. The shows start with sing alongside and play and they ask for engagement throughout the show (call and answer stuff) to keep focus.the kids also get to meet (gently) the puppets at the end. Very cute

I have never been to a puppet show. This was an excellent experience and the show (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) was very entertaining. Highly recommend it for all ages.

Very nice venue for events that. Want yo capture your young childs imagination.. great for little to let ones creativity yo be encouraged to develop

Very well managed and polite. The show we saw was cute and funny for the family.

This place is a treasure! The puppet shows are engaging and the collection of hand-crafted marionettes and puppets of many styles is just amazing!

Wonderful treasure for young and old.

Kids (1yr & 5yrs) LOVED it! Such a cool thing to do on a day, or morning off. The fun continues when kids can make their own puppet after the show. Get away from the TV screens, and give the kiddos some real-life entertainment.

This place is awesome! If youre looking for something new and unique to do with your family and friends or even on date night, go to a puppet show! Seriously, its so much fun. Most of the shows are for kids and adults, but they also do Adult Puppet Slams (hello, date night!) where you can enjoy more adult-themed shows and an alcoholic beverage. Its centrally located (its across the street from the Japanese Friendship Garden) had a parking lot.

Field trip with my daughter

Great educational piece for my kids.

Great for little kiddos to watch puppet theater. For about 3/4th grade and younger.

We go to the Adult Puppet Slam the first Friday and Saturday of the month. It is hysterical and entertaining. I suggest this for a fun, adult night out.

Puppets! If youre young at heart or have young hearts (kids), you belong here. Ive seen at least 20 shows here with my daughter, (shes 3), the wife as well, and we love it here. Some classic stories and new ones are shown here but always fun to watch. Suggest getting to the place early, sometimes a 100 + school kids show up and could be tough to get some front seats. Most shows can be seen from any seat though. All kids usually seat on the ground anyway. They have a membership, and gift shop, but free bag puppets the kids can make and take. Never a bad idea to catch a show.

Beautiful facility, great staff, wonderful shows. Phoenix is lucky to have this exceptional art and puppetry resource. Easy to get there and park (free) as well. And the prices are a bargain!

Beautiful space, awesome shows. You can tell that performers truly have their hearts in it.

It was fun for my kids.I have small children, and we went during a time with guest puppeteers. It was interesting for me to learn new things, but it was kinda long for my kids. So I am not sure how it usually goes for their normal shows. I would be willing to try it again if there is another deal.

Fun place to visit, out kids lovesld it!

The puppet shows are entertaining for children and are an appropriate length! They also have learning guides of fun follow-up activities for each show that can be found on their website.

This is such a great place. They have a wonderful learning activity for children. But they also offer an adults only entertainment event almost every month that is a real crazy funny show.

I loved it I went on a field trip with my daughter and her class, they have lots to look at like puppets on display cases.

Amazingly cute little place the show ran 30 mins which was perfect as the last five mins kids got antsy. Will attend again only thing, be aware the bathrooms are quiet a distance from theater and up or down stairs.. I didnt see a handicap accessible option.

The shows are exciting and interactive. All the staff are very welcoming. Its a wonderful experience for your children.

Was cute and hilarious, very down to earth show/low budget but great actors and very entertaining.

A wonderful unique experience every single time you go!

That adult puppet slam is a great way to spend a Saturday night. If you have kids they do great kid shows during the week.

I think puppetry helps children use their imaginations and share in the creativity of live performance. GAPT is starting their 35th year as a provider of great family entertainment. They are a community treasure.

It was a great experience! Everyone was friendly and put on a great show!

When you walk into the main lobby, they show hand crafted puppets that brings me back to my childhood memories. They perform shows that are very interesting and also offer tours for behind the scenes.

Im sad to read reviews of such low ratings. i saw nothing wrong with the building, the set up, the employees, the actors... it was all done nicely and with much talent. we enjoyed going and seeing a puppet show. its not something everyone has access to, so to me, its a treat. my children loved it. we saw the princess, the unicorn and the smelly foot troll. it was a hoot! gwen was awesome! so talented! there was a lot of interaction and i even liked the get your wiggles out! they know kids, they wiggle and that made it fun and set the tone for them. not a bad review from me!

Really funny shows and cool shop.

The story teller is amazing.

I went here with my kids on a field trip, and despite one nightmare had about puppets from one of those kids, they all loved it. I would suggest instead of attempting to get the wiggles out before the show, that they start having a wiggles intermission. The show is only about an hr long, but everyone was getting restless and antsy at about the 35 min mark.

Engaging show for the kids!

Eh. Great for little ones. Nothing really for the parents.

Great my 3 year old love it, funny something different and was great to see they restore a old church

Miss this place... Have to go again

Fun thing to do with the family, they even have adult humor shows. The staff is very friendly, helpful and funny.

