Margaret Moody Puppets

Top Performer

Arlington, MA

$225 and up

Travels up to 60 miles

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Cow and Mouse's Picnic Clip

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About the Monkey King

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Taking Turns Clip

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Two fairies: Dewdrop and Blossom from "Badger Meets the Fairies"

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Badger from "Badger Meets the Fairies"

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Mathilda and Dog from "Mathilda's Bath"

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the Monkey King

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Overview

Bring a gentle, funny puppet show to your next gathering! 30-minute shows followed by simple puppet-making or puppet-play. Margaret's shows are best for ages four and up.
Margaret's newest show, "Taking Turns," features Mathilda and her friend Doggie, who can't stand to take turns on a bouncy house at a birthday party.
For older children and adults, "Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven" is an exciting choice. In this episode of the Chinese epic "Journey to the West," the Monkey King is thrilled to have a job in the Heavens, but changes his attitude when the Jade Emperor leaves him out of an important banquet.


Reviews

24 reviews

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Gloria L.

January 12, 2026
Verified review

Bright Village Early Education Performance

Thank you for an outstanding performance. Our students were highly engaged and gained so much from the experience.

Hired as: Storyteller


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Sandi G.

October 20, 2025
Verified review

Engaging and interactive!

I am so happy to give this review of Margaret Moody Puppets! She was engaging and interactive with the audience. Both children and families enjoyed the show. I will book Margaret for many more events for our program!

Hired as: Puppet Show


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Rhonda F.

July 22, 2025
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Highly recommend! Margaret is fantastic!

Our school community loved Margaret’s puppet show! Margaret knows her audience and is warm, kind and professional! Our children absolutely loved her! The kiddos are still talking about it! We can’t wait to invite her back!

Hired as: Puppet Show


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Gloria L.

July 11, 2025
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Bright Village Early Education Performance

We had the absolute best experience with Margaret and her incredible puppet show! From the moment the show started, the kids were completely captivated—laughing, shouting with joy, and totally engaged from beginning to end. The puppets were colorful and full of personality, and the storytelling was both entertaining and age-appropriate with just the right mix of humor and heart.

Hired as: Puppet Show, Storyteller


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Amy R.

November 19, 2024
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Margaret Moody Puppets.

Margaret was fantastic! She was so engaged with the kids and they loved her!

Hired as: Puppet Show

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Margaret Moody Puppets

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Booking information

Price range: $225 and up

Languages: English

Gig length: 40 - 70 minutes

Insurance: $1,000,000 - Individual Home business policy

What to expect

My shows are lively and gentle -- a badger helps fairies build a playground; a muddy little pig decides to take a bath; a young cow struggles over whether to share cookies with his friend.

Before each show I introduce myself and some of the puppets so that children know who is behind the puppet stage. Shows last around 30 minutes, followed by time to play with soft fabric puppets or make simple ones with paper and yarn. I provide materials and clean up.

Making sure everyone is safe from Covid-19 transmission is vital. I've been vaccinated. I am happy to perform outdoors and use masks when interacting indoors. Talk to me about any concerns!

About

I'm a puppeteer and mother of 3 living in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Since the late 1980s I've performed in schools, museums, libraries and parties, both on my own and with two troupes -- Galapagos Puppets and Dream Tale Puppets. My children, who are now in their teens and 20s, taught me that children want to touch and make puppets so I like to include time after the show for puppet-making or puppet-play.

I love the way two hands with puppets can tell a lot of stories!

Additional booking notes

My stage is the size of a loveseat -- 4' across, 5' high, 5' deep.

For summer 2021, I plan to perform mainly outdoors, bringing a battery-operated sound system. No need for electricity.

Please allow me access to the performing area an hour in advance to set up my stage and sound equipment.

Upcoming booked events

June 2026

10

Wednesday

Taking Turns

9:00am - 1:00pm

14

Sunday

Dragon Boat Festival

11:00am - 2:30pm

16

Tuesday

Taking Turns

9:00am - 1:00pm

20

Saturday

Arlington Porchfest

All-day event

23

Tuesday

"Alice" rehearsal

All-day event

24

Wednesday

"Alice" rehearsal

All-day event

25

Thursday

"Growing Things"

9:00am - 12:00pm

July 2026

13

Monday

Camp Event

10:00am - 10:45am

Lexington, MA

15

Wednesday

Taking Turns

8:00am - 10:30am

16

Thursday

School Assembly

10:00am - 12:00pm

East Weymouth, MA

16

Thursday

"Alice" rehearsal

3:00pm - 7:00pm

17

Friday

"Alice" performance, Woods Hole

12:00pm - 5:00pm

18

Saturday

Growing Things

All-day event

24

Friday

"Badger Meets the Fairies," Woods Hole

12:00pm - 5:00pm

27

Monday

"Badger Meets the Fairies," Cotuit

9:00am - 1:00pm

28

Tuesday

"Cow and Mouse's Picnic"

