FALL 2025
Fox Folk Fairy Tale Fun
A beautiful Princess, a brave Knight, an Enchanted Forest, and an evil Dragon . . . sets the stage for Princess Gloriana & the Jewel Trees. When it comes to dragons, our beloved Jester has one piece of advice: "Run for your lives!" Reynard the Sly Fox, though, has different advice. Whose advice makes the most sense? We'll see.
"Big" problems are troubling the Village of Minutia. Farmer Jake & Farmer can't figure it out. It seems the problems might be left up to our little friends Jack & Jill. Let's hope they can discover that "all things are possible"!
This pair of family-friendly fairly tales features over two dozen colorful, hand-crafted marionettes. Watch as animal and character puppets unfold the magic.
Public performances for Fox Folk Fairy Tale Fun are now being booked for Fall 2025...
Fox Folk Marionettes features over fifty hand-crafted marionettes that were lovingly created by the members of All Saints Episcopal Church in Appleton and by the late Bruce and Barbara Purdy. Our colorful, hand-crafted, and family-friendly marionettes stand 12-18 inches tall. FFM&F has a repertoire of shows which allows our audiences to enjoy new experiences each season.
All of our shows run about a half hour and feature between 15-25 marionettes. For groups looking for longer show times, we offer options that extend our performances to 45 minutes. Please see Fox Folk Shows for show summaries.
Marionette puppetry is becoming a rare art form. Only a few troupes in Wisconsin perform marionettes today. Fox Folk Marionettes (originally the All Saints Marionettes) debuted in 1965! In December 2025, we are celebrating 60 years in puppetry performances! Many of the original puppets and props are still in use today.
Wednesday, August 13 -- 6:30-7:30 pm
Mr. Dave presents "60 Years of Christmas Marionettes"
for the Appleton Historical Society at the Appleton Public Library.
A video version of the presentation will soon be available
on the Historical Society's YouTube channel!
Saturday, October 18 -- 11 am
Medical issues have forced us to CANCEL our Fox Folks Marionettes
& Friends performance of "Fairy Tale Fun"
at Eternal Love Church's
"Family Fall Fun Festival"
If you still want to see puppets that day, our friends at Hands 2 Grow
Puppets have agreed to do a special show that day! Thanks, H2G!
Monday, December 8 -- 6:30 pm
Fox Folks Marionettes & Friends performs our
Special 60th Anniversary Christmas Show at
Primrose Retirement Community
Wednesday, December 10 -- 9:30 & 11 am
Fox Folks Marionettes & Friends performs our
Special 60th Anniversary Christmas Show on stage
at Fox Valley Lutheran High School
Over 1000 children already signed up for this show!
Second show has been added at 11 am!
Saturday, December 13 -- 11 am & 1 pm
Fox Folks Marionettes & Friends performs our
Special 60th Anniversary Christmas Show at
Touchmark Retirement Community
Sunday, December 21 - 9:30-10:30 am
Fox Folks Marionettes & Friends performs our
Special 60th Anniversary Christmas Show at
Eternal Love Church between services
FFM&F is booking shows for
Easter season in 2026!
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Fox Folk Fairy Tale Fun
is booking for the 2025 Fall season.
Enjoy our shows
Princess Gloriana & the Dragon &
I Can Do All Things!
For Christmas 2025, FFM&F will be offering a Special 60th Anniversary show!
See one of the original shows -
The Forgotten Wiseman - and a brand new show
entitled
Three Gifts for the Princess
