So I was looking at this post from the Animal Actor's seating which shows the Puppet Theatre facade and noticed the quality of the photos allowed for me to read the signs, so I wanted to over-analyze them. I wrote this for my friend who doesn't know much about HHN so excuse the overexplaining haha. Here's what I saw:
-The left sign advertises a ballet being performed by the Gurian Republic, a community that existed between the years of 1902 and 1906 in the region of Guria in the Russian Empire.
-The left sign says that the Gurian Republic's first performing date is March 31, 1906, giving us the setting of the house as Spring, 1906.
-San Francisco is also shown on the left sign to be the city the theatre is located.
-Advertised across the facade, Pasek's Puppet Troupe's first performance in April 19. On April 18, 1906, there was a huge earthquake in San Francisco, which may explain why the building has been abandoned and is in ruins and also why the Puppet Troupe is trapped inside, as they were likely moving in and getting ready the day before their first show.
-The name "Pasek" is likely a reference to Benj Pasek, a member of the songwriting duo "Pasek and Paul" which has been behind musicals such as "Dear Evan Hansen" and "The Greatest Showman."
-In two spots (Lower left sign and middle sign) we can see that the director of Pasek's Puppet Troupe is a "Chas. Gray," a reference to Universal's senior show director Charles Gray.
-The middle sign also announces that the music was composed by "M. Coredero," a reference to Maneul Cordero, a senior set designer for Universal.
-The top right sign seems to advertise a show titled with the word "Myriorama." A Myriorama was a card game where you would take apart and rearrange the cards to form new pictures. This could mirror how the Puppet Troupe "takes apart" the patrons and rearranges them into marionettes.
-A myriorama in this context, however, most likely means a a traveling panorama show, where a narrator would describe and interpret the story as the events were acted out behind the panorama using shadows and effects.
-The same sign advertising the myriorama also shows a skeleton with red eyes, possibly a manifestation of Death, looking down at a scene of chaos, where fire and destruction seems to plague a theatre. This could be a forewarning to the chaos that is about to ensue once you enter.
-While you cannot see it in this photo, there is a building to the left with a sign reading "A.L. CAINE & Co." A.L. Caine is a reference to the HHN icon Albert Caine, known by most as "The Caretaker."