[2] Puppet Showplace Theater houses one performance space, a proscenium with a "comfortable capacity" of 80 adults.

The theater also presents touring productions performed in schools, libraries, and cultural centers throughout the Northeastern United States.

[5] As a teacher in the Boston school system, she had used puppets to teach students who had trouble learning to read.

[1] By 1978, Showplace served as the information center for the Puppeteers of America and Union Internationale de la Marionette.

Performers included Susan Linn, Ruth Brand as Henrietta the Clown, and George Latshaw.

[1] Showplace celebrated by premiering "Beauty and the Beast," a lavish production by Paul Vincent Davis.

Puppet Showplace Theater grew "from a few weekend shows to an internationally recognized puppetry center.

[16] During his tenure, Shur created five original shows, including Dr. Doohickey’s Monster Machine, The Magic Soup and Other Stories, Tall Tales, and Robin Hood.

Myhrum also helped expand the Incubator project night into a program that partnered with local artists to develop new work.

In The Boston Globe, Lynda Morgenroth wrote, "The Puppet Showplace is the house Mary Churchill built.

[30] While serving as artist in residence, Paul Vincent Davis earned Citations of Excellence from UNIMA-USA for five productions.

These include The Leprechaun of Donegal (1980), The Golden Axe (1982), Three Festival Dances (1982), Beauty and the Beast (1984), and Fables of Ancient Rome (1988).

[31] In 2013, the production of Squirrel Stole My Underpants by Bonnie Duncan and The Gottabees premiered at Puppet Showplace Theater.

[33] In 2004, Puppet Showplace Theater received an Elliot Norton Award Special Citation for its 30 years of productions.