Handmade, locally-sourced Mask & Puppet Theater rooted in NY’s Hudson River Valley
Arm-of-the-Sea fuses visual storytelling with live music in original works of mask and puppet theater. Founded in 1982 by Marlena Marallo and Patrick Wadden, the company channels the evocative power of the arts as a force for insight & community uplift. Much of their work explores relations between humans and the life-support networks of this blue-ocean planet.
Arm-of-the-Sea Theater tours to cultural centers, festivals, parks, and schools throughout the Northeast USA.
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Arm-of-the-Sea offers programs, workshops, and performances to schools, festivals and cultural centers in the Tri-State region.
The Tidewater Center is Arm-of-the-Sea’s home base and an incubator for new theater work. From May-September, the Tidewater Center offers performances, workshops and activities.
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Scenes from our 2022 show ONE BLUE SKY.
RIPARIAN RHAPSODY, one of our current touring shows about how the Forest Sings to the Stream and the importance of streamside buffer zones.
OUR 2025 SEASON SPONSORS:
Government Support:
•The State of New York – including NYS DEC’s Hudson River Estuary Program, the NYS Office of Children and Family Services, and NYS Council on the Arts, with support of the Governor and the NYS Legislature • The Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area • The County of Ulster’s Ulster County Cultural Services and Promotion Fund, administered by Arts Mid-Hudson • Town of Saugerties Arts Commission
Business & Civic Sponsors:
Cantine’s Island Homeowners Association • Kiwanis Club of Saugerties • Mid-Hudson Federal Credit Union• Stepping Stone New York • Naccarato Insurance • Bailey Pottery Equipment • Grist Mill Real Estate • Stewart's Shops •Town & Country Liquors•Ulster Savings Bank • Smith Hardware
Private Foundations:
Ulster County Community Grants Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley • NoVo Foundation • Green Feather Foundation • Hudson Valley Foundation for Youth Health
We thank our generous and numerous Individual Donors.
Arm-of-the-Sea Theater is committed to making artistic productions accessible to all residents of New York State and to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and racial justice through its programming and practices.
We believe Live Theater contributes to community well-being. And that such Theater must be accessible for many ages and walks of life. To make that possible, we partner with funders and arts presenters so that most performances are offered FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
