Dog-emcee puppet variety shows and puppet-building groups
Let a puppet dog host the party
Up In Arms / David “Dov” Manley
Waffle, a dog puppet emcee, leads this company’s musical variety show through original songs, comic skits and audience participation. Up In Arms explicitly offers the format for birthdays and events. Separate group workshops teach mouth-and-rod puppet construction, including a two-day television-style monster build.
Current location note / listed area: Newburgh, New York; puppet shows and arranged group workshops
Confirm the exact birthday/event show, age range, staging, sound and travel arrangements; no wedding package is stated. The building options are substantial skills workshops for teens and adults, not a quick children’s craft table. Other school-focused productions and custom puppet projects are separate inquiries, not automatically included.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
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- New York · based
The owned page explicitly says the company is based in New York’s Hudson Valley, names founder/artistic director David Manley and gives its Newburgh address. That same page offers Waffle & Friends for birthdays/events and invites groups to book puppet workshops.