Toy Theatre is a genre of puppetry that enacts plays using two-dimensional rod puppets in miniature theatres. Its origins date to early 19th century England, where drawings depicting a proscenium theatre, characters, and scenery were printed, reproduced, and sold packaged with play scripts for a penny plain, two pence colored. Families - including children and adults - assembled the stages and performed Toy Theatre productions in their living rooms as home entertainment.

The Music Center's Toy Theatre Festival was made possible by grants from the Weingart Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, The Rose Hills Foundation, and The Jim Henson Foundation. The Music Center thanks Club 100 for their sponsorship of the Student Stage.