Figures of Speech Theatre's international reputation for innovation and top-quality animated live theater is reflected in this partial list of past presenters:
- Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts, GA
- Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
- Bates College, Lewiston, ME
- Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
- Colby College, Waterville, ME
- Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
- Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT
- Expo '86 Vancouver, British Columbia
- Festival Mondiale de la Marionnette, France
- Foundation Modern Puppet Center, Japan
- Freeport Shakespeare Festival, Freeport, ME
- George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
- Heartwood Theater Company, Damariscotta, ME
- Hill County Arts Foundation, TX
- International Festival of Puppet Theater, Mistelbach, Austria
- The Jim Henson International Puppetry Festival, NYC
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
- Los Angeles Children's Museum, CA
- Merrimack Repertory Company, Lowell, MA
- New Victory Theater, 42nd and Broadway, NYC
- Parish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
- Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME
- Portland Symphony Orchestra, Portland, ME
- Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
- Quintessence Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
- Semaine Mondiale de la Marionnette, Jonquiere, Québec
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
- The Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD
- Theatre in a Suitcase Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Touchstone Theatre, Bethlehem, PA
- Trinity College, Hartford, CT
- Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI
- Tucson Summer Arts Festival, AZ