'Abdu'l-Bahá Transforms an Angry Man
"The Name of Love"
Originally created for the Feast of Asmá'
Bringing the Arts to
Bahá'í Community Life
Making Bahá'í events accessible and engaging for all ages
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Arts in Service to the Community
Bahá'í Studio provides digital resources to help communities incorporate the arts into their gatherings—making events accessible and engaging for participants of all ages, from young children to adults.
Whether you have access to a projector for full theatrical performances or simply a television for puppet plays, we have materials designed to bring stories to life and transform community gatherings into memorable, magical experiences for everyone.
"The impressive advances in many parts of the world with regard to offering spiritual education to large numbers of children and junior youth have certainly involved a growing capacity of teachers and animators to wisely supplement the study of the lessons and texts with appropriate elements... Notable in this respect are elements related to artistic activity." — Universal House of Justice, 2022
For Intimate Gatherings
Feast Activities
Simple, accessible activities designed to make 19-day feasts and other events an engaging, magical experience for participants of all ages—especially young children. No projector needed—just a television and enthusiasm!
TV Puppet Theater
Transform your feast into a magical experience for young children and families. Our puppet theater makes Bahá'í stories come alive in a way that captivates children and involves them as active participants—not just observers of an adult activity.
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Print Characters
Download and print our character sheets featuring figures from Bahá'í history
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Create Puppets
Cut out the characters and attach them to sticks or straws
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Play Background
Display our simple scene backgrounds on your TV
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Perform
Hold puppets in front of the TV while reading or acting out the story
Puppet Plays Collection
The Story of Badí'
"A Flame of Fire"
Originally created for the Feast of Mashíyyat
The Story of Louisa Mathew and Louis Gregory
"The New Creation"
Originally created for the Feast of Qudrat
More Feast Activities
Games
Lively games that build collaboration, consultation, and group problem solving skills together.
Explore GamesMusic & Songs
Songs and musical activities that engage participants of all ages—including special songs and body percussives that make feasts magical for children.
Explore Music"Uplifting, well-prepared community gatherings—extending in some cases to camps and festivals—occur with increasing frequency, and music and song feature prominently on such occasions. Indeed the arts as a whole, so integral a part of the development of a community from the start, stand out in such settings as an important means of generating joy, strengthening bonds of unity, disseminating knowledge, and consolidating understanding, as well as of acquainting those in the wider society with the principles of the Cause."
"The friends must assist one another 'to harness the power of modern technologies without succumbing to their potentially enervating effects.'" — Universal House of Justice, 2021 (Nine Year Plan)
For Large Gatherings
Holy Day Performances
Professional-looking theatrical plays using projector backgrounds. Perfect for holy day celebrations, regional conferences, and special events where you have access to projection equipment.
How It Works
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Set Up
Connect a projector to display our dynamic backgrounds on a large screen or wall
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Prepare
Actors (children or adults) learn their parts using our provided scripts
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Perform
Actors perform in front of the projected backgrounds with synchronized effects
Mullá Alí Discovers the Báb
The story of how the second Letter of the Living discovered the Báb. A powerful narrative of spiritual search and recognition.
The Martyrdom of the Báb
The dramatic account of the Báb's martyrdom in Tabríz. A moving portrayal of sacrifice and divine providence.
"The Bahá'ís should not always be the last to take up new and obviously excellent methods, but rather the first, as this agrees with the dynamic nature of the Faith which is not only progressive, but holds within itself the seeds of an entirely new culture and civilization." — Shoghi Effendi
About Bahá'í Studio
Bahá'í Studio was created to help communities incorporate the performing arts into their gatherings without requiring extensive resources or technical expertise—making Bahá'í events accessible and engaging for participants of all ages.
Our original vision focused on projector-based theatrical performances for large events. While these remain powerful tools for holy day celebrations and conferences, we recognized that many communities don't have access to projectors or the space for elaborate productions.
That's why we've expanded to include simpler, more accessible formats—like our TV puppet theater—that any family or community can use with just a television and some printed materials. Our goal is to make feasts and gatherings magical experiences for young children, not just adult-focused activities.
Our Mission
To make the arts accessible to Bahá'í communities everywhere, helping bring stories of faith and history to life in engaging, participatory ways that captivate participants of all ages.
"It is through such presentations that we can arouse the interest of the greatest number of people in the spirit of the Cause. The day will come when the Cause will spread like wildfire when its spirit and teachings will be presented on the stage or in art and literature as a whole. Art can better awaken such noble sentiments than cold rationalizing, especially among the mass of the people. We have to wait only a few years to see how the spirit breathed by Bahá'u'lláh will find expression in the work of the artists. What you and some other Bahá'ís are attempting are only faint rays that precede the effulgent light of a glorious morn." — Shoghi Effendi
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Want to contribute stories, artwork, or help develop new materials? We'd love to hear from you.
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