9:00am - 12:00pm

29

Wednesday

summer camp performance

12:30pm - 4:00pm

August 2026

17

Monday

Arts camp

All-day event

18

Tuesday

Arts Camp

All-day event

19

Wednesday

Arts Camp

All-day event

20

Thursday

Arts Camp

All-day event

20

Thursday

School Assembly

11:00am - 11:30am

Providence, RI

21

Friday

Arts Camp

All-day event

24

Monday

Arts Camp

All-day event

25

Tuesday

Arts Camp

All-day event

26

Wednesday

Arts Camp

All-day event

27

Thursday

Arts Camp

All-day event

28

Friday

Arts Camp

All-day event

September 2026

10

Thursday

Rehearsal "Fiery Mountain"

All-day event (Fri)

12

Saturday

"The Fiery Mountain"

10:00am - 3:30pm

25

Friday

"The Ice River"

All-day event

Past booked events

May 2026

13

Wednesday

rehearsal

9:00am - 1:00pm

07

Thursday

"Alice" rehearsal

All-day event

06

Wednesday

rehearsal

9:00am - 1:00pm

April 2026

29

Wednesday

rehearsal

9:00am - 1:00pm

25

Saturday

“Alice” with Dream Tale Puppets

All-day event

24

Friday

“Alice” with Dream Tale Puppets

All-day event

22

Wednesday

rehearsal

9:00am - 1:00pm

18

Saturday

Badger Meets the Fairies

9:30am - 4:00pm

11

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Westborough, MA

March 2026

15

Sunday

Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven

10:00am - 2:30pm

14

Saturday

Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven

10:00am - 2:30pm

February 2026

08

Sunday

Taking Turns

10:00am - 1:00pm

07

Saturday

Concert

1:00pm - 4:00pm

January 2026

11

Sunday

The Ice River

All-day event

10

Saturday

rehearsal

All-day event

09

Friday

School Assembly

10:00am - 11:00am

Salem, NH

December 2025

13

Saturday

"Badger Meets the Fairies"

2:30pm - 5:00pm

12

Friday

Taking Turns

9:00am - 12:00pm

07

Sunday

The Trolls & the Tree

All-day event

06

Saturday

The Trolls & the Tree

All-day event

05

Friday

The Trolls & the Tree

All-day event

04

Thursday

The Trolls & the Tree

All-day event

November 2025

23

Sunday

Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven

11:00am - 1:00pm

22

Saturday

Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven

11:00am - 1:00pm

16

Sunday

Alice

8:00am - 5:00pm

15

Saturday

Badger Meets the Fairies

9:00am - 2:00pm

08

Saturday

Arlington Open Studios

All-day event

October 2025

25

Saturday

"Alice" performance

10:00am - 5:00pm

24

Friday

"Alice" Rehearsal

All-day event

18

Saturday

School Assembly

11:30am - 12:30pm

Newton Lower Falls, MA

September 2025

27

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Providence, RI

21

Sunday

"Alice" Rehearsal

9:00am - 3:00pm

20

Saturday

"Alice" Rehearsal

9:00am - 3:00pm

14

Sunday

Bikeway performance

9:00am - 3:00pm

August 2025

29

Friday

Summer Camp

All-day event

28

Thursday

Summer Camp

All-day event

27

Wednesday

Summer Camp

All-day event

26

Tuesday

Summer Camp

All-day event

25

Monday

Summer Camp

All-day event

20

Wednesday

Puppet Shows

9:00am - 4:00pm

18

Monday

Workshops

11:00am - 5:00pm

July 2025

21

Monday

School Assembly

10:00am - 10:30am

Providence, RI

19

Saturday

Alice, Dream Tale Puppets

All-day event

18

Friday

Alice in Wonderlands, Dream Tale Puppets

8:00am - 5:00pm

17

Thursday

Alice

8:00am - 5:00pm

16

Wednesday

Camp Event

10:00am - 10:45am

Westborough, MA

16

Wednesday

Cow and Mouse's Picnic

9:00am - 12:30pm

11

Friday

Camp Event

10:00am - 11:00am

Salem, NH

03

Thursday

Workshops

11:00am - 5:00pm

June 2025

27

Friday

Alice rehearsal

All-day event (Sat)

