The End of the World Never Minding Show

A show created by the Bread & Puppet Theater in 2026

Directed by Peter Schumann

“The sitting mind realises the predicament of the rats, assigned to spread the plague which opens the gates of darkness as fears chase the populations across the face of the earth. Humanity’s humdrum is now outrageous and no longer composed of beloved details. The rats in charge of spreading the plague are ordered to repurpose human freedom and democracy into guns, bombs, and starvation. Our own futuristic Not-Yet is impatient and unready. We must take our cardboard provocations into the revolting streets of life, with help from our paper-maché divinities, to succeed and succeed.”

Photos

Taken by B&P in Greensboro, VT on March 22, 2026 and by Greg Cook in Somerville, MA on April 22, 2026

Photos not otherwise marked were taken by Bread & Puppet and require no photographer credit.

Performance History

This show was performed as part of the company’s Spring 2026 tour of the Northeast and Eastern Seaboard states.

• Sunday, March 22, 2026 – Glover, VT: Bread & Puppet’s Ballroom
• Thursday, March 26, 2026 – Greensboro, VT: The Highland Center for the Arts
• Friday, March 27, 2026 – Barre, VT: The Old Socialist Labor Hall
• Saturday, March 28, 2026 – Manchester, VT: Manchester Community Library
• Monday, March 30, 2026 – Bennington, VT: Bennington College’s Greenwall Auditorium
• Tuesday, March 31, 2026 – Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College’s Wilson Hall
• Thursday, April 2, 2026 – Hudson, NY: Time & Space Limited
• Friday, April 3, 2026 & Saturday, April 4, 2026 – Cambridge, NY: Hubbard Hall
• Tuesday, April 7, 2026 – Milton, PA: Art Academy of Milton
• Wednesday, April 8, 2026 & Thursday, April 9, 2026 – Philadelphia, PA: First Unitarian Church
• Friday, April 10, 2026 & Saturday, April 11 – Baltimore, MD: 2640 Space
• Sunday, April 12, 2026 – Washington, DC: Joe’s Movement Emporium
• Tuesday, April 14, 2026 – Thursday, April 16 – New York, NY: Judson Memorial Church
• Friday, April 17, 2026 – Albany, NY: Westminster Presbyterian Church
• Saturday, April 18, 2026 – Woodstock, NY: Woodstock Playhouse
• Sunday, April 19, 2026 – Homer, NY: Center for the Arts of Homer
• Tuesday, April 21, 2026 – Hartford, CT: First Presbyterian Church
• Wednesday, April 22, 2026 – Thursday, April 23, 2026 – Somerville, MA: The Center for Arts at the Armory
• Friday, April 24, 2026 – Sunday, April 26, 2026 – Portland, ME: Mayo Street Arts

Video

Taken at Judson Memorial Church in New York City on April 15, 2026.

Press

• The Middlebury Campus: “Bread & Puppet brings ‘cheap art’ and a rallying cry for justice“
• Wonderland: “Bread & Puppet’s ‘The End Of The World Never Minding Show’“
• Hardwick Gazette: “Bread & Puppet Theater begins Spring tour“
• Bennington Lens: “Bread and Puppet Returns to Bennington“
• Midbrow: “The Puppets Weren’t Funny“