Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show About Everything and Nothing

Everything is significant. Nothing is significant.

An orangutan playing chess, resurrected roadkill, cicadas, puppets on fire, puppets under water, a blue light bulb and so much more.

Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show About Everything and Nothing invites the viewer to find meaning in the meaningless and truth among the absurd.  What will you discover?


NEWS!!! Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show About Everything and Nothing was awarded the honor of 2022 Show of the Year from the Young-Howze Theatre Journal.


In celebration of being voted the 2022 Young-Howze Theatre Journal’s Show of the Year, Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show About Everything and Nothing is currently available as Pay-What-You-Will!


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Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show about Everything and Nothing

Featuring Puppets & Puppetry by Sean P. Mette

Welcome to Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show About Everything and Nothing. We’re glad that you are here! On this page, you can find everything Unintentional Significance: Production Stills, Puppet Portraits, Video Galleries, Press Information, and the Digital Program links.

Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show about Everything and Nothing premiered in June 2021 at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

 
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The Digital Program

Would you like to read the digital program for Unintentional Significance? Look no further! Just click the button.

 
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Press & Reviews

Sean P. Mette brings his near two decades of experience as a professional puppeteer to his first show that focuses solely on puppetry. Unintentional Significance utilizes the online format of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival as an opportunity perform puppetry in ways that would not normally work in a traditional theatrical setting.

  • FRINGE 2021 REVIEW: Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show About Everything and Nothing (Mackenzie Manley, City Beat Cincinnati)

  • Unintentional Significance By Sean P Mette Was (Surprise) Significant To Us (Ricky & Dana Young-Howze, The Young-Howze Theater Journal)

  • Patron Reviews

Awards & Nominations

  • 2022 WINNER - Show of the Year (Young-Howze Theatre Journal)

  • 2022 WINNER - Best Show of the Festival-Selke Award (Pittsburgh Fringe Festival)

  • 2022 WINNER - Best Puppetry (Pittsburgh Fringe Festival)

  • 2022 NOMINEE - Practical Game Changer: For Practical Effects of the Year (Young-Howze Theatre Journal)

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Official Production Stills

Looking for that one image from the show? Then you might find it here. Click the button to view the gallery of our official production stills.

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Puppet Portrait Gallery

Meet the cast of Unintentional Significance. Who is your favorite? Is it the Rain Dragon or The Flower Wisp? Find them all here!

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Behind the Scenes Gallery

Are you interested in seeing some images of what it looked like behind the scenes? Check out the gallery of some of the images as we built the show.

Unintentional Significance: A Puppet Show About Everything and Nothing Video Playlist

Do you want more Unintentional Significance? Check out the video playlist on the Autumn Kaleidoscope YouTube Channel. New videos will be added throughout the course of the 2021 Cincinnati Fringe Festival, so make sure to check back for more content.