21

Saturday

Porchfest

2:00pm - 6:00pm

17

Tuesday

Growing Things

9:00am - 12:00pm

12

Thursday

Cow and Mouse's Picnic

9:00am - 12:30pm

08

Sunday

Drumming concert

11:00am - 3:00pm

02

Monday

Trolls and the Tree

9:00am - 12:00pm

02

Monday

The Trolls and the Tree

9:00am - 11:30am

May 2025

10

Saturday

Family event

12:00pm - 8:00pm

03

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Boston, MA

March 2025

19

Wednesday

Growing Things

9:00am - 12:00pm

February 2025

08

Saturday

Taking Turns

9:00am - 12:00pm

January 2025

23

Thursday

The Ice River

All-day event

10

Friday

Growing Things

9:00am - 12:00pm

December 2024

14

Saturday

Badger Meets the Fairies

3:00pm - 4:30pm

14

Saturday

Cow and Mouse's Picnic

11:00am - 2:00pm

November 2024

15

Friday

Camp Event

6:00pm - 7:00pm

East Greenwich, RI

05

Tuesday

Camp Event

10:00am - 10:45am

Cambridge, MA

October 2024

20

Sunday

"Cow and Mouse: Planting Time"

11:00am - 1:00pm

19

Saturday

"Cow and Mouse: Planting Time"

11:00am - 1:00pm

August 2024

16

Friday

Alice in Wonderland

10:00am - 3:00pm

14

Wednesday

Cow and Mouse: Planting Time

4:30pm - 6:30pm

12

Monday

Badger Meets the Fairies

1:00pm - 3:00pm

09

Friday

"Jack and the Beanstalk"

10:00am - 12:00pm

08

Thursday

"Jack in the Beanstalk"

10:00am - 12:00pm

06

Tuesday

Badger Meets the Fairies

11:00am - 1:00pm

July 2024

31

Wednesday

Taking Turns

10:00am - 10:30am

25

Thursday

Cow and Mouse in the Garden

8:00am - 12:00pm

18

Thursday

"The Trolls and the Tree"

1:00pm - 5:00pm

16

Tuesday

"Alice" with Dream Tale Puppets

All-day event

15

Monday

"Alice" with Dream Tale Puppets

All-day event

12

Friday

“Alice”

11:00am - 6:00pm

June 2024

13

Thursday

"The Trolls and the Tree"

9:00am - 11:00am

13

Thursday

TheTrolls & the Tree

8:00am - 12:00pm

04

Tuesday

The Trolls & the Tree

8:30am - 1:00pm

May 2024

19

Sunday

Story and Puppet Time

11:00am - 1:00pm

18

Saturday

"Cow and Mouse's Picnic"

3:00pm - 4:00pm

18

Saturday

Story and Puppet Time

11:00am - 1:00pm

April 2024

27

Saturday

"Cow and Mouse: Planting Time"

10:00am - 2:00pm

07

Sunday

Puppet and Story Time (rain date)

11:00am - 1:00pm

06

Saturday

Birthday party

4:00pm - 6:00pm

06

Saturday

Puppet and Story Time

11:00am - 1:00pm

March 2024

09

Saturday

"The Ice River"

1:00pm - 5:00pm

February 2024

21

Wednesday

Puppet show

3:00pm - 5:00pm

17

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

11:00am - 11:45am

Cambridge, MA

January 2024

13

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

4:30pm - 5:15pm

Lincoln, MA

11

Thursday

Taking Turns

9:00am - 10:30am

09

Tuesday

Cow and Mouse’s Picnic

9:00am - 10:30am

December 2023

19

Tuesday

“Mathilda’s Bath”

3:00pm - 5:00pm

10

Sunday

"Mathilda's Bath" -- rain date

2:00pm - 5:00pm

09

Saturday

"Mathilda's Bath"

2:00pm - 5:00pm

03

Sunday

Children’s Birthday Party

11:30am - 12:00pm

South Grafton, MA

November 2023

19

Sunday

Children’s Birthday Party

2:30pm - 3:15pm

Reading, MA

19

Sunday

Birthday show

1:30pm - 4:00pm

12

Sunday

“The Trolls and the Tree”

All-day event

05

Sunday

"Mathilda's Bath"

11:00am - 12:00pm

04

Saturday

"Mathilda's Bath"

11:00am - 12:00pm

01

Wednesday

“Taking Turns”

2:00pm - 5:00pm

October 2023

21

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Hingham, MA

15

Sunday

Greenwoods Puppetry Festival

All-day event

14

Saturday

Greenwoods Puppet Festival

All-day event

13

Friday

Greenwoods Puppets Festival

All-day event

September 2023

29

Friday

Rehearsal -- "Alice"

All-day event

28

Thursday

Rehearsal -- "Alice"

All-day event

27

Wednesday

Rehearsal -- "Alice"

All-day event

25

Monday

Personal Occasion

11:30am - 12:15pm

Swampscott, MA

22

Friday

Rehearsal -- "The Ice River"

