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Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 17, 2018: The Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater in Balboa Park, North America's longest continually-running puppet theater, with shows beginning in 1945 after WWII.; Shutterstock ID 1027095214; your: Bridget Brown; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: POI Image Update

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This theater in the Palisades Building puts on terrific hand and rod puppet and marionette shows for the little ones. There have been puppet shows here since the 1940s.

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