The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre was launched in 1990 with the first solo performance by puppeteer, Vít Hořejš, at Jan Hus Church on East 74th Street in New York City, the old Czech neighborhood.
A senior member of the audience remarked that a puppet theater had once existed at Jan Hus when she was a child, but she was not sure what had happened to the marionettes.
Curiosity led Horejs to the church office, and an administrator showed him to the attic, where in an old chest there was a huge set of puppets, some possibly as much as 180 years old.
The company has also performed around the world in Poland, the Czech Republic,[1] Turkey[7] and Pakistan.
BWW News Desk, Off-off Broadway World, Thursday, April 28, 2011,'Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater's "Mr. M" moves to JCC in Manhattan May 5 to 8" [19] Anita Gates, The New York Times November 20, 2009 "Gender Switch in Illyria, With Players 8 Inches Tall" [20] Mattew Gurewitsch, The New York Times, November 4, 2007 "Shakespeare in the Round-and-Round" [21]