All-day event

21

Thursday

Rehearsal -- "The Ice River"

All-day event

20

Wednesday

Rehearsal -- All day

All-day event

August 2023

07

Monday

Alice in Wonderland(s)

All-day event

03

Thursday

Show

10:00am - 12:00pm

02

Wednesday

Workshop

12:00pm - 2:00pm

July 2023

28

Friday

Nonprofit Event

10:00am - 10:30am

Braintree, MA

27

Thursday

Shows

9:30am - 1:30pm

26

Wednesday

Workshop

12:00pm - 2:30pm

20

Thursday

Puppet show

9:00am - 12:00pm

19

Wednesday

Puppet show

11:00am - 1:30pm

12

Wednesday

Mathilda’s Bath

9:30am - 1:00pm

11

Tuesday

Badger Meets the Fairies

2:00pm - 6:00pm

08

Saturday

Alice show

9:00am - 3:30pm

07

Friday

Rehearsal

11:00am - 6:00pm

06

Thursday

Alice in Wonderland(s)

All-day event

May 2023

20

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

4:00pm - 4:45pm

Holbrook, MA

December 2022

17

Saturday

Mathilda’s Bath

10:00am - 12:00pm

10

Saturday

Taking Turns

3:00pm - 5:00pm

November 2022

05

Saturday

Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven

1:30pm - 4:30pm

September 2022

17

Saturday

Badger Meets the Fairies

12:00pm - 5:00pm

August 2022

17

Wednesday

Badger Meets the Fairies

4:30pm - 7:30pm

04

Thursday

Taking Turns, Badger Meets the Fairies

9:00am - 4:00pm

03

Wednesday

Cow and Mouse's Picnic

9:00am - 11:30am

July 2022

16

Saturday

Alice with Dream Tale Puppets

10:30am - 2:30pm

15

Friday

Alice or the Red King’s Dream

1:30pm - 3:30pm

13

Wednesday

The Trolls and the Tree

10:30am - 12:00pm

12

Tuesday

Alice or the Red King’s Dream

6:30pm - 8:00pm

June 2022

23

Thursday

Rehearsal

All-day event (Fri)

04

Saturday

The Trolls and the Tree

10:30am - 12:00pm

May 2022

21

Saturday

Badger Meets the Fairies

2:30pm - 5:00pm

April 2022

20

Wednesday

Nonprofit Event

11:00am - 12:00pm

Boston, MA

15

Friday

Children’s Birthday Party

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Brookline, MA

03

Sunday

Monkey Makes Mischief in Heaven

All-day event

02

Saturday

Minke makes Mischief in Heaven

All-day event

March 2022

08

Tuesday

Preschool puppet show

10:00am - 11:00am

07

Monday

Preschool puppet show

10:00am - 11:00am

January 2022

27

Thursday

School Assembly

8:00am - 9:00am

Coventry, RI

October 2021

30

Saturday

Children’s Birthday Party

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Bedford, NH

September 2021

10

Friday

Nonprofit Event

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Wakefield, MA

August 2021

24

Tuesday

School Assembly

11:00am - 11:45am

Medway, MA

06

Friday

Library show

10:00am - 3:30pm

04

Wednesday

Library show

10:00am - 3:30pm

July 2021

30

Friday

Library show

10:00am - 3:30pm

June 2021

25

Friday

Library show

10:00am - 3:30pm

May 2021

22

Saturday

Badger Meets the Fairies

3:30pm - 4:30pm

18

Tuesday

Puppet show at party

4:00pm - 5:30pm

January 2020

10

Friday

Nonprofit Event

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Dracut, MA

October 2019

19

Saturday

Children's Birthday Party

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Westborough, MA

July 2019

13

Saturday

Nonprofit Event

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Somerville, MA

February 2019

21

Thursday

Fundraiser

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Pembroke, MA

14

Thursday

Personal Occasion

12:00pm - 2:00pm

Milton, MA

October 2018

20

Saturday

Children's Birthday Party

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Winchester, MA

July 2018

28

Saturday

Children's Birthday Party

2:00pm - 3:00pm

Winchester, MA

June 2018

30

Saturday

Children's Birthday Party

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Walpole, MA

Influences and inspiration

I studied traditional Taiwanese puppetry (Chang Chung Hsi, called 'theater of the palm of the hand') with a master in Taiwan. In this style of hand puppetry, puppets can flip, fly and run, as well as walk naturally and humorously. I try to bring the liveliness and intricacy of Taiwanese puppetry into all my shows.

Setup requirements

I need a flat area 5' X 5' for my stage and backstage. Having cover from sun for the audience would be ideal.

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