Portable puppet theater, stage, or playhouse apparatus and methods

A portable puppet theater, stage or playhouse comprises hanging wall structure for hanging the puppet theater or playhouse from a door or other vertical surface, enclosure structure for suspending from the hanging wall structure, the enclosure structure being shaped to form an enclosure, and shaping means associated with the enclosure structure for extending the enclosure structure away from a door or other vertical surface. The shaping structure within the enclosure structure may be disposed to be pivotable between a first position extending the enclosure structure away from the door or other vertical surface, and a second position maintaining the enclosure structure substantially flush against the door or other vertical surface. A method of using a portable puppet theater or playhouse, comprises hanging the puppet theater or playhouse on a surface of a door so that an enclosure member in the puppet theater or playhouse is disposed in a first position extending outward from the surface of the door to provide an enclosure between the surface of the door and the enclosure member, and pivoting the enclosure member towards the surface of the door so that the enclosure member is flush with the surface of the door in a second position.