Katie Adams' Make Believe Theater
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About the Artist

​“Developmentally appropriate, Entertaining, Interactive, OUTSTANDING Presentation and Storytelling!”
Salim Bakare, 1st grade Teacher, Forest Hills Elementary School, 2016

Storyteller Bio

Katie Adams is a professional storyteller whose stories invite you to fly away with her to worlds of imagination. Katie has been a professional teller of tales since 2000, and it is her great joy to 
bring stories to audiences all over the southeast and beyond. Katie lives in Tampa with her husband and daughter.
​Check out her website at www.katieadamstheater.com

Puppeteer Bio

Katie Adams is a professional puppeteer whose shows invite you on a journey of imagination, inspiration and edification. Katie has been a professional puppet artist since 1986, and she loves to bring puppet shows to audiences all over the southeast and beyond. Katie lives in Tampa with her husband and daughter. 
Check out her website at: www.katieadamstheater.com

​Katie is a member of the Puppeteers of America and the National Storytelling Network. 

Mission Statement

To inspire a love of stories, reading, theater and visual arts, with highly entertaining performances that advance the arts of puppetry and storytelling.  
To awaken in young audiences these essentials:
  • the imagination for creative problem-solving and self expression
  • the capacity to visualize imagery as part of reading and language arts
  • the ability to navigate through life with empathy and good decisions.

Promotional Photos

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Animal Safari Tales
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Anansi and the Tree of Life
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Under the Sea
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Florida Folk Tales
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Johnny Appleseed
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Performance Highlights

The Smithsonian Discovery Theatre
The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
The Kravis Center for the performing Arts
The Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts 
The Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College
The Tarpon Springs Cultural Center
The Great Arizona Puppet Theater
The Puppetry Arts Institute, Independence, MO
The Puppet Showplace Theatre, Brookline, MA 
The Puppetry Arts Center of the Palm Beaches
The Orlando Puppet Festival
The Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival
The Tampa-Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
The Cracker Storytelling Festival
The Pinellas Tellers Student Storytelling Festival
The Eugene O'Neil Puppetry Conference
The National Festival of the Puppeteers of America, 2001 and 2005
The South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium
The Tampa Bay History Center
The Naples Botanical Garden

Favorite Links...

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Tampa - Hillsborough County Storytelling Festival
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Florida Storytelling Association
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National Storytelling Network
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Puppeteers of America, Inc.
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Unima-USA
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