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!

Summer 2025 Driveway Tour Shows

  • 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!

  • THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN BOBO

    LAS ADVENTURAS DE JUAN BOBO
    July 17 - August 24

    The 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.

Watch this news clip featuring the Driveway Tour on Fox 9 News!

Driveway Tour Host Feedback

  • “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.”

  • “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!”

  • “The cast and crew were great - really talented group of people who enjoyed each other's company.”

Questions? Reach out to drivewaytour@openeyetheatre.org.

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Supported by

  • The Jim Henson Foundation

    This production was funded by The Jim Henson Foundation through a Family Grant.

  • Minnesota State Arts Board

    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.