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Tales of ᏓᎦᏏ Dagsi Turtle and ᏥᏍᏚ Jisdu Wabbit

  • Great Plains Puppet Train Festival West Liberty, Iowa 52776 USA (map)

Presented as part of the Great Plains Puppet Train Festival in West Liberty, Iowa.

Dagsi Turtle & his sidekick Jisdu Wabbit race through time and space in a musical adventure into Cherokee Futurism.

Hop aboard the Turtleship and join Dagsi and Jisdu’s quest to help Grandmother Turtle raise the Gadugi (spirit of cooperation) throughout the universe.

Tales, a 2025 Jim Henson Foundation Family Theater Grant Awardee, features catchy original tunes and out-of-this-world puppet characters. The show is created and performed by Cherokee Nation citizen Chris Griffith and Shari Aronson, directed by Julie Boada (Anishinabe).

For complete festival information, go to: https://greatplainspuppettrain.com/performance/

Earlier Event: August 21
Indigenous Puppetry Cohort Weekend #2
Later Event: September 18
Indigenous Puppetry Cohort Weekend #3