Welcome to the Town of Boo! "BooTown is like those awesome shoes with the bottoms that light up. You know, like the kind we had in the 90's." ~Timothy Evers
"BooTown's a party!"
~Salvador Chevez
"BooTown is like totes my fave theatre company in Houston, y'all."
~Thomas Jefferson
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By Abby, on October 24th, 2011
Wow, this is an insane puppet show! Are we crazy, or is Punch raping Judy? Children in the 50s were real sadists. This is, however, not the MOST insane puppet show you will see this week. BooTown’s upcoming puppet show, with Camella Clements, opens this Saturday, and it will be bloodier than . . . → Read More: These Puppets Are Having a Case of the Mondays
By Emily, on October 13th, 2011
We are trying out something new…and it’s called IndieGoGo. IndieGoGo is an easy online platform for anybody in the world to raise more money, from more people, fast. It’s a pretty cool service, and we decided to set up a campaign for the puppet shows.
Help us make art! Even . . . → Read More: Check out our IndieGoGo Campaign!
By Abby, on October 11th, 2011
In case you haven’t heard, BooTown is putting on a puppet show! October 29 and November 4 & 5 we’ll be over at Caroline Collective with our good friend Camella Clements to present three new works for the puppet stage. We are very excited and have been building puppets like it’s our job… OK, . . . → Read More: Two for Tuesday – two puppets from our upcoming show!
By Abby, on October 5th, 2011
How many things can we find with the word “hump” in them. A lot!
A little Humphrey Bogart for your Wednesday courtesy of BooTown.
By Abby, on September 28th, 2011
BooTown loves Wednesdays because they are the “hump day!”
I was digging around to find a video of a Humpback whale because it’s hump day and I thought this would be very clever. Instead, I found lots of videos of Humpback whales singing, probably to save the Earth from a destructive alien probe that . . . → Read More: Wednesday is Hump Day So Here’s a Video of My Dog?
By Abby, on September 26th, 2011
Susan Lucci is as stoic as her wax figure
Imagine you are Susan Lucci today and you’ve been working on the same soap opera, as the same character, for 41 YEARS?!
And then you wake up this morning and you don’t have to go to work… you have absolutely nothing to do. Some . . . → Read More: Susan Lucci Is Having a Case of the Mondays
By Abby, on September 23rd, 2011
Oh Friday, how I love you so. I almost prefer Friday to the actual weekend because once Saturday hits, it might as well be Monday and what a disappointing weekend that was (Wow, that was depressing)!
Enough nonsense, it’s Friday and there’s so much to do in Houston this weekend. Here are a few . . . → Read More: Weekend Stuffs to Do
By Abby, on September 20th, 2011
Since tonight is Grown-up Storytime 39 (!) we will honor the day with two hi-lariousĀ fables from Storytimes past. Think these are good? Then you best come and check out tonight’s Grown-up Storytime. Rudyards, 9pm.
From Grown-up Storytime 33, “My Mom’s Embarrassed” From Grown-up Storytime 31, “Walking To the . . . → Read More: Two For Tuesday – 2 Awesome Grown-up Stories
By Abby, on September 15th, 2011
Yesterday, I had to take my dog to the vet to get spayed in KATY! She needed to be there all day, so I figured I would work from Starbucks on my computer all day. Katy probably has loads of Starbucks, but I could only find one and it was filled with horrible, loud . . . → Read More: Cool Story Bro
By Abby, on September 12th, 2011
I don’t care much about football, but when the Texans destroy the Colts 34-7 first game of the season, that’s pretty awesome. Jim Caldwell, the Colts coach, looks like he’s having a bad case of the Mondays.
You need a stiff drink my . . . → Read More: Jim Caldwell is Having a Case of the Mondays
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