LilySilly Puppets

Freeville, NY

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Travels up to 60 miles

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Puppet Sloth on Aunt Irene's Show

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Aunt Irene's Variety Show

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The fuzzy Mr. Blue

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Wanda & the 3 Potions

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Opera Cat

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Clementine

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Puppets!

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LilySilly Puppet Theater at Trumansburg Montessori School

Overview

Puppet shows for children and adults. Puppet making workshops for kids. All puppets made from recycled materials. During COVID, we are very hesitant to perform shows indoors unless there are special circumstances that allow for safe social distancing in a larger space. Hope you understand, and thanks.


Reviews

3 reviews

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Rosa P.

September 1, 2020
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WOW! Amazing job!

From the start, Lily was a great communicator and was so kind! The show started on time and they were great about being flexible with social distancing, etc. The show was GREAT! All ages loved it and my birthday boy asked me the next day if the show could come again! I highly recommend it!

Hired as: Children’s Party Entertainment, Puppet Show


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Ginny D.

May 27, 2019
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Awesome birthday puppet show and puppet making-workshop

LilySilly Puppets delighted our 5-year old birthday boy and his friends with her variety show (with songs in 4 languages and lots of good silly moments). Then the kids got to see how the puppet show works, and everyone made puppets to take home. It was a great birthday show, and I highly recommend LilySilly!

Hired as: Children’s Party Entertainment, Puppet Show


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Timothy R.

September 8, 2016

Charming, fun and delightful puppet show

LilySilly entertained a group of 3 year-olds at my son's birthday party with a guitar accompanied puppet show that captivated the children (and perhaps the adults too). My son loved it. After the performance she spent some time showing the fascinated children how the show worked. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

Hired as: Children’s Party Entertainment, Puppet Show

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Booking information

Price range: Contact for rates

Languages: English, Russian

Gig length: 30 - 120 minutes

What to expect

We come with our puppet theater stage, a ton of puppets and all the sound equipment we need to give you a great show. We have a few different shows depending on your needs, ages of the audience..etc.
We have an all ages show called "Aunt Irene's Late at Night Show" full of variety acts like singing sloths, celebrity guests like Johnny Depp and Carl Sagan, odd lizards, fuzzy puppets, and jazzy songs. We have another show called "Wanda & the 3 Potions" with a wizard, an Opera Cat, a pair of singing lips and a celebrity giraffe.
We can perform for half an hour to two hours and can offer the children some puppets to play with after the show. We also offer puppet-making workshops with materials included.
If you have something specific in mind, just ask and we'll try to fit your needs as best as we can.

About

Who is LilySilly?

Lily Gershon – I’m a puppeteer, singer, puppet maker, and educator. I got my masters in Education and was once an English teacher but now I make puppets, perform puppet theater and work with local schools.

I’m also part of a jazz duo in which I sing in a number of languages. I combine my puppet making and my singing to create performances for kids and adults.

Matthew Ocone, a classically trained guitarist, plays live music for my puppet shows – he received his degree from Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY and teaches guitar lessons, as well as performing for weddings and festive events.

Additional booking notes

We bring all our own sound equipment and can perform inside and outdoors, with or without a power outlet. Power is only needed if we are doing a puppet-making workshop with you.

Past booked events

November 2023

05

Sunday

Children’s Birthday Party

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Ithaca, NY

August 2020

30

Sunday

Children’s Birthday Party

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Baldwinsville, NY

May 2019

25

Saturday

Children's Birthday Party

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Ithaca, NY

March 2019

02

Saturday

Children's Birthday Party

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Towanda, PA

September 2018

15

Saturday

Festival

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Constantia, NY

July 2017

23

Sunday

Birthday (Child)

11:00am - 11:45am

Ithaca, NY

November 2015

14

Saturday

Sunny Days of Ithaca

7:00pm - 8:00pm

13

Friday

Birthday (Child)

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Rochester, NY

Set list

Here are some of the songs we can incorporate into our show:

If I Only Had a Brain
Laziest Gal in Town
At Last
Besame Mucho
Champs Ulysses
Dedicated to You
Don't Fence Me In
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Fever
Hang on Little Tomato
Honey Pie
I Was Doing Alright
Just An Old Fashioned Girl
La Vie En Rose
Lets Do It
Let's Misbehave
Mackie Messer
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Russian Tango - Сердце, тебе не хочется покоя
Santa Baby
Something's Gotta Give
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Sugar in My Bowl
The Very Thought of You
Why Don't you Do Right?
Young at Heart
You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

Influences and inspiration

The Muppet Show, The Sooty Show, Sesame Street, Lamb Chops Play Along

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