Cocoon Sunday Soiree Series: THAT DAY
COCOON THEATRE presents ‘THAT DAY’, an original play written and performed by Marguerite San Millan, with Isaac Levine, at Cocoon’s Soiree Series on Sunday September 29 at 7 pm. at Cocoon Theatre, 25 E. Market Street in Red Hook, NY. by $20 suggested donation.
THAT DAY peeks into the viewing room of a funeral home and watches Louise, a sassy older lady with a lot of emotional baggage, slowly unravel as the conversations with her deceased husband build in intensity, as do her interactions with a young attendant who keeps interrupting her monologuing. Humorous yet poignant. For mature audiences only. Brief profanity, alcohol and cigarette use.
COCOON SOIREE SERIES presents original work by visual and performing artists, the last Sunday of every month at 7 pm., in pot-luck style, asking the audience to bring a dish/dessert to share. It offers artists an opportunity to perform in an open-discussion manner, allowing audience to ask questions about the creative process.
Creative Collage
A meditative, relaxing class for adults creating “art cards” to take home.
Storytelling: The Story of Ferdinand
An exciting storytelling event, followed by an art project for children. A wonderful tale about being true to oneself! Admission by donation.
AUDITIONS!
COCOON THEATRE holds auditions for a 4-character play on Sunday May 26 at 2:00 pm. at Cocoon Theatre, 25 E. Market St. in Red Hook, NY 12571.
Non-paid performances will be held in September and November in the Red Hook/Rhinebeck area.
‘THANK YOU’ is a one-act play featuring four men, each playing two roles. Any age, any ethnicity. Four men are held hostage in an interrogation shed, blindfolded, beaten and bound. They communicate to each other through imagery and memories.
Adult language. Over 18 only.
Reading from script, some improvisation, with physical movement.
Directed by Marguerite San Millan: 845-835-8156
Sunday Storytelling Series
The Talking Eggs
a magical tale of hidden beauty
Written by Robert D. San Souci Artwork by Jerry Pinkey
Elga Antonsen & Marguerite San Millan
Join Elga Antonsen and Marguerite San Millan, a night of poetry and performace on Tuesday, October 3, 8 PM at Green Kill Sessions.
Cranial fracking is a dance/spoken word piece exploring the effects of fracking, performed by Marguerite San Millan, written by Ian Frazier, choreographed by Jean Churchill, with musich by music by Kyle Gann.
Elga Antonsen will read from Singing Out of Tune.
This is a live event & a livestreamed event. Live audience tickets &10. Livestream tickets $5. Join us in any way you can!
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PLUSH ZONE
A fully 'touchable' art show featuring work by Catskills artists Christin Ripley and Becca Van K. Opening Friday, August 31st at 6pm, on view for the month of September.
No Theme Performance Festival 2018
Join us for our 5th year in a row - a weekend full of dance, theater, installation, visual art, comedy, and live music!
PLUS an ongoing September art gallery showing tactile and textile artwork by Catskills artists Becca VanK and Christin Ripley entitled "PLUSH ZONE". Opens Friday, August 31 @ 6pm.
No Theme shows:
Friday, August 31 @ 7 pm
Saturday, September 1 @ 7 pm
Sunday, September 2 @ 3 pm
9 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie NY
$20/night or $40/wknd
Students & seniors $15/night or $35/wknd
This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
h a p p y b i r t h d a y n o t h e m e !
Art Show: Design X3
Cocoon Theatre Visual Arts Initiative will host DesignX3 from March 2 - April 1st.
Gallery Hours:
Friday - Sunday 1-5 pm (or by appointment)
Join us for the Opening Reception March 2nd: 5-8 pm featuring the music of Ben Basile Jazz Duo.
Come see Ceramics by Judy Sigunick, Fiber by Mary Flad, and Glass by Jeep Johnson.
