Puppet Showplace Theater Presents: “Word Play” by Good Hearted Entertainment
August 8th @ 12:00 pm
UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116
Word Play uses clowning, puppetry, and live original music to take audiences on an adventure through the alphabet. Words come to life in the hands of Honey Goodenough and Harry LaCoste, who clown around with sounds and letters to create dozens of interactive characters and imaginative scenes. With an array of instruments by his side, Paul Watkins sets the stage with live music for every magical moment. It’s the perfect blend of education and entertainment — a play on words, literally!
Word Play was inspired by creator Honey Goodenough’s experience learning to manage her own dyslexia and literacy challenges. Audiences can make friends with vowels, teach tricks to a “C-A-T” and “D-O-G,” and visit a whole “Z-O-O” full of surprises.
Puppet Showplace Theater is Boston’s home for puppet show joy — with shows nearly every weekend, for kids and adults, just steps from the Brookline Village T stop! Puppet Showplace is dedicated to presenting outstanding puppetry to diverse audiences through performances, workshops, and community outreach. From children’s birthday party performances to provocative Puppets at Night shows, our programming is designed to reach a large and diverse audience of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities. View our full calendar at puppetshowplace.org
All ages welcome, especially enjoyed by ages 4 – 10
Artist Bios
Good Hearted Entertainment (Creator)
Honey Goodenough / Good Hearted Entertainment is a puppeteer, educator, and children’s party entertainer. Honey was Puppet Showplace Theater’s first resident teaching artist from 2017 to 2022, following years of experience working with diverse student populations in Greater Boston, New York City, Vermont, and Texas. She has taught a wide variety of professional development courses for educators and aspiring puppeteers at Brooklyn College, the University of Utah, and City College CUNY. Honey is also a trained marionette performer and has toured nationally with The National Marionette Theatre and Frisch Marionettes, and she has produced and performed in Puppet Slams across the country. She holds an MA in Educational Theater from New York University, and a BA in Theater Crafts and Technology from the University of Texas, Austin.
Harry LaCoste (Clown/Puppeteer)
Harry LaCoste is a performer, teacher, dad, ukulele rockstar. After working behind the scenes on Sesame Street, he was inspired to try his hand at puppeteering. Since then, Harry has performed all over the country with puppets including with NYC-based puppet improv team, Team Lopez. Harry uses puppets, songs, and magic to tell stories and inspire creativity with children of all ages.
Good Hearted Entertainment (Creator)
Paul Watkins is a composer and trombonist originally from San Jose, CA. In addition to Word Play, he has created incidental music for a number of puppet shows, including Taking Turns by Margaret Moody and Robin Hood by Brad Shur. Previously he worked at Puppet Showplace Theater as the Box Office Manager, and always enjoys returning to perform or catch a show. Paul holds an MM in Composition from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, and a BA in Music and Psychology from UC Davis.