https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/home daily 1.0 2022-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/3c4d7da6-221a-4777-a86c-70b46fdde9c6/IMG_4929+%281%29.jpg Home - Val deGroot - theatre artist puppeteer, writer, fabricator https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/about daily 0.75 2021-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/1621476416225-ED1CLY23NQ7EO42NDHK0/degroot-035.jpg About Val deGroot is a multi-media artist based in Chicago, Illinois. She is a writer, puppeteer, and puppet fabricator. She exposes the psychological and social ramifications of living in an extended hyper-reality in her writing. She proposes alternative futures through her puppets. She loves to disturb a bit. She is inspired to resuscitate the universal human experience on stage, to build bridges across highly atmomizated sub-cultures, and to create collaborative creative spaces where social connection and community engagement are emphasized. She’s here to combat alienation and beat down hopelessness. She is fascinated by the internet, psychology, and ecology. She loves birds. Her fabrication work prioritizes secondhand materials, and sustainable practices to create puppets that battle it out in whimsical and bizarre arenas. She is medium funny. https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/writing daily 0.75 2021-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/1620782519377-C1E5QHZYCWQVZ0H0U5D3/IMG_3023.jpg Writing - why are you laughing Cecelia and Christopher play pretend during the wedding of their close friends, and quickly lose control. A play about irony poisoning, and group memory. staged reading performed at United Church of Rogers Park april 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/1620783213638-57P24TNTMVH48ZVSBUTM/IMG_3011.jpg Writing - what about rooster the chronically online face off and meet a god. the world ends, and they find out what happens next. developed in Pocket Theatrics Incubator program staged reading performed at Theatre Y dec 2026 https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-05-20 https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/new-page daily 0.75 2022-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/1620784619133-OQCILQ9CAO7P7SG3TY0Q/IMG_3024.jpg Upcoming - Current & Upcoming Work val will be performing a new shadow-puppet/hand puppet hybrid piece at wavelength, dec 2026. Tickets here she is developing her new play what about rooster with Pocket Theatrics to perform in December 2026. Tickets here https://www.valerieevedegroot.com/puppet daily 0.75 2026-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/97cd45c9-2aaa-4ef3-8e8c-bf0243b2a673/degroot-164.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/04b0e457-e5c5-49c2-bef5-2d3d14fc1d2b/degroot-162.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/3a6f0e67-0da5-49c2-89c9-42ea0b7a7825/125488698_3632142766870313_4130190734790332709_n.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/6c6c86b3-e1b7-49a2-9dc1-00c9c7f4bb69/125417831_385082052703339_249490951818352225_n.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/df0fa3ae-4450-4b84-83a0-16bbb8450dea/degroot-147.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/ca04e8d7-642e-42cc-844b-0a76be5b2fa2/125385043_438334163868613_2872385096631878367_n.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/c501c3ec-dc3c-48a6-b710-940c8b8bf3d0/longchristmasridehome_2017-91jpg_26453941069_o.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/d6199fc8-e529-4193-b055-520b82309b5f/degroot-048-edit_WEB.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/330770fe-46d7-4da0-a709-d33a61f49e5c/longchristmasridehome_2017-50jpg_38174771136_o.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/b4af0e6d-eb69-4e14-808d-00dbc6e1fb57/degroot-176.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/5872d421-80e6-4eb6-a0bb-548b084a1116/Screen+Shot+2016-12-11+at+11.50.34+AM.png Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/44e77374-375b-4a11-9353-725970315182/degroot-145.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/a963e57a-e94e-4599-a2a3-499f729a7737/Screen+Shot+2016-12-10+at+6.04.19+PM.png Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/f204b6f3-f6ee-4cbe-bb73-e22db6d72860/degroot-046.jpg Puppets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/606dd84a3cf1fd5710e773f4/a4bfc137-fb5c-4a39-859b-aadfca76f071/Servant+of+Two+Masters-52.jpg Puppets