ACC specializes in inclusive multimedia performances that encourage difficult discussions and foster community through local theater, Street Parades, and national tours.
They use puppets, animated objects, dance/anti-dance(movement), original film and live music as routes to create and question meaning in an increasingly uncertain time environmentally, socially, politically and spiritually.
[5] Performed with toy and object theatre, table-top puppets, stop motion animation, and film, The Collector is a mysterious tale set in an alternate reality.
is a parade performed with giant puppets, stilt walkers, dancers, and musicians, offering dreamlike, meta-impromptu dance parties and singalongs for audiences to engage with and enjoy.
[9] Led by a group of benevolent, "mystical garden beings", Gnomesense serves to invoke "spirits of nonsense, serious play, and make believe to come out and bask in the sunshine,"[10][11] drawing inspiration from carnival processions across the globe, including giant puppetry used in Indonesian, Italian, and Japanese cultures.
It aims to examine the essence of storytelling as a means to create social change through a blend of dance, theater, puppetry, and circus as a way to re-embody contemporary and ancient myths.
[5] Performed with Zirk Ubu and directed by Liam Clancy, Adrift is a moving meditation on the themes of Zen, vagabond, and welcoming the precarious into everyday life.
As a pair, both also describe the anti-carceral, anti-imperialist, and anti-war sentiments and folksy yet larger-than-life productions of Bread & Puppet, created by German bakers-turned-puppeteers Elka and Peter Schumann, as transformative in how they viewed the boundaries of theater performance.
Animal Cracker Conspiracy prioritizes social commentary through various shows and exhibitions, even developing the structure and form of various projects in response to multiple issues, such as the use of typically useless but recyclable materials and household objects, including cereal boxes, brass pins, and even toilet paper, and upcycling them to reimagine the boundaries of puppets.