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Ricky Roo & Friends is the Bay Area's highest-rated kids' entertainment company, offering personalized puppet theater experiences across seven core services: Kids Parties, Milestone Events for adults, Corporate Services, Pre-School and stage shows, Summer Camp programs, Virtual Shows, and After-School Enrichment classes. The company has performed over 1,500 shows, earned 450+ five-star reviews, and won the Bay Area Parent Family Favorite Gold Medal eight years running.

Every birthday puppet show is personalized around the birthday child — their name, favorite characters, favorite song, and even their beloved stuffed animal are woven into a custom story performed on a real puppet theater stage. The Standard Package includes a 40-minute personalized puppet show, the custom-built Ricky Roo puppet theater, hugging the puppets after the show, a group photo, a Special Birthday Hero Medal, and Ricky Roo souvenir postcards.

Pricing runs from $550 for the 40-minute Standard Package up to $1,050 for the 120-minute Deluxe+ Package. The Premium Package ($700, 60 minutes) adds a choice of 45+ themes and a second birthday child; the Deluxe Package ($900, 90 minutes) adds a mini puppeteer training experience and a bubbles & ring toss station; Deluxe+ ($1,050, 120 minutes) adds balloon twisting and is best for parties with many kids.

Travel fees may apply depending on distance from Oakland: free within 20 minutes, $35 for 20-40 minutes, $55 for 40-60 minutes, and $75 for 60+ minutes. The Deluxe Package includes the travel fee.

Families can choose from 45+ fun themes, including options like Bluey, Paw Patrol, Frozen, Star Wars, dinosaurs, and unicorns, available starting with the Premium Package and up.

The shows are designed for kids ages 1 to 9, though the company notes parents and older siblings enjoy them too — groups with toddlers and ten-year-olds in the same room have all had a great time.

The team arrives 30 minutes early to set up the full puppet theater stage, kicks things off with a warm-up pre- show, then performs a 30-35 minute personalized puppet show starring the birthday child. Depending on the package, extras like feeding Ricky Roo's puppet goat, a parachute game, bubbles & ring toss, or balloon twisting can stretch the experience up to two hours, ending with hugs and a group photo.

A Milestone Event is a custom puppet theater experience built around the guest of honor's real life story — childhood adventures, legendary quirks, and unforgettable moments are gathered from friends and family and turned into a hilarious, heartwarming puppet comedy show performed live at the celebration.

The process starts with a personal interview with the guest of honor, then a fun questionnaire sent to friends and family to secretly collect inside jokes, quirks, and memories only they'd know. The more details gathered, the funnier the final show.

Milestone Events work well for milestone birthdays, retirement parties, anniversaries, company celebrations, special life events, bachelor parties, and weddings.

Milestone Events start at $990. Every event is custom-built, so final pricing depends on performance length, how many puppet characters are involved, and whether it's performed live or delivered as a video. Pricing includes personalized story gathering, a custom-written script, the live or video performance, and a look-alike puppet made for the guest of honor.

Yes. Milestone Events can be booked as either an interactive live performance or a video option, depending on what format works best for the celebration.

Teams build their own puppets from scratch, compete in group challenges that build communication and strategy, navigate a puppet obstacle course, and write and perform a short original story together on stage — a format led by experienced educators who've worked with groups for over a decade.

Sessions run as either a 2-hour session or a half-day adventure, and accommodate groups of 4 to 50 people. The team travels to the office, an offsite venue, or a retreat location anywhere in the Bay Area.

Ricky Roo & Friends has brought puppet entertainment to teams at Google, Twitch, and the Bay Area Discovery Museum.

Yes. Ricky Roo & Friends creates short, character-driven puppet videos designed to stop the scroll and hold attention — the puppets interact with, question, and celebrate a brand's product in a way built to feel fresh, funny, and memorable rather than like a traditional ad.

Each project includes concept development and scripting, character casting and puppet selection, voice performance and filming, and editing through final delivery of a polished, ready-to-use video — suited for social media campaigns, website hero videos, product launches, internal company messaging, and educational or explainer content.

Students get a super silly, fully engaging 45-minute puppet show with colorful characters, mini puppeteer training before the show, and educational, social-emotional learning themes like kindness, sharing, and courage, personalized around the school's own theme, followed by hugging the puppets.

Preschool stage shows start at $549 and are designed to work for Pre-K through elementary classrooms.

Yes. Ricky Roo & Friends brings a full puppet theater experience to libraries, summer camps, festivals, and corporate and family events, performing for crowds from 20 kids up to 200+ — pricing for these varies by event type and audience size.

Performing Arts Workshops are hands-on classroom sessions where kids play with colorful puppets, build confidence, and practice creative storytelling and public speaking. They're flexible for up to 30 kids per session.

Beyond preschools, the team has performed at Google, Twitch, the Bay Area Discovery Museum, Bay Area public libraries, and community festivals throughout the Bay Area.

Camps can choose from a Silly Puppet Show (an interactive, audience-participation puppet performance), a Puppetry Workshop where campers learn puppetry techniques and character creation hands-on, and a LEGO Builders Workshop focused on building, design, and teamwork.

Yes. All three experiences — the Silly Puppet Show, Puppetry Workshop, and LEGO Builders Workshop — can be booked standalone or combined into 2-hour or half-day sessions, including popular combinations like Puppet Show + Puppetry Workshop or the Full Experience with the show and both workshops.

The Puppetry Workshop accommodates up to 30 kids per session.

No — the LEGO Builders Workshop is listed as unlimited kids per workshop.

Camps can reach out to design a schedule that fits their existing camp day — programs work indoors or outdoors, for small groups or big crowds, and the team brings everything needed so camp staff get a break while campers stay engaged.

A Virtual Show is a pre-recorded, personalized puppet show built the same way a live show would be — with the child's name, family members, and favorite theme woven in — then delivered as a video file families can play on their own TV, available anywhere in the country, not just the Bay Area.

A Puppet-O-Gram is a short, personalized video message from one of Ricky Roo's puppet characters — wishing a child a happy birthday, cheering them on, or just making them laugh — recorded after the family shares a bit about their kid.

Yes. Virtual Shows and Puppet-O-Grams are pre-recorded and delivered as video, so they can reach families anywhere in the country who can't be there in person for a live show.

Yes — the same silly characters and the same custom, personalized storylines used in live shows are built into the pre-recorded virtual version; it's simply delivered on a screen instead of performed in person.

Yes. Since it's delivered as a video file, kids can watch it during the party and then again and again afterward whenever they want.

Ricky Roo & Friends partners with Bay Area schools to offer after-school enrichment classes in four areas: Puppetry (creative storytelling and puppet play), LEGO Building (guided and free-build sessions), Basketball (fundamentals and team play), and Soccer (skills and scrimmages).

Classes are taught by experienced instructors including Chris, an enrichment teacher with a background in puppetry and early childhood education; April, an after-school enrichment teacher, professional clown, and puppeteer; and Hicham, who combines creativity, teamwork, and active learning across LEGO building, basketball, and soccer.

The programs run as partnerships with Bay Area schools, bringing enrichment classes directly into schools' existing after-school schedules.

The company positions these classes as the highlight of a student's week rather than daycare — kids show up excited, learn something new, play with friends, and go home with stories about what they created and learned.

Since the programs run as partnerships with participating Bay Area schools, the best first step is reaching out to Ricky Roo & Friends directly through their contact info to find out which program options are available at your child's school.