Fun, quaint little place in and old church building. The puppet show was fun. The kids really enjoyed it. Good experience

Great shows, staff is welcoming and friendly! They truly want you to have a good time.

I love taking the kids here! Weve been to see several of the shows and are never disappointed. Beautiful building, friendly staff and very reasonably priced family entertainment.

Its the best!

Been here for two field trips. Love it! Wish the show was a little longer and maybe two shows.

Nice show for children. They even make puppets with the children after the show. My kids really enjoyed the show. They are 2, 3, and 4 years old.

Definitely a fun show for our daughter we saw a monkey and a pirate

Nice place to take the kids and enjoy the puppets show

Love it here! Great show and my daughter enjoyed herself!

Fun, friendly for tiny tots. My grand babies are 2 and 4 and enjoy every minute..I highly recommend it.

It become boring for older kids because there is so much technology out there Xbox and other things the preschooler lost interest wanted to move around. But I get it...but who else does.. a place to take stay at home mommys preschooler can maybe become interested for 5mins. Need to step it up guys dont become complacent with what you always fall back on. Your talented resourceful step in to the 2018 find there interests expand. I only wish the best. Your puppeteer was awsome let her expand on that.By the way I was a stay at home mom with twins always looked for outlets to take them too so I could let go of the reins alittle.

Cute place, the architecture is beautiful and if you would like to buy a puppet they have them theyre inside their gift shop the staff is willing to ask questions

Im updating my review to 2.5 stars (instead of 4) and Ill explain why.First of all, its expensive. We watched Cinderella, which was adorable but a bit long and not very interactive with the children. My 2.5yo was sushed for getting excited and saying Thats cinderella! I didnt mind, because those were the rules (be quiet unless the puppets talk to you). The puppet show became a little bored towards the end, so we left. Less than 20 m8nutes of entertainment for the price of going to the movie theater. I went home and gave a 4 star review.However, we recently went to the puppet theater in San Diego, which was WAY cheaper and they constantly encouraged the kids to laugh and interact with the puppets! The play wasnt great, but my kid LOVED every moment and all the kids were laughing the whole time. So after comparing the two puppet theaters, Im really disappointed in the Phoenix puppet theater. Unless it becomes more kid friendly and/or they drop the price, we probably wont be back :( Which is sad, because going there is one of my favorite childhood memories.

Had a very good time, granddaughter loved it!!!

Most underrated entertainment in all of Phoenix. Puppets are NOT just for kids! There is no stage show better in this town than their Puppet Slams.

I worked on remodeling the building. Even if you hate puppet shows, it is worth seeing the building. You have to know what to look for, but this was built before electrical power was available, so no air conditioning! A heat towers convective action drew in fresh air from under the building, to help cool it. A coal furnace heated it and that same convective action drew the heat into the building from an old coal furnace. When I showed up to work on it, the old 1920s wiring was still there. I was happy to work on such a project. Id rather build a park than a prison any day! Theaters of any kind are an absolute joy, despite the headaches involved. Other buildings I have worked on are The Orpheum & The Hergerger Theaters. This puppet theater is special to me. It is old, and way cool. Going to see what became of it, even more special. Most of the work was done by volunteers, or companies paid employees to work on it and gave the labor away free, as a gift to the city. Some of the shows are good, some awful, but choose you show wisely and while you are there, take a look around the grounds, and see if you can spot that old heat tower, and imagine yourself in Phoenix, before air conditioning. They should frame the original plans too, as they were so artfully done. BY THE WAYIT HAS AC NOW SO NO WORRIES, (unless the power goes out).Cheers!

Very pleasant experience. The staff if very informative and passionate about their shows.

Celebrated our daughters 3rd birthday here and had a great time

Did you see the comment before me. Wow this is a family environment not a adult theater or bookstor!.....Hey whats up with the watching goats and trolls. Im outta here and would advise to keep children close.

Went with 1st graders. They loved it.

Cool puppets on display and a wide variety of shows for all ages.

We went with my kids school and it was so horrible. We were literally in the theater for about 20 minutes. Not worth the money we spent

Please bring back Keith Shubert and TOYBOX!!!!!! We will always attend his performance!My husband and I were at the show last night and loved it! TOYBOX was amazing! KEITH SHUBERT is a star!!!Love the old church building as well!

Wonderful gift shop! Beautiful show!

Amazing staff, very passionate about what they do.

Autism Friendly

Great and scary

Adult puppet slams are awesome.

The adult puppet shows are amazing

Great place to take the kids

Good for young children

Kind of kool

So. Fun

Smells terribly.

Always a good time!

GREAT place for kids and adults!

Adult puppet slams are where its at

FUN,FUN,FUN

Love it

Very fun!

Kids love this place

Wonderful entertainment