For further information, please contact Andres San Millan at andrescocoon@gmail.com
Cunneen-Hackett Gallery
12 Vassar Street
Poughkeepsie, NY
Photography Work by Elizabeth Ibarra: LAS MAJAS (Kill the Virgin)
Photographs by Elizabeth Ibarra that celebrate the female form, unapologetically.
Opening reception with live music: February 2nd, 6-8 pm.
Exhibition dates: February 2nd-28th, 2018.
Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday: 1-5 pm, and by appointment.
12 Vassar St. Poughkeepsie, NY.
Collaborative Paint Workshop
Ring in the new year with Cocoon Theatre by participating in this innovative art making workshop. Calling all artists and artists-to-be! Bring your paints, pencils, brushes etc, to use and share, and try out some new materials from our supply. Using simple instructions of improvisation and teamwork, we will collaborate on each others' works and make art in the collective spirit. By the end of the evening, we will hang the show in our Cunneen-Hackett galleries which will be displayed until the end of the month. Led by multi-disciplinary artist and Creative Director of Cocoon Theatre: Andres San Millan.
12 Vassar St. Free!
Soiree in the Parlor: The Work of Film Artist Alex Levy
A retrospective of short films straddling art and local activism over the last five years.
Tickets $10, bring a dish to share. Don't miss our last soiree of 2017!
24th Annual City of Poughkeepsie Celebration of Lights
Join us to see Andres San Millan's new float inspired by the magnificence of the architecture of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Cocoon Theatre's home. Constructed in collaboration over a long few months, we welcome all to enjoy our ode to Poughkeepsie on the night dedicated to celebrating her magic.
Voices for a broken house: A trilogy of new plays
Three new short plays by Marguerite San Millan.
No Theme Performance Festival 2017
Dance, theater, performance, live music, handmade goods, and food! Check out our 'What's Happening Now' page for all our performers and collaborators!
Soiree in the Parlor: Deconstructing Mind
Through misdirection and obfuscation, this new performance work by Douglas Woolley makes a tangential attempt to illuminate the ever articulating, ever changing, ever present sense of consciousness.
Sculpture Unveiling Ceremony: Woman as Hunter
Cocoon Theatre premieres to the public:
‘Woman As Hunter’, a 16 foot high driftwood sculpture created by artist Andres San Millan on Saturday June 17 at 5 pm, on Cocoon’s front lawn, 9 Vassar St., Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.
Collaborative Art: 265 colorful hand drawn portraits of fifth graders on backgrounds created by each student as part of an AIE residency.
Metal works by Humberto Rodriguez Maya.
New cement and driftwood figure sculptures by ASM.
Performance by spoken word Artist and Dutchess County Poet Laureate, Poet Gold
The event, in conjunction with CHAC and part of Poughkeepsie Open Studios Tour, is free and open to the general public, including live music, theatrical performance surprises, and a community barbecue.
www.cocoontheatre.org
www.figureartscape.com
andres@figureartscape.com
(845) 452-7870
Soiree in the Parlor: The Signs in Our Lives & Swipe Right
Join us on Monday, April 24 at 7 pm for two monologues written and performed by Norm Magnusson; about searching for the self, and searching for love in the digital era. Bring a dish to share!
9 Vassar St. Poughkeepsie, NY.
Soiree in the Parlor: Race Soldier
A performance by Jocelyn Johnson-Kearney
Child of a Civil Rights barrier-breaker in the Hudson Valley shares her memories of growing up in an all-white environment the 1960's. A writer and former activist with a playwriting degree from Howard University, Ms. Kearney combines her sharing of a unique and powerful story with drama, visual imagery and sound for a dynamic performance that is not to be missed.
Monday, March 27, 2017, 7 pm.
$10 / 9 Vassar St., Cunneen Parlor
Bring a potluck dish to share!
Soiree in the Parlor: A Love Letter Reading II
Performances surrounding the theme of unsent love letters. Bring one of your own to share and add to an installation.
Curated by Oleariam
Monday, February 26, 2017, 7pm.
$10 / 9 Vassar St., Cunneen Parlor
Potluck to follow as always!