Our award-winning Driveway Tour brings high-quality, original outdoor puppet shows with live music to communities all across the metro!
The 2025 Driveway Tour
Summer Fun for All Ages!
We are excited to present two shows this season:
THE ADVENTURES OF KATIE TOMATIE and THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN BOBO / LAS ADVENTURAS DE JUAN BOBO.
Both shows are fun for both kids and adults! Applications are now open to bring a Driveway Tour show to your community!
Questions? Reach out to drivewaytour@openeyetheatre.org.
Summer 2025 Driveway Tour Shows
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THE ADVENTURES OF KATIE TOMATIE
June 5 - July 13
With school out for the summer, Katie doesn't want to do anything but watch her tomatoes grow. Digging in her garden, she unearths Mr. Boo Boo, a very excitable skeleton. This unlikely duo sets off for a day of adventure, and Katie's 'do-nothing' day becomes the best day ever!
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THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN BOBO
LAS ADVENTURAS DE JUAN BOBO
July 17 - August 24The world is upside down, and Juan Bobo is going to do something to turn it right side up! Inspired by Puerto Rican folk stories, this show combines puppetry, music, Spanish, and English in a delightful tale of riddles, silly devils, a missing pig, and a village in need of a hero.
THE ADVENTURES OF KATIE TOMATIE Tour Dates
Thursday, June 5th @ 7PM
Turbo Tim's—West St. Paul
815 Dodd Road, West St. Paul
Saturday, June 7th @ 4PM
Gillmor Family
6707 4th Ave S, Minneapolis
Sunday, June 8th @ 4PM
Kristin Grage
2315 5th St NE, Minneapolis
Wednesday, June 11th @ 7PM
Summit Hill Association
860 St. Clair Ave, St. Paul
Thursday, June 12th @ 7PM
Sheila German
155 Logan Pkwy NE, Fridley (Logan Park)
Saturday, June 14th @ 1PM
Turbo Tim's—Minneapolis NE
2823 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis
Saturday, June 14th @ 4PM
Diana van Deusen
6664 Harlan Dr, Eden Prairie
Saturday, June 14th @ 7PM
Kim Halvorson
5108 James Ave S, Minneapolis
Friday, June 20th @ 7PM
Rimmereid Family
3736 5th Ave S, Minneapolis
Saturday, June 21st @ 1PM
American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis
Saturday, June 21st @ 4PM
Robert & Ruthanne Berdahl: Edina Realty
4708 Marigold Ave N, Brooklyn Park
Sunday, June 22nd @ 1PM
Turbo Tim's—Mounds View
2375 Mounds View Blvd
Sunday, June 22nd @ 4PM
Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts
2742 15th Ave S, Minneapolis
Wednesday, June 25th @ 7PM
Be That Neighbor—Cedar Riverside
500 15th Ave S, Minneapolis (Currie Park)
Thursday, June 26th @ 7PM
HPDL Neighborhood Association
414 E Diamond Lake Rd, Mpls (Pearl Park)
Saturday, June 28th @ 1PM
Metro State University Library & SPPL Dayton's Bluff Branch
645 E 7th St, St. Paul (Library Labyrinth)
Saturday, June 28th @ 4PM
McKinley Community
3300 Lyndale Ave N, Minneapolis
Sunday, June 29th @ 1PM
Turbo Tim's—Saint Paul Midway
1671 University Ave W, St. Paul
Sunday, June 29th @ 4PM
Miller Family
2418 Matterhorn Dr E, St. Paul
Saturday, July 5th @ 1PM
Gammelgården Museum of Scandia
20880 Olinda Trail N, Scandia
Wednesday, July 9th @ 7PM
Nativity Lutheran Church
2251 Hayes St NE, Minneapolis
Thursday, July 10th @ 7PM
Holy Spirit Catholic School
515 Albert St South, St. Paul
Saturday, July 12th @ 1PM
Phipps Center for the Arts
109 Locust St, Hudson, WI
Sunday, July 13th @ 1PM
YWCA Minneapolis
2121 E Lake St, Minneapolis
Sunday, July 13th @ 4PM
Grace Episcopal Church
4557 Colfax Ave S, Minneapolis
Sunday, July 13th @ 7PM
Cecchi Family
200 Hawthorne Rd, Hopkins
THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN BOBO Tour Dates
Thursday, July 17th @ 7PM
The Goddard School of Albertville
5301 Lebeaux Ave NE, Albertville
Friday, July 18th @ 7PM
Augustana Lutheran Church
1400 S. Robert St, West St. Paul
Saturday, July 19th @ 1PM
Germanic-American Institute
301 Summit Ave, St. Paul
Saturday, July 19th @ 4PM
Old Highland Peace Garden
1803 Emerson Ave N, Minneapolis
Sunday, July 20th @ 1PM
Rojas Family
1512 Dupont Ave N, Minneapolis
Thursday, July 24th @ 7PM
History Center Museum
345 W Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul
Saturday, July 26th @ 11AM
George Latimer Central Library Youth Services
90 4th St W, St. Paul (Kellogg Courtyard)
Friday, August 1st @ 7PM
Angela & Brian Gustafson
4817 E Lake Harriet Pkwy, Minneapolis
Saturday, August 2nd @ 1PM
Be That Neighbor (Gold Medal Park)
2nd St & 11th Ave S, Minneapolis
Saturday, August 2nd @ 4PM
Oostra Family
3228 Portland Ave, Minneapolis
Sunday, August 3rd @ 4PM
Jean Abbott
16071 Goodview Court, Lakeville
Wednesday, August 6th @ 7PM
Thompson Family
2107 N Washburn Ave, Minneapolis
Thursday, August 7th @ 7PM
Hubbs Center for Lifelong Learning
1030 University Ave W, St. Paul
Sunday, August 10th @ 4PM
Minnesota Humanities Center
987 Ivy Ave E, St. Paul
Wednesday, August 13th @ 6:30PM
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church
511 Groveland Ave, Minneapolis
Thursday, August 14th @ 7PM
St. Peder's Church
4600 E 42nd St, Minneapolis
Saturday, August 16th @ 4PM
Orb Weaver Preschool
3409 18th Ave S Minneapolis
Sunday, August 17th @ 4PM
CIDNA
3113 W 28th St, Minneapolis (Park Siding)
Saturday, August 23rd @ 1PM
Maas Family
387 Pelham Blvd, St. Paul
Saturday, August 23rd @ 4PM
Kenwood Neighborhood Organization
2101 W Franklin Ave, Minneapolis
Sunday, August 24th @ 4PM
Chocolate Milk Club (Northside Healing Center)
2100 Emerson Ave N, Minneapolis
Find a Driveway Tour show in your neighborhood!
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Driveway Tour Host Feedback
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“The audience interaction was fantastic. The kids loved yelling back to the puppets and laughing and singing! The energy of the performers was also appreciated by audience members.”
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“The kids loved meeting the puppets after the show ! We had a great mix of people - neighbors, family, neighbors we didn't know, young adults from a group home on our block, kids, adults, Spanish-speaking, etc... And I have to say how absolutely special it was to have an accordion player on my driveway!”
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“The cast and crew were great - really talented group of people who enjoyed each other's company.”
Watch this news clip featuring the Driveway Tour on Fox 9 News!
Supported by
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This production was funded by The Jim Henson Foundation through a Family Grant.
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This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State’s general fund and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.