July 19 – 20
Tickets
All tickets to the 2025 Pivot Arts Festival are free and available at no charge. Registration is required, donations are welcome.
The Great Zodiac Animal Race (Year of the Snake version), a solo puppetry performance that blends traditional shadow techniques with Japanese kuruma ningyō figure work. Originally commissioned by the Art Institute of Chicago, the show retells the zodiac myth through Asian pictograms and Lee’s own childhood recollections of Lunar New Year celebrations in Hawai’i. A joyful work for all ages, it fuses ancestral storytelling with contemporary visual invention.
THE GREAT ZODIAC ANIMAL RACE
Saturday July 19
1:00 PM CST & 7:30 PM CST
Sunday July 20
1:00 PM CST
Wirtz Center Chicago
170 N Lakeshore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611
YOUR VISIT TO THE WIRTZ CENTER CHICAGO
Parking will not be available for this performance. SP+ Parking is available at 474 East Huron Street in addition to paid street parking. Additional direction information is available at the Wirtz Center website: https://wirtz.northwestern.edu/chicago-directions/
Doors open thirty (30) minutes prior to start of program and the run time for this performance is estimated at ninety (90) minutes. Please email admin@pivotarts.org with any questions or concerns.