The Hudson Vagabond Puppets return to the Patchogue Theatre with their presentation of MAMMOTH FOLLIES .

From 1984 to 1998, Mammoth Follies was performed for audiences all over the country, including the BAM Opera House. After a 7-year absence, the dinosaurs will once again storm the stage in a completely renovated production of this wildly popular and thoroughly educational production.

Mammoth Follies explores the wonders of evolution in an old-fashioned revue of original songs, witty jokes, and earth-smashing dances performed by giant dinosaur puppets. This program will dramatize historic and scientific facts (as well as some myths) about the great age of the dinosaur.

Enormous puppets populate the stage, including your host Willie Mammoth, Smiley the Saber-Toothed Tiger, Bessie the 27-foot long Apatosaurus, Tony and Trixie Triceratops, Terry the Pterodactyl, and the 11-foot tall T. Rex in a musical trip through pre-history.

HUDSON VAGABOND PUPPETS, incorporated in 1980 as a not-for-profit company, creates larger-than-life puppetry and mask programs designed to fit into the school curriculum as well as to entertain children and their families. Our performers are professional dancers and actors. Clad in black, the puppeteers borrow from the traditional Japanese Bunraku style of puppetry, becoming mere shadows of the enormous figures they bring to life.

HVP tours nationally throughout the year and has performed in concert halls, theater, colleges, and major performing arts centers, including The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, where THE SILLY JELLYFISH was a big hit in our 2006-2007 season!