Name: PuppetKabob's Dirty Gerts
Start: 2026-03-28T19:00:00-04:00
Location: 10 Mayo St, Portland, ME, United States, Maine 04101

Friday, March 27 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), 45-minutes with no intermission
Saturday, March 28 at 7:00 PM (doors 6:30 PM), 45-minutes with no intermission
Tickets are available for $20 in advance general admission ($25 at the door) and $30 for preferred table seating (pay-what-you-can available)
Recommended for ages 8+ (Restricted to ages 5+)
Don't miss the Pop-Up Puppet Theater—Fold, Pull, Pop & Perform with Sarah Frechette at the Kate Cheney Chappell '83 Center for Book Arts on Saturday, March 28 from 9AM - 4PM!
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Dirty Gerts is a delightful story of growing up in Vermont during the mid-1960s rendered in a groovy blend of historical fiction, 60s pop culture, and colorful confetti. Using paper pop-ups and old style paper dolls, PuppetKabob shows the challenges a young middle schooler, Carol Lee Bell, confronts about fitting in, creativity and acceptance.
Have you ever heard the phrase: "She thinks she's Queen Elizabeth, but she's Dirty Gerts to me!” No? Well now that you have, come and explore the story behind the saying in PuppetKabob's latest pop-up creation "Dirty Gerts" - a show about growing pains. Made entirely out of re-purposed paper products!
PuppetKabob’s latest creation “Dirty Gerts” is a paper pop-up extravaganza! A groovy blend of historical fiction, 60s pop culture and colorful confetti! Come on get happy with middle schooler Carol Lee Bell - as she finds the fold to fitting in - and discovers the best way is to not actually fit at all!
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Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the six New England state arts agencies.
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Artist Bio
SARAH FRECHETTE is an artist, puppeteer and founder of PUPPETKABOB, a puppet company that has toured nationally to schools, libraries, theaters, museums and festivals. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut's Puppetry Arts Program. Since then, Sarah has developed four full length productions, toured internationally, and received the prestigious UNIMA-USA citation of excellence.
As Artistic Director of PuppetKabob, Sarah blends science and history with puppetry arts to create for audiences a dynamic and interactive theater experience for both Family and Adult audiences. Sarah is also a Vermont Arts Council Teaching Artist.
Sarah studied marionettes in Germany with Legendary Master Puppeteer Albrecht Roser and has performed with marionettes across the U.S., Canada, Germany, Austria, France and China. She toured with the marionette rock-opera Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty with Phillip Huber, for which Sarah made the puppets costumes.
For studio work, Sarah has a background in Live-Action puppetry and Stop-Motion animation creating for television and film. Sarah has created costumes for stop-motion animation puppets earning credits in several commercials, LAIKA’s feature film ParaNorman, and Netflix's Wendell & Wild.